Band 6 Senior Oncology Dietitian

Job summary
Join our friendly and supportive oncology dietetic team at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, one of the UK's largest tertiary cancer centres. This 12-month fixed-term maternity cover post offers the opportunity to develop advanced oncology dietetic skills across a diverse caseload, working closely with specialist MDTs in a highly respected service. You will gain exposure to complex cancer pathways and contribute to service development within a progressive department.

Job Overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Dietitian with excellent clinical, communication and organizational skills to join our team as a Senior Oncology Dietitian. This full-time Band 6 role will provide specialist nutritional assessment and intervention for patients undergoing cancer treatment, supporting both inpatient and outpatient services. The post is ideal for a dietitian looking to further develop their clinical expertise, decision-making and specialist oncology practice.

This is an excellent opportunity to gain specialist oncology experience within a major cancer centre while making a meaningful difference to patient care.

Main duties of the job

• Provide evidence based nutritional care to patients with cancer across inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Deliver specialist dietetic management for complex oncology patients, including advice following oesophageal and gastroduodenal stent insertion, optimization of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy, symptom management, oral nutritional support and enteral tube feeding.
• Work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams to optimize patient outcomes.
• Prioritize and manage a varied caseload of complex patients.
• Deliver education and support to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.
• Supervise and support junior staff, students and assistants as required.
• Contribute to service development, audit, quality improvement and clinical governance activities.
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation and data collection.

About us
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.

Details
Date posted: 26 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 304-1103960
Job locations: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2TH, United Kingdom

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Essential: Evidence of relevant GCSE, NVQ, GNVQ, AS and A levels
• Essential: Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent
• Essential: Registration with HCPC
• Desirable: MSc or equivalent experience e.g. advanced level of clinical practice / relevant postgraduate, professionally accredited courses

Experience

• Essential: Relevant post registration experience relevant to clinical area.
• Essential: In depth for nutritional assessment / nutritional screening tools.
• Essential: Knowledge of all types of nutritional support.
• Essential: Up to date with clinical developments, with evidence of contributions to clinical meetings / journal clubs.
• Essential: Working knowledge of computer programmes e.g. word processing, spreadsheets, power point, dietary analysis, data collection and patient information programmes.
• Essential: Evidence of clinical audit and/or research.
• Essential: Evidence of multi-disciplinary team work.
• Essential: Knowledge of standards of record keeping and medico-legal issues.
• Essential: Experience of training Dietetic students.
• Desirable: Evidence of teaching groups of professionals and patients.
• Desirable: Evidence of ongoing regular attendance on post-graduate training courses and clinical development.
• Desirable: Evidence of attendance at national conferences.
• Desirable: Attendance at specialist group meetings of BDA and accredited specialist training course.
• Desirable: Attendance at relevant multi-disciplinary courses/conferences

Additional Criteria

• Essential: Organisational skills with the ability to organise own workload and work in a systematic way
• Essential: Excellent time management
• Essential: Excellent interpersonal and team working skills
• Essential: Demonstrates interest and enthusiasm for nutrition
• Essential: Motivated to develop the service
• Essential: Flexibility in the approach to a day in the knowledge that pressure of demand and throughput of patients will impact on original aims of the day
• Essential: Work onsite due to the clinical caseload
• Essential: Enthusiasm and commitment to train student dietitians and others
• Essential: Commitment to CPD
• Desirable: Active member of relevant professional groups

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions. Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer contact: Charlotte Wardzynski, charlotte.wardzynski@uhb.nhs.uk, 01213713485
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