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Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

About

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.

Contact

Address: Edward Jenner Court; Gloucester Business Park; Brockworth; Gloucestershire; GL3 4AW
Contact Number: 0300 421 8333

Find out more

Jobs Website

Open

Ref: 327-26-044 Vacancy ID: 7701708

Specialist Mental Health Dietician

Accepting applications until: 22-Feb-2026 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 22-Feb-2026 23:59

Location

Site: Wotton Lawn Hospital
Address: Horton Road
Town: Gloucester
Postcode: GL1 3WL
Major / Minor Region: Gloucestershire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £38,682 - £46,580 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 6)

Specialty

Main area: Dietetics

We love what we do and we think you will, too!

We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.

We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.

Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.

It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To deliver a Dietetic service, ensuring that it is evidence based and in line with clinical governance requirements.

• To ensure that patients/clients are involved in the planning and prioritisation of their care plans wherever possible.

• To demonstrate a high level of clinical effectiveness, using evidence-based practice, adapting practice to meet individual patients’ circumstances; including due regard for cultural and linguistic differences, and by evaluating outcomes

• To provide specialist advice to others regarding the management and care of patients/clients with nutritional difficulties

• To plan and prioritise workload, exercising professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients with nutritional difficulties.

• To use advanced communication/behaviour change skills and motivational techniques to negotiate with clients and carers the necessary changes to their diet.

To overcome resistance to dietary change by motivating and educating clients and carers with the appropriate information and skills needed to meet their nutritional requirements and empower them to control their own medical condition.

• To demonstrate good negotiation skills across a range of issues and to negotiate with others regarding complex case management issues

• To maintain appropriate records in electronic or hard copy in line with Trust policies and professional guidelines, including workload data and to use word processing skills to produce client related reports reflecting highly specialist knowledge

• To assume delegated tasks as requested by line manager.

• To use professional skills and knowledge; including research, service evaluation and audit, to support service/policy developments

• To contribute to interagency/multi-disciplinary team building and policy development.

• To advise line manager on issues of service delivery including shortfall, service pressures etc.

• To be responsible for the security, care and maintenance of equipment – including equipment loaned to clients, ensuring standards of infection control and safety are maintained

To develop and deliver training, both formal and informal, to assistants, volunteers, non-specialists, carers and other specialists/professionals.

• To promote actively the involvement of service users and carers; providing information to encourage their involvement and to ensure that they are adequately supported in this involvement.

• To supervise, evaluate and assess students on placements.

• To initiate and undertake audit projects within area of clinical expertise

• To collect and provide research data as required

• To support the interpretation and implementation of national and local policy relevant to people with learning disabilities, mental health difficulties and eating disorders

• To manage a complex caseload.

• To be accountable for own professional action and recognise own professional boundaries through interpretation of clinical/professional policies

• To work within defined departmental and national protocols/policies and professional code of conduct

• To work independently, accessing appraisal within an Individual Performance Framework at pre-determined intervals

The Trust is required to work in line with the Government’s UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit - https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:

Free car parking at many of our sites
27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours
Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities
Recognition and long service awards
Fast Track physiotherapy
Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

If you are aged 16-30, you may be eligible for financial and pastoral support from the King’s Trust, with who we are in partnership with to support your first 6 months in role. We will pass on your details to the King’s Trust who will be in touch with you if you are eligible. If you would rather not be contacted, please let us know.

For more information please see the attached 'Additional Information for Applicants' document.

Good luck with your application.

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.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Degree/post Graduate Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics
Recognised degree registration under the Health and Care Professions’ Council

Desirable criteria

Evidence of post-graduate training
Advanced Diploma of Dietetics

Experience

Essential criteria

Comprehensive post registration experience including evidence of experience in catering and providing training
Experience of working with eating disorder cases either in a community setting or in-patient