Community Dietetic team lead

Job Summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Community Dietitian Team Leader role at University Hospitals NHS Plymouth, as the team provide a community dietetic service across different geographical areas. We are looking for an innovative leader with excellent clinical, managerial and leadership skills to join our team and thus develop service provision to meet the changing landscapes within the NHS. The community department is made up of a team of dietitians, administrative and assistant staff, for whom you will provide the daily operational management and be actively involved in the collation and reporting of service-level data to our internal teams and our commissioners.

Post holder will be required to be a car driver with a clean driving licence and the ability to travel between sites/patient's homes. You will spend approximately 70% of your time on clinical duties, the exact nature of this will be determined based on the service needs and skills of the successful candidate but will require expertise with adult Home Enteral Tube Feeding.

The remaining 30% will be spent on operational management duties. You will be based in Estover Health Centre but employed by Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust and will have access to the large dietetic department for professional support and training.

• Date posted: 31 December 2025
• Pay scheme:
  Agenda for change
• Band:
  Band 7
• Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 a year
• Contract:
  
  Permanent
• Working pattern:
  Full-time
• Reference number: 216-AM-DA7586587
• Job locations:
  Community Dietetic Dept, Estover Health Centre, Leypark Walk, Estover, Plymouth, PL6 8UE

• Responsible for the professional organisation, delivery and management of the dietetic service relating to the Community dietetic team
• To undertake the appropriate assessment and treatment of patients referred for dietetic advice as necessary and ensure that correct medical ethics are always observed
• To manage own clinical caseload of patients referred to the service as well as HETF patients in both inpatient and domiciliary setting
• To lead on ensuring that patient nutrition outcomes are clearly completed and documented for the dietetic service, as directed by the Head of Nutrition & Dietetics
• Liaise with the stakeholders of other organisations concerning the provision of dietetic services relating to Community dietetic service provision
• To support Head of Nutrition & Dietetics in providing excellent clinical leadership across the Community dietetic service
• To set a high personal standard of work and facilitate other staff to do likewise
• To liaise with staff of other disciplines, as and when necessary, to ensure that effective communication and reporting always takes place
• Ensure continuing professional development of all staff by identifying training needs and in collaboration with others developing and implementing in-service and post registration training programmes
• Be responsible for the collection of statistical data relevant to the service in line with Trust and departmental policies and procedures

• BSc in Human Nutrition & Dietetics or equivalent qualification
• HCPC Registration

• Proven and demonstrable leadership skills in managing a clinical team
• Proven evidence of extensive clinical practice post registration within a Community Dietetic setting
• Demonstrable experience of nutrition support and Home Enteral feeding procedures/systems
• Recent, demonstrable, and extensive experience in enteral feeding planning

• Completion of Clinical Supervisory Skills training course
• Computer skills in database use and statistical packages
• Research design/statistics skills
• British Dietetic Association (BDA) membership

• Excellent communication skills with an ability to communicate with all levels of healthcare personnel as well as patients and their carers
• Proven evidence of clinical leadership skills
• Demonstrable expertise in the practical skills of nutritional support

• Effective team worker
• Demonstrates commitment to the development of others
• Enquiring mind with an enthusiasm for research and…