Job summary
- Main area
- Oncology Dietitian
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 357-LN-2002-24
- Employer
- United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Nutrition and Dietetic Department, Lincoln County Hospital
- Town
- Lincoln
- Salary
- £37,388 - £44,962 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Oncology Dietitian - Band 6
NHS AfC: Band 6
We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULTH.
We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.
Our values guide everything we do. They are:
- Patient-centred – Putting patients at the heart of everything we do, listening and responding to their needs and wishes.
- Safety – Following ULTH and professional guidelines. Speaking up to make sure patients and staff are safe from harm.
- Excellence – Striving to be the best that we can be. Innovating and learning from others.
- Compassion – Caring for patients and their loved ones in ways we would want for our friends and family.
- Respect – Behaving and using language that demonstrates respect and courtesy to others. Zero tolerance to bullying, inequality, prejudice and discrimination.
If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULTH team.
We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.
Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £710 million (22/23) and we employ nearly 8,600 people.
Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Outstanding Care Personally Delivered” – stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.
We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.
Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.
This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.
So, what is in it for you?
- Flexible working: Depending on the needs of your role, we will consider requests for flexible and/or part-time working for whatever reason you should need it. We recognise flexible working will not look the same for everyone, because it depends on the nature of the role and the needs of the individual.
Types of flexibility could include:
- Part-time - less than 37.5 hours per week.
- Off-site/remote working - working from home or other sites for part or all the week.
- Compressed hours – usually full-time hours but over fewer days or shifts.
- Staggered hours – having different start and finish times.
- Set shift patterns – to allow for predictability
- NHS Pension: A generous and flexible pension scheme with contributions from us as your employer fully protected against inflation and guaranteed by the government
- Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days a year, rising to 33 days after 10 years plus eight bank holidays (for staff covered by Agenda for Change) For Medical Workforce positions (Consultant and Specialty Doctor), the full-time entitlement commences from 32 days per annum. For all other Medical Workforce positions, the full-time entitlement commences from 27 days per annum.
- Bank working: The chance to work extra hours at enhanced rates and we will pay you weekly too, ideal if your income needs a quick boost.
In addition, there is more.
- Family & Childcare: Including on-site nurseries at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital Boston, maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave following a set period of employment.
- Health & Wellbeing: including counselling, mental health first aid, physiotherapy, eye tests.
- Learning & Development including Lincolnshire Talent Academy, leadership training, medical education, clinical education, Lincolnshire clinical research
- Financial support and benefits including Cycle2Work, car lease scheme, home electronics. Free on-site parking and free tea and coffee and the ability to save and borrow through your salary.
- Rewards & Recognition including staff awards, long service awards, retirement awards, examples of excellence and staff lottery.
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Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for full time (1wte) Band 6 Dietitian working in Oncology across United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
This is a great opportunity to advance your dietetic career and gain experience in the specialist area of oncology, working with patients with variety of oncological diagnoses in both in and outpatients . You will require the skills to manage your own caseload independently and demonstrate excellent team working skills. Prior experience of working with cancer patients is preferable, but we are able to provide training for those applicants with minimal oncology experience.
We are an inclusive, supportive department who offer flexible working, and opportunities for professional development. We actively participate in student training in conjunction with the other ULTH sites.
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate excellent clinical and communication skills and an interest and some experience in the care of patients in this patient group within the NHS. They should have a practical, forward-thinking approach to service development and evaluation and the ability to work singlehanded as well as part of a team. You will contribute to innovation, service development and audit. You will be supported with your personal development goals and have regular clinical supervision and peer support.
NHS experience and being a member of special interest groups in the BDA is preferable. You must be able to travel between hospital sites.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will provide a service to in-patients at our hospital sites - currently Lincoln County Hospital, Lincoln and Pilgrim Hospital ,Boston, and to outpatients cross-Lincolnshire, delivering evidence based interventions for people with an oncological diagnosis. The successful candidate must be flexible, innovative & highly motivated. The role requires the appointed person to be proactive and adaptable to support fast changing needs of patients, including the smooth and prompt transition of in- patient care to the individuals’ place of discharge, and adapting outpatients requirements according to clinical need. The successful applicant will be well supported within the Therapy service and will be encouraged to assist in developing the service. This is an exciting time to join us; you will be part of a team that continues to deliver excellent services for our patients.
Working for our organisation
Pilgrim Hospital is situated beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.
Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.
This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.
The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will provide evidence based interventions to patients with a variety of oncological diagnoses and their family/carers, in both an inpatient and outpatient setting, including providing cover for other specialist caseloads to cover periods of annual leave and sickness. This will include initial nutritional assessments and ongoing support using a variety of nutritional interventions including enteral feeding.
Please see attached job description for full details of role and responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc Dietetics or Post Graduate Diploma in Dietetics
- HCPC registration
Desirable criteria
- Facilitation of Learning training
- FODMAP Training
- Membership of the BDA
- Membership of relevant specialist interest groups or professional bodies
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of nutritional support across a range of clinical areas.
- Proven ability to work independently with a high degree of autonomy
- Knowledge of the boundaries of own practice and able to appropriately access relevant sources of support
- Experience of contributing to Clinical Governance
Desirable criteria
- At least 12 months’ experience working as a dietitian post-registration
- Experience of delivering group education sessions
- Experience of disordered eating
- Experience managing complex nutritional support patients
- Experience of enteral feeding via different routes/tubes
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Up to date knowledge of the evidence base surrounding nutrition support and gold standard care relating to relevant health conditions
Desirable criteria
- Experience of service development, including writing policies and procedures
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent training and presenting skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent organisational skills, including timekeeping, note taking and ability to manage a caseload independently
Aptitude
Essential criteria
- Ability to maintain professionalism and confidentiality at all times.
Other
Essential criteria
- Eligible for DBS clearance
Desirable criteria
- Ability to travel across the county to other sites/clinics/undertake home visits
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Susan Whitworth
- Job title
- Oncology Team Lead Dietitian
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01522597765
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