Senior Specialist Dietitian | University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	12 May 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata for part time
Hours:	Part time
Closing date:	11 June 2026
Location:	Weston-super-Mare, BS23 4TQ
Company:	University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7974962/387-DT4962-NG

Summary

Lead front-door dietetics where clinical decisions matter most!

We’re looking for a Senior Specialist Dietitian to take a leading role within our Front Door Services at Weston General Hospital - supporting patients at the most critical point in their hospital journey.

This is not a routine acute role. You’ll be:
• making rapid, complex clinical decisions
• influencing admission pathways and patient flow
• leading the dietetic care of patients from front door and admission wards
• shaping how dietetics is delivered at the earliest stage of care

This is a high-autonomy, high-impact role combining clinical expertise, leadership, and service development.

Who is this role for?

Senior Dietitians looking for:
• greater clinical autonomy
• the chance to lead and influence pathways
• a role where your decisions directly impact patient outcomes at pace

We welcome strong Band 6 applicants who have hadleadershipresponsibilities plusexperience in managing complex caseloads & service improvement or project work.

For an informal chat, please contact:sian.inson@uhbw.nhs.uk

What you’ll be doing:
• Managing a complex front-door caseload with rapid clinical decision-making
• Identifying & treating nutritional risk early, supporting patient flow & admission avoidance
• Working closely with frailty teams, consultants, & MDTs
• Leading development of the front door dietetic pathway
• Line managing & supporting junior staff
• Contributing to audit, service improvement, & training

What makes this role different?

As the lead dietitian across ED, assessment units, & admissions, you will:
• take ownership of a fast-paced, high-impact caseload
• influence decisions at the point of admission
• support admission avoidance through early intervention
• act as the clinical expert in complex nutrition support (including enteral feeding)
• shape & develop a growing front door service

Leadership & impact

You’ll play a key leadership role within the team, including:
• Line management & supervision of junior staff
• Supporting student training and workforce development
• Leading audit, service improvement, & pathway redesign
• Developing guidelines, protocols, and resource

Why Weston General Hospital?

Weston offers something different compared to larger centres:
• Greater autonomy – your voice is heard and your decisions shape services
• Closer MDT working – genuine collaboration across teams
• Real opportunity to influence and innovate within a developing front door model

All of this in a coastal location, with easy access to Bristol and Bath - giving you both lifestyle & career opportunity.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England.

UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

The Senior Specialist Dietitian provides a highly specialist clinical service for patients who present at our front door i.e. Emergency Department, assessment units and admission wards.

The Senior Specialist Dietitian will lead the Front Door Pathway providing direction for peers & colleagues.

The role will support the early identification of those patients at nutritional risk by promoting risk screening.

To guide early implementation of therapeutic dietary plans for patients with long term conditions or specialist pathways in liaison with lead specialist dietitians.

To support admission avoidance by providing timely dietary interventions, sign posting to relevant community services.

The Senior Specialist Dietitian contributes to all relevant activities involved in pathway delivery e.g. ward rounds, meetings, audit, and research.

The Senior Specialist Dietitian will provide a comprehensive specialised service, which includes relevant education and/or training to all healthcare professionals, carers and other workers.

The Senior Specialist Dietitian will be committed to the maintenance of personal specialist expertise, which is current, relevant, and accessible.

The post holder will also provide clinical cover for other senior specialist dietitians’ duties in their absence.

See Job description for full details


This advert closes on Tuesday 9 Jun 2026

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