Dietitian - Band 5 | University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£32,073 - £39,043 pa
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Dorset, BH7 7DW
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	8 Jul 2026
Closing date:	7 Aug 2026

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Summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated dietitian to join our band 5 rotations to provide a service to a variety of inpatient and outpatient areas including respiratory, diabetes, surgical, care of the elderly, paediatrics and oncology.

If you enjoy working as part of a team and using your initiative this is the job for you. This is a wonderful opportunity to develop clinical and professional skills within a dynamic and supportive team. The post is suitable for newly qualified dietitians or band 5 dietitians looking for further experience.

Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital and/or Poole hospital

Interview: 22nd July

This advert may close early if sufficient applications are received.

The role will primarily involve inpatient work with patients across a variety of specialities; receiving oral and enteral feeding. There will also be the opportunity for outpatient work in general dietetic clinics.

There will be the opportunity to be involved in teaching and training of nurses and medical staff as well as patient education sessions.

The post holder will work closely with our senior dietitians who will help train and support you along with providing opportunities to experience other areas of dietetics.

New ways of working and evaluating our practice through audit are strongly encouraged in our team and hospital trust. Developing resources and carrying out quality improvement projects will be encouraged to maintain our high profile within the hospital.

We provide student training for a number of universities and the post holder will be involved with this.

This post offers excellent opportunities for professional and personal development. The department is committed to CPD and we offer a wide range of in-house training. You will be invited to regular professional update meetings across the whole team. In addition we are closely connected with our colleagues across Dorset and run a Dorset wide education and networking event twice yearly.

We would be very happy to have a conversation about specific areas of interest in the rotations as well how your skill set fits with our service and your development needs.

UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.

If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions.

UHD has active networks including Women’s, DEN, Pride, EU, Pro Ability, and Armed Forces. We support Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant interview schemes.

AI tools may be used, but applications must honestly reflect your own skills and experience. Integrity is key to our recruitment process

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

In some cases this means that a services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview.

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

This advert closes on Tuesday 14 Jul 2026

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