Band 6 Dietitian Eating Disorders

Transformationunitgm; Tottenham; On-site; GBP 44,000 - GBP 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable NHS organization in Tottenham is seeking a Senior Eating Disorders Dietitian to join their dynamic in-patient team. The candidate will deliver specialized dietetic care to adults with eating disorders, manage complex cases, and collaborate in a multidisciplinary team. Requirements include a relevant degree, registration, and experience in NHS practice. This role promises to impact mental health care positively and is part of an inclusive employer committed to staff development.

Benefits

NHS Discounts

Generous annual leave

NHS pension scheme

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Registered Dietitian with the Health & Care Professions Council.
• Post-graduate dietetic experience, including NHS practice.
• Experience managing own caseload, including complex cases.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and coordinate specialist dietetic care for high-risk adult inpatients.
• Provide comprehensive nutritional assessments and meal planning.
• Manage a complex caseload and supervise ward catering staff.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Communication skills

Teamwork

Organisational skills

Problem-solving

Education

BSc, MSc or Postgraduate diploma in Nutrition & Dietetics

Registered Dietitian with the Health & Care Professions Council

Tools

Clinical record keeping systems (e.g., Rio)

Job description

Overview

Main area Dietetics Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm) Job ref 455-NLFT-0642

Employer

North London NHS Foundation Trust

Site

St Ann\'s Hospital, Tottenham

Salary

£44,485 - £52,521 Per annum inclusive of Outer London HCAS (pro-rata)

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 22/02/2026 23:59

Band 6

Thank you for your interest in the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT). This is an exciting time to join us and be part of our journey to improve mental health care across North London and deliver excellent services to our local people. We will achieve this through the North London Way, as we:

• Collaborate at every level by living our values to create the right conditions for us all to work together.
• Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care.
• Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes.
• Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high-quality care across all our services.
• Ensure that research, quality improvement, and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services.
• Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do

We proactively welcome diversity in our workforce and pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer. We aim to recruit from our local communities and provide opportunities to all including apprenticeships, veterans, care leavers and more.

The North London Way to deliver: Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.

As a values‑driven Trust, we recruit through our values. Our selection processes focus on behaviours, attitudes, and examples that reflect our organisational values and commitment to compassionate, high‑quality care.

Job overview

We are looking for a Senior Eating Disorders Dietitian who is enthusiastic, committed and interested in joining our busy and dynamic in-patient team at St Ann’s Eating Disorders Service.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the dietetic input to Iris Ward.

St Ann’s Eating Disorders Service is a specialist, tertiary service providing comprehensive care and treatment to those with eating disorders.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver and coordinate specialist, evidence-based dietetic care for a complex group of high-risk adult inpatients with diverse presentations and challenging physical and psychological conditions, within a 15 bed dedicated Eating Disorders Service.
• Provide comprehensive nutritional assessments, meal planning, enteral feeding advice, and patient education, working autonomously while collaborating closely with the MDT to develop and deliver individual and group treatment plans.
• Manage a complex caseload, facilitate food and nutrition groups, supervise ward catering staff, and deputise for senior dietitians when required.
• Contribute to service quality and development through audit, research projects, governance, health promotion, accurate data recording, and adherence to policies, health and safety standards, and ongoing supervision and training.

Working for our organisation

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all.
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

Why NLFT?

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
• Excellent internal staff network

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.

Person specification

Education and qualifications

• BSc, MSc or Postgraduate diploma in Nutrition & Dietetics (or equivalent non-UK qualification)
• Registered Dietitian with the Health & Care Professions Council
• Member of the British Dietetic Association (BDA) and relevant special interest groups
• Post registration training in cognitive behavioural therapy, counselling and related areas
• BDA accredited clinical supervisory skills course for training students
• BDA accredited courses in clinical supervision, behavioural change, counselling and motivational interviewing

