Dietitian Job Worcester area,Massachusetts USA,Healthcare

Dietitian

Closing date: 23 January 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dietitian to join our team based at the Worcester Royal Hospital Hospital, but with opportunity to provide cover at the Alexandra Hospital, Redditch when required.

Band 5 dietitian 37.5 hours per week, flexible working considered, fixed term 12 months to cover maternity leave.

We are a forward thinking and proactive Dietetic department of 22 dietitians working within specialty teams.

We can offer you a friendly and supportive team of colleagues, excellent peer support, and regular clinical supervision.

The Department is approved for student placements A, B and

C. All staff actively participate in student training.

We are committed to your personal development, wellbeing, and CPD.

As a department we have regular specialty and team meetings with a focus on quality improvement and maintaining CPD.

Main duties of the job

To manage an inpatient caseload, using evidence-based, patient-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate dietary interventions for a range of medical conditions.
To run a weekly dietitian led outpatient clinic and contribute to a monthly group session educating patients recently diagnosed with Coeliac Disease.
To gain experience and develop skills and knowledge in various clinical areas.
To undertake nutritional assessments taking into consideration biochemistry, anthropometrics, clinical condition and dietary intake.
To plan and prioritise own clinical caseload and that of dietetic students and support staff.

About us

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester.

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest
Ensuring people feel cared for
Showing respect to everyone

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Job responsibilities

Reports to: General Team Leader

The post involves lone working when patients are seen, for privacy reasons in an outpatient consultation room and when alone in the Department office.

Job Purpose:

To manage a caseload of patients offering evidence-based dietetic advice and/or patient-centred principles within designated ward areas and in out-patient clinics.
To provide dietetic intervention to patients on a wide range of therapeutic diets in a timely way by working as a member of the dietetic team and other health care professionals.
To take responsibility for prioritising and managing workload, seeking guidance from senior staff whenever required.
To train and update healthcare professionals on nutrition-related topics.
To contribute to the Therapy Clinical Governance agenda to further improve the quality of the service.
To provide dietetic advice to patients at 3 hospital sites including group education sessions to help deliver a responsive dietetic service provision.

Key Duties Clinical

To function as an autonomous practitioner, working within codes of practice and professional guidelines when providing expert advice to patients on therapeutic diets.
To use clinical judgement and analyse the patient's personal circumstances before formulating a dietary care plan.
To accept clinical responsibility for a caseload of patients and organise this effectively.
To prioritise caseload of inpatients and outpatient referrals received to ensure timely dietetic intervention.
To advise patients in individual consultations on therapeutic diets in Outpatient clinics or via telephone and to inform referrer in writing of dietetic intervention.
To liaise with catering department regarding special dietary requirements.
To involve patients in decision making for their treatment on wards and in outpatient clinics; to inform referrer in writing of dietetic intervention.
To formulate and update diet sheets on specific topics to ensure information is evidence based.
To advise patients in group education sessions.
To coordinate a safe and effective discharge/transfer of patients from hospital.
To attend Departmental meetings and participate in ongoing development of the service.
To ensure patient confidentiality is…


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