Band 5 Rotational Dietitian
Closing date: 27 October 2025
Are you newly qualified or a band 5 dietitian looking for a rotational post? The dietetic service within Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership has great opportunities for you to work in a band 5 rotational post across our integrated acute and community dietetic service.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be part of the band 5 rotation gaining clinical experience in both the acute and community dietetic teams. The role will develop dietetic skills across a variety of clinical areas, providing a service to in‑patients wards and out‑patients clinics based at Leighton Hospital, rotating through gastroenterology, surgery, diabetes and stroke. There is also opportunity to work with the community home enteral feeding dietetic team and general practice service, offering a wider experience at the start of a career.
Attendance at regular huddle meetings supports clinical practice and workload management, alongside regular supervision with a mentor promoting advancement of clinical skills and confidence.
The post holder will be involved in ongoing health care professional training in nutritional screening and structured group patient education linked to their rotation, including IBS/FODMAP, cardiac rehabilitation, gestational diabetes and T1DM/T2DM. The service has developed virtual training to support and enhance patient care.
Participation in dietetic student training is an important commitment for our service; the post holder will receive training and guidance.
The post holder should have developed communication, interpersonal and organisational skills, be able to prioritise a caseload and seek assistance as appropriate.
Job responsibilities
* Contribute to delivery of dietetic services to adult patients across Mid Cheshire Hospitals Trust and Central Cheshire as part of the Adult Dietetic Team.
* Manage and prioritise a defined patient caseload on wards at Leighton Hospital, provide a regular general dietetic clinic, community visits and patient education.
* Formulate, deliver and monitor nutritional care plans for referred patients across a range of general wards and outpatient settings.
* Practice safely within the professional code of conduct and level of competency for all aspects of work, including patient management.
* Deliver the dietetic service to non‑complex clinical areas such as General Medicine, cardiology, respiratory medicine and General Surgery.
* Communicate information in an understandable form to patients, including giving life‑long adherence to a restricted diet.
* Assess nutritional status taking into account anthropometric data, clinical condition/treatment, biochemical data and social and cultural factors.
* Estimate patients’ current nutritional intake and requirements using recognised validated techniques.
* Collect relevant information such as dietary, drug and medical history to formulate personalised nutritional care plans.
* Monitor and review nutritional care plans against outcome measures and adjust plans to facilitate achievement of goals.
* Liaise with catering staff to ensure appropriate therapeutic diets are provided.
* Provide information and support to other health‑care professionals to ensure a multidisciplinary ward‑team approach to nutritional care.
* Contribute to ward rounds and case conferences, explaining nutritional plans.
* Accurately record all assessments and interventions in medical notes, nursing documentation and dietetic record cards.
* Communicate in writing with other agencies (GPs, community dietitians, consultants) to keep them informed about ongoing patient management.
* Ensure safe and timely discharge of patients, particularly those requiring home enteral feeding, including liaison with relevant community health‑care professionals and arranging feed, equipment and training.
* Provide dietetic input into patient group sessions to facilitate lifestyle change such as cardiac rehabilitation.
Qualifications and Experience
* Acute NHS experience.
* Community NHS experience.
* One‑to‑one patient education and group dietetic intervention.
* Experience in enteral nutrition.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) check.
About us
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides high‑quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond. The Trust manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford. Established as an NHS Trust in 1991 and becoming a Foundation Trust in 2008, the Trust employs nearly 5,000 staff, operates around 540 hospital beds and offers a full range of services, including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies and children’s health. The Trust is part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a local health partnership delivering community services across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.
EEO Statement
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of gender, ethnicity, nationality, age, disability, religion or personal circumstances.
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