Band 7 Macmillan Dietitian Team Lead

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 01 March 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Dietitian to lead the Macmillan Dietetic therapy team and promote service development within this specialist clinical area of oncology Dietetics for a 12-month secondment period. The team lead role within the Macmillan Dietetic team will be required to provide highly specialised dietetic support to cancer patients whilst being responsible for the provision and development of dietitians and the nutrition and dietetic services to cancer teams across Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospitals.

The Macmillan Dietetic service covers a wide range of oncology specialities including, but not limited to, acute haematology, ENT, gynaecology and upper gastrointestinal. The clinical caseload comprises of acute inpatient and outpatient clinics and works closely alongside our multidisciplinary colleagues. The successful applicant will receive training from an experienced multidisciplinary team in the care of oncology patients. This will expose the successful applicant to a wide range of oncology conditions with a variety of therapy interventions.

The successful candidate will have a pivotal role in the leadership and development of the Macmillan dietetic team supporting the growth and development of the workforce.

The successful applicant will work under leadership of Therapy Services alongside a supportive oncology multi-professional therapy team. You will work closely with the wider multidisciplinary team to support oncology dietetic care at a targeted and specialist level. We are looking for an enthusiastic, innovative candidate with expertise in cancer care and experience of clinical service development and evaluation. It is essential you have excellent communication and interpersonal skills to facilitate great leadership of the team.

You will be expected to manage your own clinical caseload and take an active approach to their own personal development. We actively encourage CPD, training and research. The post holder must have good experience of close multi-professional working and demonstrate excellent communication and leadership skills. You must be able to manage and prioritise a demanding complex caseload with flexibility and resilience.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people.

As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.

• Degree in Dietetics or equivalent
• Current registration with HCPC

• Demonstration of clinical experience enabling post holder to manage a complex caseload of patients within cancer services
• Demonstration of significant clinical experience of working with patients with a variety of cancer conditions
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and Dietetic team
• Excellent clinical knowledge of cancer dietetic care
• Experience of parenteral nutrition
• Experience working in both outpatient and inpatient clinical care settings

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust