Community Specialist Rehabilitation Dietitian

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Community Specialist Rehabilitation Dietitian to join our dedicated team, delivering expert nutritional care in the community. In this role, you will provide highly specialist dietetic assessment, advice, and counselling to a complex caseload, working closely with the Community Dietetic Team and Dudley Rehabilitation Service (DRS). You will manage your own caseload, supporting patients with a range of nutritional needs including malnutrition, enteral feeding, and chronic disease, through health centre appointments and domiciliary visits to housebound patients and care homes. We are looking for a motivated professional with advanced clinical skills, excellent communication, and a commitment to improving patient outcomes.

Main duties of the job

What You'll Do

• Deliver specialist dietetic advice for individuals with neurological conditions and provide cover within the adult community dietetic caseload.
• Manage patients requiring both enteral and oral nutritional support, ensuring tailored, evidence-based care.
• Work as an integral member of multidisciplinary teams, contributing expertise, sharing new developments, and supporting collaborative decision-making.
• Provide specialist dietetic assessments and treatments in health centres, patients' homes, and care homes, ensuring a flexible, prioritised service based on clinical need.
• Take responsibility for your own specialist caseload, supporting patients who are malnourished or enterally fed as part of their rehabilitation journey.
• Act as an expert resource, promoting best practice and delivering consistently high standards of care across Dudley.

About us

At the Dudley Group our patients and staff are at the heart of all that we do and that is to provide a world class service that aligns with our vision of "excellent health care, improved health for all". We are seeking to recruit staff who share our vision and values of making Dudley Group an incredible workplace.

As part of the NHS People Promise, your wellbeing is our priority, and we are committed to ensuring our employees achieve a healthy work-life balance supported by our flexible working options and by making reasonable adjustments where possible. We believe no-one should have to sacrifice family, friends, or their personal interests for work. We are a modern employer able to attract and retain high quality staff through our commitment to the NHS People Promise.

As an employer, we foster an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, supported, and empowered to contribute their best. We want to ensure that our workforce is representative of the population we serve. More information - inclusive practice people promise.

Dudley Group offer many opportunities for our staff to develop and grow within their roles through our Learning & OD Team. These include topics such as communication, wellbeing, team development, cultural competency, and values.

Please click below to view our EDI page: Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion - The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust (dgft.nhs.uk)