Dietitian

You can expect to work closely with other health care professionals to provide excellent patient care. You will be involved in ward rounds, MDT discussion, nutrition education, nutritional assessment and care planning. The role will suit an experienced Dietitian who is organised, innovative and able to meet the demands of a busy ward. You will have line management from an Advanced Specialist Dietitian, including for supervision and supporting your professional development.

Prior experience in Parenteral Nutrition (PN) is desirable, but not essential as there will be training and support to develop these skills.

We are a friendly department comprising 16 dietitians, 1 Dietetic Assistant, a Nutrition Nurse Specialist and an Administrator. Our base is the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, and we are located with our inpatient therapy AHP colleagues (OT, SLT, PT). We collaborate with our Dietetic colleagues at our sister hospital (Lewisham University Hospital), for CPD and cross‑site development projects.

We support everyone within our team to participate in audits, service evaluation, and continuous professional development. We will also encourage you to lead on service improvements and resource development.

PLEASE NOTE:

We are unable to offer sponsorship for this post.

Please note:

Interviews will be held 18th February 2026.

• To be an active member in ward rounds, multidisciplinary team discussions, and nutrition education.
• To conduct nutritional assessments and develop personalised care plans.
• Collaborate with other Specialist Dietitian colleagues to ensure best practice care is provided.
• Supervise and mentor Band 5 staff, ensuring continuous professional development.
• Engage in audits, service evaluations, Quality Improvement projects, and CPD activities.
• Contribute to teaching and training other healthcare professionals and students.

• Act as an independent specialist practitioner and be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work including a clinical caseload.
• Work independently to undertake nutritional assessments and calculate nutritional requirements of patients with complex conditions using anthropometry and taking into account medical, social and cultural factors.
• Communicate evidence‑based nutritional and dietary advice in an understandable form.
• Use highly developed communication and counselling skills such as reflective listening, open questioning, empathy, explanation and reassurance to communicate dietary intervention to patients and carers.
• Gain valid consent to treatment and negotiate change with patients by breaking down barriers, using motivational skills to enable them to achieve dietary targets set.
• Devise nutritional care plans with patients and carers, considering social, psychological, cognitive, behavioural and cultural needs.
• Monitor and review nutritional care plans against outcome measures.
• Review and adjust care plans to facilitate achievement of patient goals.
• Undertake designated highly specialist outpatient clinics.
• Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings.
• Ensure safe and timely transfer of patients by liaising with appropriate internal and external agencies.
• Provide dietetic cover to other areas during periods of annual leave/sick leave.
• Accurately record all assessment and interventions in medical notes in line with Trust policy.
• Communicate with other agencies about patient care after discharge, by liaising with other Health Professionals about the nutritional care and continued diet therapy within the community.

• Decide daily on priorities for own work area balancing patient related and professional demands.
• Act as a source of information and advice on current best practice for colleagues and other health care professionals.
• Lead specialist working parties and meetings.
• Identified and complete projects and meet deadlines.
• Record patient activity data.
• Share the responsibility for maintaining departmental resource files.
• Regularly assist in the supervision of junior staff.
• Contribute to the training of pre‑registration dietetic students on clinical placement…