Dietetic Assistant Practitioner inBolton inBolton PUBLISHED 23 AUG 2024

The ideal candidate will demonstrate excellent communication and organizational skills, a positive attitude, and be able to work collaboratively with others.
This role would suit someone with experience and/or knowledge of clinical nutrition as well as a desire to improve the nutrition of the local population and support vulnerable patient groups.

An opportunity has arisen to work as a Dietetic Assistant Practitioner based in Bolton to work alongside our clinical dietitians. You will be well supported by our enthusiastic and friendly community team delivering Nutrition and Dietetic services across Bolton.

The 0.8 WTE (30 hours) role involves working alongside registered dietitians to provide tailored nutrition support advice to patients, first line advice to follow-up patients for type 2 Diabetes and weight management patients, day to day administration and problem solving to improve department processes.

You will have an allocated caseload. The work will be a combination of computer work, face to face in care home, patient’s homes and outpatient clinics or telephone contacts and interaction with other professionals.

The post holder will ensure nutritional care plans agreed by the dietitian and patient are implemented with monitoring of outcomes. Across a number of clinical conditions.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate excellent communication and organizational skills, a positive attitude, and be able to work collaboratively with others. Strong IT skills would be beneficial. The candidate will need to be compassionate

Here at Bolton our patients are at the heart of everything we do. We ensure our patients receive the highest quality of Care and are guided by our trust Values.  We are proud that our Trust is a centre of excellence for maternity, neonatal and care for children, and that it has been rated as Good by the Quality Care Commission (CQC). This is in recognition of the patient experience and quality of care that our staff provide to patients. It is also supported by our Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Framework for Professional Practice

 The aims of this Trust are to improve the health of and provide the best possible care to the population in which we serve and ensure that our staff has joy and pride in their work. We are striving to recruit a workforce that reflects the communities in which we serve. We value our staff and can offer excellent opportunities for further training and development. We are keen to reflect our local population and therefore applications from all sectors of the community are welcomed. 

In addition, we can offer you: 

  • 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS service) 
  • Eligibility for our NHS Car lease scheme 
  • Eligibility for our NHS Technology Scheme 
  • Access to on-site Gymnasium 
  • Various NHS Discounts 

If you have any further questions regarding this role, please do not hesitate to contact us via the information below. 

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Amanda Wall Job title: Principle Service Lead for Adult Dietetics Email address: Telephone number:
This role would suit someone with experience and/or knowledge of clinical nutrition as well as a desire to improve the nutrition of the local population and support vulnerable patient groups.

An opportunity has arisen to work as a Dietetic Assistant Practitioner based in Bolton to work alongside our clinical dietitians. You will be well supported by our enthusiastic and friendly community team delivering Nutrition and Dietetic services across Bolton.

The 0.8 WTE (30 hours) role involves working alongside registered dietitians to provide tailored nutrition support advice to patients, first line advice to follow-up patients for type 2 Diabetes and weight management patients, day to day administration and problem solving to improve department processes.

You will have an allocated caseload. The work will be a combination of computer work, face to face in care home, patient’s homes and outpatient clinics or telephone contacts and interaction with other professionals.

The post holder will ensure nutritional care plans agreed by the dietitian and patient are implemented with monitoring of outcomes. Across a number of clinical conditions.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate excellent communication and organizational skills, a positive attitude, and be able to work collaboratively with others. Strong IT skills would be beneficial. The candidate will need to be compassionate

Here at Bolton our patients are at the heart of everything we do. We ensure our patients receive the highest quality of Care and are guided by our trust Values.  We are proud that our Trust is a centre of excellence for maternity, neonatal and care for children, and that it has been rated as Good by the Quality Care Commission (CQC). This is in recognition of the patient experience and quality of care that our staff provide to patients. It is also supported by our Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Framework for Professional Practice

The aims of this Trust are to improve the health of and provide the best possible care to the population in which we serve and ensure that our staff has joy and pride in their work. We are striving to recruit a workforce that reflects the communities in which we serve. We value our staff and can offer excellent opportunities for further training and development. We are keen to reflect our local population and therefore applications from all sectors of the community are welcomed.

In addition, we can offer you:

  • 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS service) 
  • Eligibility for our NHS Car lease scheme 
  • Eligibility for our NHS Technology Scheme 
  • Access to on-site Gymnasium 
  • Various NHS Discounts

If you have any further questions regarding this role, please do not hesitate to contact us via the information below.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Amanda Wall Job title: Principle Service Lead for Adult Dietetics Email address: Telephone number:


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