The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Dietetic Assistant

The closing date is 08 October 2025

Job summary

We are looking for a new colleague to join our team of 35 dietitians, apprentices and support staff. This is a temporary post to cover colleague absence.

The successful candidate will manage stock levels of nutritional products, co-ordinating distribution, monitoring usage and re-ordering appropriately. You will support our clinical team in the management of patients requiring tube feeding at home and deal with telephone queries from patients and other health colleagues.

Main duties of the job

Support the Nutrition & Dietetics Service to meet the nutritional needs of patients in hospital and the community.

To manage stock levels of nutritional products, co-ordinating ward distribution monitoring usage and reordering appropriately.

To support dietitians in the management of patients requiring home tube feeding and deals with telephone queries from patients and other health colleagues.

To support with general office duties.

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Details

Date posted

02 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

225-DIV3-7421928

Job locations

New Cross Hospital

Wolverhampton

WV10 0QP


Job description

Job responsibilities

Full details regarding this post are available in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Full details regarding this post are available in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Experience and skills

Essential

  • General office skills including email, accurate data entry to excel and databases
  • Good written and verbal communication in english
  • Physical fitness for manual handling in storeroom and moving products between locations on site
Person Specification

Experience and skills

Essential

  • General office skills including email, accurate data entry to excel and databases
  • Good written and verbal communication in english
  • Physical fitness for manual handling in storeroom and moving products between locations on site

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Address

New Cross Hospital

Wolverhampton

WV10 0QP


Employer's website

https://www.royalwolverhampton.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Address

New Cross Hospital

Wolverhampton

WV10 0QP


Employer's website

https://www.royalwolverhampton.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Nutrition & Dietetics

Kathryn Robinson

kathrynrobinson@nhs.net

01902695335

Details

Date posted

02 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

225-DIV3-7421928

Job locations

New Cross Hospital

Wolverhampton

WV10 0QP


Supporting documents

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