Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a dietitian to enhance their clinical and leadership skills in critical care as part of our team at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust. This role will be a split role between QMC and City Hospital.

We are looking for a forward thinking dietitian to join our team of dietitians, based at Queens Medical Centre and City Hospital. You will become an integral member of our multidisciplinary team delivering high quality patient-centred dietetic care. We are an exceptional, dynamic and supportive team with a strong MDT ethos.

Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will support complex nutritional interventions as well as nutrition support and enteral feeding so some experience in these would be beneficial. You be involved in supporting the rotational Band 6 dietitians within critical care, helping with training and development. We actively encourage service improvement and audit and the successful candidate would have the opportunity to lead development work to improve nutritional care of our patients.

You'll need to have excellent communication and leadership skills, a flexible approach and the ability to manage your own time and workload and that of other members of staff within a supportive team. Experience of nutritional support and evidence of a varied clinical experience is desirable.

About us
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Details
Date posted: 05 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year Per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 164-8285778
Closing date: 15 November 2026

Person Specification
Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's "We are here for you" behavioural standards
• Diploma or degree in relevant qualification
• Health and Care Professional Council registration
• Able to maintain a professional portfolio for CPD, recording learning outcomes through participation in internal and external development opportunities
• Evidence of post registration education in specialist clinical areas
• Wide ranging and extensive experience of working within specialist area
• Knowledge of management processes to be able to provide 1st line management
• Experience of delegating to and supervising other members of the team
• Able to plan and deliver clinical education about theory and practice to individuals, team and the wider MDT (including students)
• Knowledge of current best practice within a clinical specialty
• Knowledge of national and local standards and national guidelines
• Basic IT and computer skills and have the ability to learn how to use specific software
• Able to undertake evidence based audit of own practice and the practice of other staff within a specific clinical area
• Able to evaluate current research and make recommendations for change in practice and implement these changes
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to discuss treatment options and recommend best course of intervention to patients and carers using negotiating, persuasive, motivational and reassurance skills
• Be able to effectively use a range of communication skills with patients to progress treatment plans.
• Able to adapt approach in order to respect individuality, values, cultural and religious diversity of patients
• Able to understand team dynamics and adapt approach to achieve the best outcome for patients
• Able to handle confidential information from colleagues, patient and carers with sensitivity
• Communicate complex patient related information effectively to ensure collaborative working with MDT colleagues across health & social care sectors
• Able to present clinical information to health professions at National Conference level or equivalent
• Able to reflect and critically appraise own performance and the performance of other staff
• Risk assessment skills for the safe management and discharge of very complex patients
• Analyse information from clinical assessments and make judgements about appropriate interventions for highly complex patients
• Use reasoning skills and knowledge of a range of treatment options to formulate and deliver specialist treatment programmes
• Able to make decisions about the treatment needs of highly complex patients
• Able to make decisions about the allocation of a caseload to a team of staff
• Able to make judgements about the prioritising of caseloads when demand exceeds capacity and to re-allocate staffing resources
• Lead on the development of improvements in service delivery and clinical practice using evidence based practice to recommend changes
• Understands responsibility of self and others for clinical and cost effective use of resources
• Able to record and use relevant information in daily work including computer data entry of patient and other information and support other member so the team in doing so
• Able to plan the delivery of a service for a specialist area where there is variable capacity and fluctuating demand
• Able to organise and plan the activity of staff and self
• Able to organise, plan and chair meetings
• Able to lead in the development, review and implementation of relevant polices and service development, recognising and responding to wider strategic concerns
• Able to use and/or manoeuvre a range of medical devices including, for example, handling/assistive and anthropometric equipment if applicable.
• Undertake out of hours duties as required.
• Able to travel to required areas within and beyond the Trust

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Address: Queens Medical Centre, Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Karen Collumbell, karen.collumbell@nhs.net

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