Team Lead - Community Dietetics

Bath, England, United Kingdom

7/3/2025

Job Overview

We are looking for an experience and motivated Dietitian to join our supportive and dynamic team on a fixed-term basis.

This is an exciting opportunity to step into a team leadership position to support and manage the Community Dietetics Team and contribute to high-quality service delivery during a time of transition.

This post has been created to strengthen clinical and operational leadership within the team, ensuring staff are well supported, supervision is maintained, and service development continue to progress. You will provide expert clinical input, help co-ordinate caseloads, and contribute to service planning, whilst also supporting the wellbeing and development of team members.

the service is scheduled for TUPE to a new provider in 7 months, and this fixed-term post has been designed to provide stability, continuity, and leadership during this period.

If you are a compassionate, proactive professional with strong leadership and organisational skills this is a great opportunity for you.

Main duties of the job

The Main Duties Of This Role Are To

• supervise and manage the day to day running of the team
• hold a caseload of your own
• support the Head of Therapies in managing the TUPE process where appropriate
• collaborate with the other Dietetics Teams for the benefit of our patients and colleagues
  
  

Working for our organisation

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please see the JD for more details. Please don't hesitate to reach out for a discussion about this role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent, acceptable for registration with Health Care Professions Council e.g. BSc Nutrition and Dietetics
• Attendance at recent post-graduate courses relevant to the clinical fields
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Member of British Dietetic Association
• Post registration in diabetes or communication and behaviour change skills.
• Leadership training.
  
  

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

• Advanced knowledge of broad range of conditions in specialist area
• Experience of working as part of an Dietitian team and/or multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of supervising more junior staff
• Evidence of personal participation in clinical governance issues in relation to dietetic practice
• Knowledge of the workings of community therapy services and intermediate care services
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience of supervising/supporting staff
  
  

Specific Skills

Essential criteria

• To have experience of organisation, prioritisation and delegation
• To understand clinical governance and its implications for services, including experience of quality issues and audit
• To be experienced in performing specialist assessments and treatments with patients with a variety of specific conditions
• To be able to comprehend and work within all the Trusts’ policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety
  
  

Essential Requirements

Essential criteria

• Car driver (with access to a vehicle for work).
• Able to work in domicilliary setting
  
  

Physical skills & emotional effort

Essential criteria

• To carry out assessments and treatments of patients for several periods with moderate to intense physical effort whilst carrying out concurrent activities
• To have experience of maintaining high levels of concentration when under pressure from competing sources
  
  

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.

Documents to download

• Job Description & Person Spec - Community Dietetics Team Lead (PDF, 549.2KB)
• Join the RUH (PDF, 1.1MB)
  
  

Further details / informal visits contact

Name Scott Buxton Job title Head of Therapies Email address [email protected]