Dietitian | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 03 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £47,810 - £54,710 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 March 2026 |
| Location: | Oldham, OL1 2JH |
| Company: | Pennine Care NHS FT |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7777464/311-H902-26 |
Summary
The Band 7 Dietitian is responsible for providing dietetic support to adult, older adult, high support and rehabilitation patients in our mental health inpatient services in Bury, Rochdale and Oldham.
This is a fixed term post to provide cover for maternity leave.
The main duties of the job are to
• Assess and monitor patients, offering therapeutic dietary advice and education to a range of patients within inpatient services
• Provide specialist nutritional and dietetic advice to medical, health care professionals and other agencies.
• Contribute to the nutrition and dietetic service as a whole through participation in service development
• Training for staff and patients to improve service delivery
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
• Access to Continued Professional Development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
You will be working as an independent specialist practitioner providing dietetic assessment and interventions across wards on several sites in three boroughs. You will utilize well developed communication skills to work effectively with patients, carers and multi professional teams at each site to ensure the best outcome for patients.
You will plan , deliver and evaluate informal and formal training to patients and staff. You will work collaboratively with other Trust dietitians and contribute to project, resource and policy development as appropriate.
Please see job description for further information.
This advert closes on Thursday 26 Feb 2026