Senior Dietician
| Posting date: | 24 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £44,485.00 to £52,521.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £44485.00 - £52521.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 January 2026 |
| Location: | Harefield, UB9 6JH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9196-25-1986 |
Summary
Main tasks and responsibilities Communication To work as part of a multidisciplinary team to ensure the best service for patients To give informal and formal talks to staff and patients when requested within hospital, locally and nationally when requested To regularly communicate with patients who may be terminally ill, have chronic disease (heart failure, have barriers to understanding (eg CVA, poor cognition, long stay ITU patients) or significant psychological issues To gain consent about a range of dietetic treatment options and to agree and inform of expected outcomes with patients and carers To communicate with outside agencies e.g. GPs, Dietitians and other health care professionals about patient care where appropriate To assist in Trust level projects as required To work together with the Therapy Lead and with the catering contractor to ensure that all requirements, both nationally from the NHS Plan and locally from the Patient and Staff Nutrition Policy are met Patient/customer care (both direct and indirect) To provide a specialist dietetic service to cardiothoracic, transplantation and critical care patients at the Harefield site, liaising with the Band 7 Dietitian and Nutritional Lead as appropriate To provide a specialist dietetic clinical service to outpatients at the Harefield site including Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehab groups To work autonomously to provide specialist advice and treatment plans to patients, carers and clinicians. This will involve nutritional diagnosis (interpretation of biochemistry, anthropometrics, clinical condition and dietary intake information) the development of treatment plans (frequently including complexities surrounding calculation of nutritional requirements, development of patient centred goals and considering medical, physical, social and psychological needs.) The prescription of dietary treatments and ACBS products for conditions where there may be limited clinical guidelines To provide up to date dietary information, either in the form of diet sheets or by participating in special events, such as study days or health promotions/displays To ensure that catering services meet current national nutritional recommendations on the Harefield site, in liaison with the Band 7 Dietitian, Nutritional Lead and Therapy Lead For further information please see full job description.