Specialist Community Dietitian inNorwich inNorwich PUBLISHED 18 DEC 2023

Band 6: £37,338 to £44,962 a year pa pro rata  FIXED TERM 
You will provide a high quality community dietetic service for our patients in Norfolk.

  • To manage own specialist caseload and provide nutritional and dietetic advice in specialist area to medical, health care professionals and other agencies.
  • To assess plan and implement treatment programmes and monitor patients in a variety of settings, offering therapeutic dietary advice and education, to address patients complex and changing needs.
  • To lead service development within own clinical area with support from the team leader and contribute to the nutrition and dietetic service as a whole through participation in service development.

To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NCHCs trust values of Community, Compassion and Creativity.


*Remote working available for this post*


Are you ready for the next step in your career and want to belong to a supportive team and work within an outstanding trust where you feel valued?

An opportunity has arisen in our dynamic and progressive service for a band 6 community dietitian based at Thorpe Health Centre, Norwich. You will join a friendly team of dietitians, dietetic assistant practitioners and dietetic assistants.

You will provide a high quality community dietetic service for our patients in Norfolk. We are an all encompassing community team covering four main clinical areas:

  • Home enteral feeds
  • Learning disabilities
  • In-patients
  • General community

You will be supported and line managed by an experienced band 7 team lead dietitian. In addition to regular one to one supervision we provide regular peer review sessions to support CPD. We will support your learning and development through internal and external opportunities.

We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students.

You will be working within central Norfolk, with responsibility for the dietetic/nutritional management of patients on your caseload. This may include the following conditions:

    • Endocrine disorders including Diabetes, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
    • Hyperlipidaemia
    • Specialist obesity and weight management
    • Malnutrition
    • Dysphagia/ swallowing problems
    • Neurological problems e.g. MND, Parkinson's, MS
    • Allergies and intolerances
    • Disorders of the Gastro-intestinal tract e.g. Coeliac Disease, IBD, IBS

We value the importance of non-clinical work for the development of our workforce and to provide a high quality service for our patients. As such we welcome and encourage your contribution to in-service development and quality improvement projects, as well as participation in research and audit. Furthermore, you will play an integral role in the training and supervision of students dietitians, dietetic apprentices / support workers, and band 5 dietitians. We will support you to develop the leadership skills required to excel in this role.

  • To manage own specialist caseload and provide nutritional and dietetic advice in specialist area to medical, health care professionals and other agencies.
  • To assess plan and implement treatment programmes and monitor patients in a variety of settings, offering therapeutic dietary advice and education, to address patients complex and changing needs.
  • To lead service development within own clinical area with support from the team leader and contribute to the nutrition and dietetic service as a whole through participation in service development.

To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NCHCs trust values of Community, Compassion and Creativity.


*Remote working available for this post*


Are you ready for the next step in your career and want to belong to a supportive team and work within an outstanding trust where you feel valued?

An opportunity has arisen in our dynamic and progressive service for a band 6 community dietitian based at Thorpe Health Centre, Norwich. You will join a friendly team of dietitians, dietetic assistant practitioners and dietetic assistants.

You will provide a high quality community dietetic service for our patients in Norfolk. We are an all encompassing community team covering four main clinical areas:

  • Home enteral feeds
  • Learning disabilities
  • In-patients
  • General community

You will be supported and line managed by an experienced band 7 team lead dietitian. In addition to regular one to one supervision we provide regular peer review sessions to support CPD. We will support your learning and development through internal and external opportunities.

We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students.

You will be working within central Norfolk, with responsibility for the dietetic/nutritional management of patients on your caseload. This may include the following conditions:

    • Endocrine disorders including Diabetes, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
    • Hyperlipidaemia
    • Specialist obesity and weight management
    • Malnutrition
    • Dysphagia/ swallowing problems
    • Neurological problems e.g. MND, Parkinson's, MS
    • Allergies and intolerances
    • Disorders of the Gastro-intestinal tract e.g. Coeliac Disease, IBD, IBS

We value the importance of non-clinical work for the development of our workforce and to provide a high quality service for our patients. As such we welcome and encourage your contribution to in-service development and quality improvement projects, as well as participation in research and audit. Furthermore, you will play an integral role in the training and supervision of students dietitians, dietetic apprentices / support workers, and band 5 dietitians. We will support you to develop the leadership skills required to excel in this role.



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