Dietitian
NHS AfC: Band 5
Main area
Dietitian
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
287-AMED-230-25
Department name
LUH - 1 General Staffing (AFC posts)
Site
Liverpool Women's Hospital
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£31,049 - £37,796 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
15/09/2025 23:59
Job Overview
Dietitian - Band 5 - full time 37.5 hours (permanent)
Liverpool Women's Hospital
This is an excellent opportunity for a dietitian to secure a Band 5 Dietetic post within Liverpool University Hospitals Foundation Trusts. The successful post holder will be working with adult patients within a very friendly, supportive and dynamic team at Liverpool Women's Hospital. This post offers a unique opportunity to develop core clinical skills while contributing to specialist services in maternity, gynaecology, and oncology. We are looking for applications from dietitians with experience working in nutrition support with an interest in oncology, maternity and women's health services.
Main duties of the job
The post covers a variety of both inpatient and outpatient work, as well as health promotion activities and education and training responsibilities for other health care professionals. You will be required to liaise with the wider integrated team, across both community and acute settings, as well as being an active member of the MDT within the acute trust. There will be the opportunity for continuous professional development (CPD) between Liverpool Women's Hospital (LWH) & Liverpool University Hospital Groups.
As part of the role, you will be involved in regular audit and development projects, as well as student training. We are committed to being involved in all aspects of teaching and have regular teaching sessions throughout Liverpool Women's Hospital.
The candidate will demonstrate a proactive approach, a commitment to patient-centred care, and a willingness to engage in service innovation. You will be supported with structured supervision, access to CPD opportunities, and the chance to work within an experienced dietetic team that values collaboration, learning, and professional growth.
Whether you're a newly qualified dietitian or looking to expand your experience in clinical dietetics, we welcome applications from individuals who are motivated, compassionate, and eager to make a difference to the lives of women and their families.
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please see full job description attached.
Job Summary
To contribute to the delivery of Nutrition and Dietetic service across Liverpool Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
To assess and treat defined caseload of patients and maintain accurate records.
Key Responsibilities
- To undertake nutritional assessment and calculate nutritional requirements of referred in-patient taking into account medical, social and cultural factors.
- To assist in provision of service to more specialist clinical areas under supervision of specialist dietitian as part of training and CPD.
- To provide nutrition and dietary advice suitable for the patient's medical, social and cultural factors which is evidence-based.
- To negotiate change with patients to enable them to achieve dietary targets set.
- To monitor and review nutritional care plans against outcome measures and adjust care plan to facilitate achievement of goals.
- To undertake defined out-patient clinics with support from a supervising Dietitian when needed.
- To assist in developing a range of educational resources which have a clear evidence-base and which are acceptable to users of the service and their carers
- To accurately record all assessments and interventions in medical notes, nursing documentation and dietetic record cards in line with Trust policy. To communicate in writing with other agencies, e.g. GP's, community dietitians about patient care.
- To ensure safe and timely discharge of patients on home enteral feeding liaising with appropriate internal and external agencies.
- To undertake defined patient group sessions, which will facilitate lifestyle changes. This should include planning, delivery and evaluation of the session providing advice to patients which is clear, consistent and evidence-based.
- To assist in delivering formal and informal training to other health care professionals and staff groups, to include pre and post registration training for nurses.
- To advise pharmacy and senior dietitians regarding stock levels of nutritional products at ward level.
- To assist in the clinical supervision of student dietitians including planning of programme during weeks of responsibility.
- To communicate and liaise with other agencies appropriately, e.g. members of the MDT, catering, pharmacy, community dietitians.
- To record and submit clinical and professional activity using manual and electronic means according to departmental standards.
- To attend and contribute to department meetings such as required.
- To contribute to the Trust and Department Clinical Governance agenda by attending Clinical Governance meetings, undertaking audit projects as part of clinical practice and engaging in CPD and the trust appraisal system.
- To contribute to and comment on the department of Departmental Policies and matters relating to nutrition and dietetics and contribute to patient safety through clinical incident reporting. Monitor and maintain health, safety and security of self and others.
- To act in ways which support equality and diversity.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc in Nutrition and Dietetics or postgraduate Diploma.
- Current or pending registration with HCPC.
- Membership of BDA or equivalent professional indemnity.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Time management - able to prioritise work, respond appropriately to demands and keep to time in out patient setting
Desirable criteria
- Clinical placement conducted within both acute teaching and primary care environments.
- Experience of multi-disciplinary working.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Communication skills to effectively convey information, both written and verbal.
- Problem solving skills.
Desirable criteria
Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
Posts advertised to 'internal staff' are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.
Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months' of their 18^th birthday.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.
Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £23 (standard disclosure) or £43 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced).
From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.
Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.
This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.
Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.
All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.
As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.
If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.
Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
Documents to download
Job Description & Person Specification (PDF, 411.6KB)
OH Risk ID Form (PDF, 320.6KB)
Life at LUHFT Benefits (PDF, 333.2KB)
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Further details / informal visits contact
Name
Beverly Sheaf
Job title
Lead Therapist (RLH)
Email address
Telephone number
0151 706 2761
Additional information
For details regarding the post , please contact Catherine Gallagher, Dietetic Lead for Liverpool Women's Hospital on 0151 7089988 ext 1676 or
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