Dietitian
| Posting date: | 26 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £38,682.00 to £46,580.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £38682.00 - £46580.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 March 2026 |
| Location: | Bolton, BL4 0JR |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9241-26-0042 |
Summary
To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients. To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi-pathologies; use advanced clinical reasoning and problem-solving skills to provide an accurate prognosis of their condition. To participate in holistic multi-disciplinary assessments to determine client needs. To assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment. To evaluate the effectiveness of treatments and modify accordingly. To follow clinical risk management processes within own patient caseload. To represent the team and patients at multi-disciplinary team meetings and case conferences to ensure the delivery of a co-ordinated multi-disciplinary service and to integrate therapy intervention into the treatment programme. This will include discussion of patient care, patient progress and involvement in discharge planning. To give advice and training on intervention programmes on a one-to-one basis, including advice to carers. To formulate and deliver individual treatment programmes based on a sound knowledge of evidence-based practice and treatment options using clinical assessment, reasoning skills and highly specialised knowledge of intervention techniques To support the Team Leader and other Highly Specialist / Specialist Dietitians as required. To work with the patients, carers and colleagues to identify goals as part of intervention plans