Band 4 Dietetic Assistant Practitioner - Bristol

Job summary

We are looking for a motivated and compassionateDietetic Assistant Practitioner to join our Dietetics team based at Callington Road Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity to support the delivery of high-quality nutritional care within a specialist mental health setting.

You will work closely with registered Dietitians and the wider multidisciplinary team to deliver evidence-based nutritional interventions to service users across inpatient mental health services.

Right to Work in the UK: This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application, as the organisation is unable to support sponsorship for this post.

Main duties of the job

• To assist qualified Dietitians in the delivery of the therapy service to a specified caseload of inpatients.
• To work without direct supervision, undertaking talks that fall within the remit of the non-complex patient. This can include initial assessments.
• To routinely act as first contact with the non-complex patient.
• To carry own caseload of non-complex patients, devising and implementing treatment programmes with reference to a qualified Dietitian.
• Assisting qualified dietetic staff with the assessment of complex cases and ongoing management.
• To provide nutrition focussed group activities for inpatients.
• To provide ongoing nutrition screening training for inpatient staff.
• To provide administrative support for the Nutrition and Dietetic team.

About us

We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.

Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Details

Date posted

18 June 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£28,392 to £31,157 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

342-BR090-0626

Job locations

Callington Road Hospital

Brislington

Bristol

BS4 5BJ

United Kingdom