Experience and knowledge

• Post-graduate dietetic experience, including NHS practice and varied clinical settings.
• Strong knowledge base underpinning dietetic practice; evidence of continued professional development.
• Experience managing own caseload, including complex cases; autonomous practice combined with effective MDT working.
• Skilled in nutritional support (oral and enteral), hospital food services, and community/lone working.
• Group work facilitation and delivery of training; supervision of staff and students on clinical placements.
• Audit experience and participation in service development and quality improvement initiatives.
• Familiarity with NHS systems, policies, and governance; knowledge of clinical guidelines (NICE, BDA, HCPC Code of Conduct).
• Ability to process and manage complex information in relation to patient care
• Understanding of clinical governance, risk management, equality, diversity, and ethical principles.
• Knowledge of local and national clinical and professional policies, guidelines, strategies and KPIs guiding mental health services.
• Competent in IT systems for clinical record keeping (e.g., Rio) and basic computer skills.
• Able to work safely in line with Trust Policies and Procedures.
• Experience in mental health settings (including the community) and working with eating disorder clients.
• Awareness of own learning style. Awareness of own knowledge and development needs.
• Knowledge of hospital food services.
• Active contribution to training others
• Experience of working in a community setting or as a lone worker
• Rio (or other IT system) experience for clinical record keeping
• Experience of supervising students on clinical placements and supervision of staff members
• Can demonstrate evidence of continued professional development (e.g. keeps a professional portfolio)
• Understanding of key performance indicators. Able to demonstrate implementing policy into practice.
• Knowledge and understanding of cultural and religious influences on food. Ability to recognise and work with diversity.

Skills and abilities

• A medical understanding of eating disorders and their effects on nutritional status.
• Clinical & Patient Care: Strong clinical reasoning; commitment to patient care; ability to implement evidence-based practice; skilled in behaviour change and motivational interviewing techniques to support implementation of dietetic treatment plans.
• Communication: Excellent written and oral communication; able to present information clearly; effective with diverse groups (patients, carers, professionals); uses interpreters and visual aids when needed. Able to keep accurate and legible patient notes.
• Teamwork: Works autonomously, on own initiative and collaboratively to improve patient care; strong team player; experience in multidisciplinary teams; supportive of colleagues; demonstrates confidence and self-motivation. Is able to give examples of own involvement of working as part of a team e.g. experience of being part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Organisational Skills: Prioritises workload effectively; flexible approach; excellent time management; able to influence and develop skills in others; experience in quality improvement initiatives.
• Problem-Solving & Analytical Skills: Applies analytical thinking to practice; demonstrates problem-solving ability
• Physical & Practical Requirements: Meets mental and physical demands of role; able to carry equipment unaided; visits wards and outpatient areas.
• Technical Skills: Basic IT and computer proficiency.
• Knowledge of the Mental Health Act. Knowledge of safeguarding vulnerable adults.
• Supervision & Mentoring: Good supervisory skills; experience as educator/mentor; able to lead and support staff development.
• Able to deal with difficult situations, e.g. dealing with aggressive and/or emotional patients or carers. Able to work with individuals who have severe and enduring eating disorders.
• Can give examples of quality initiatives to improve the delivery of patient care and own involvement in specific initiatives

Personal qualities

• Professional in approach and manner.
• Demonstrates a commitment to continuing professional development.
• Demonstrates and promotes the Trust\’s values and models this in their attitude and behaviour.
• Addresses concerns promptly and appropriately, either directly or through established Trust processes.

Other requirements

• Fluent in written and spoken English.
• Fitness for role as required.
• Able to visit wards/units and outpatient clinical areas.
• Has a professional appearance and is able to express themselves clearly (both written and verbal)
• Car owner /driver. Current driving licence
• Fluent in any other local language
• Able to travel across sites and Trust boundaries to attend meetings, etc. if required (by public transport or personal vehicle)
• Able to carry clinical and teaching equipment unaided or use correct aids

Due to the high number of applications that are are received, we reserve the right to close vacancies early. Please apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

In line with NHS protocols, only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We regret that it is not possible to contact all applicants for every vacancy. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume you have not been shortlisted for the next stage.

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome. Please ensure you hold the correct right to work in the UK at the time of your application. Some roles may not be eligible for sponsorship, and we want to make sure you have all the information you need before applying. To avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI guidelines: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration

References will be required to cover your last 3 years of employment/training. One has to be from your current or most recent employer and the others from your previous employer. The references should be from persons with management responsibility or HR.

Please note, in order to progress your application your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of North London NHS Foundation Trust. As part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating an inclusive, fair, and supportive workplace for all. We actively welcome applications from individuals who are under‑represented within our workforce and are dedicated to eliminating discrimination in all its forms.

As a Disability Confident (Two Ticks) employer, we guarantee an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role and are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at improving efficiencies within the NHS both to make costs savings for NHS organisations but also to save you time when your employment transfers.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

Contact

Name Anuja Malde
Job title Lead Eating Disorders Dietitian
Email address [e-mail]
Telephone number 0208 702 6240

Additional information

Working hours Monday-Thursday, 8:30am-4:30pm.