Specialist Community and Primary Care Network Dietitian

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Specialist Community and Primary Care Network Dietitian (Fixed Term)

Closing date: 13 August 2026

Job summary We have a great opportunity to join our dietetic team at Ashford and St Peter's Hospital. We have a fixed-term vacancy for a 1.0wte Band 7 Specialist Community and PCN Dietitian for a 6month FTC, with likely extension to 11months. The role offers a wide range of benefits including the opportunity for flexible working, hybrid working, as well as a range of professional development opportunities.

The post holder will be leading dietetic services for West Byfleet PCN working as part of a PCN multi-disciplinary team. They will also hold a clinical caseload as part of the Community Dietetics Team based at Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals. The Community Dietetics Team offers support to a range of patients in care homes and the community requiring nutrition support advice, enteral feeding, and those with complex needs who are unable to attend outpatient clinics.

Main duties of the job As a practitioner with a high degree of autonomy you will take responsibility for planning and delivering your own caseload, acting as a source of expertise on dietetic/nutritional management to patients, carers, GPs, consultants as well as other health care professionals in both hospital and community settings.

The Community Dietetic Team form part of the Ashford and St Peter's Dietetic Department to provide nutrition and dietetic services to CSH Surrey Community Hospitals' in-patients, care home and community based patients in need of dietetic advice and review. This includes establishing and monitoring patients on enteral feeds in their own homes.

Prospective candidates should be efficient, enthusiastic and confident to work autonomously within a supportive team and their sphere of competence. They should have excellent communication skills, as the job will involve liaising with social care, clinical and community teams as well as patients and their carers.

You will need to be flexible in your approach to work. Experience in a range of clinical areas of dietetics as well as excellent organisational and prioritisation skills are essential to this role. The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate excellent team working skills. The post holder must have a valid UK licence and access to a car.

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with our strong commitment to staff health and wellbeing. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

Date posted: 31 July 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £51,657 to £58,785 a year per annum inc. HCAS

Contract: Fixed term

Duration: 6 months

Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working, Compressed hours

Reference number: 323-AHP
1423-ED

Job locations: West Byfleet Primary Care Network/ St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey, KT16 0PZ
, United Kingdom

• Act as a specialist for the local community managing the dietetic service provision to community Hospitals in-patients and staff and to community based patients in need of dietetic advice and review.
• Take responsibility for the provision of dietetic services, including appropriate dietary counselling, lifestyle advice and nutrition education to clients, carers, families and health care professional in their own homes, Nursing Homes, Residential Homes and Locality hubs within NW Surrey.
• Support the ongoing delivery of dietetic educational programmes on nutritional care for care home staff, GPs, other health care professionals working across NWS.
• Lead on development of dietary protocols and guidelines for the service and contribute to the policies for the team as a whole.
• Take an active role within the general functioning of the Dietetic Department, including contributing to student training and supporting junior team members as required

Delivery of the PCN dietetic service will include initial clinical assessment, diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of patients nutritional care with a holistic view referring onto other agencies when required. The PCN Dietitian will:

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