Community Dietitian

Are you recently qualified as a dietitian, or due to qualify, and want a first post that offers support and opportunities to develop your knowledge and skills?

Are you looking to return to practice, or an existing band 5 dietitian searching for an exciting new role to enhance your skills in the community and advance your career?

We are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic and innovative band 5 dietitian, with excellent communication skills and knowledge, to join our friendly and supportive team here at First Community.

The post holder will join our Surrey adults team, covering the East Surrey area. Clinical workload will include clinics (face to face, virtual and telephone), domiciliary visits, community hospitals and home enterally fed patients.

We are a friendly, approachable team of 19 dietitians, 2 dietetic assistants and 2 administrators delivering services across East Surrey and parts of West Sussex.

We are committed to service development through public involvement, quality improvement and innovative new service models. We support involvement in service development and encourage innovative thinking to improve services and patient experience, whilst increasing efficiency within our team. As a social enterprise First Community would encourage staff to think outside the box!

We also encourage personal development, offering support and experience in new areas and expertise, providing as much opportunity as possible to develop skills and knowledge., You will use your dietetic skills to improve patients lives in a holistic and evidence-based manner. First dietitians mission is changing lives through food. We want a team player who cares about their patients, about food and nutrition and making a difference. We will support you through mentoring and coaching, with ample learning opportunities.

We pride ourselves on the wide variety of skills and knowledge the team possesses. The post holder will act as an autonomous dietitian to manage their own varied caseload, contributing to the delivery of the First Dietitians service but will also have opportunities to shadow and be supported with further development and upskilling.

Your clinical workload will enable to you develop skills in a wide variety of dietetic areas and we have regular continuing professional development sessions as a team to support learning and development.

You will have opportunities to supervise and support our dietetic assistants and student dietitians and will be able to participate in our teams audit programme, policy and resource development for the team and organisation.

Students due to qualify in 2026 are welcome to apply (say 'yes' to the HCPC filter question) as are experienced band 5s looking to develop their skills in a community setting.

We offer flexible working opportunities/hybrid working and encourage candidates to discuss this at interview.

Do you want to be part of an organisation recognised as one of the top community providers to work for in the country, delivering high quality NHS care? (2025 Staff Survey results)

First Community is a staff owned social enterprise rated Good by CQC, which delivers NHS community services across east Surrey and parts of West Sussex. We are looking for individuals who share our values First-rate care, First-rate people, First-rate value.

First Community is a great place to work, everyone has a voice and is supported to develop their career to its full potential. We offer all our staff: NHS terms and conditions, high quality training and development opportunities, flexible working to enable a good work life balance, an inclusive and friendly work environment, NHS pension, flexible retirement options and various employee benefits.

Please talk to us before applying or at interview about the flexibility you need. We may not be able to meet your needs exactly, but we do promise to fully consider your request and meet your needs where possible. Flexible working options may vary depending on the role.

At First Community we welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities. All applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments.

Sustainability is integral to First Community achieving the NHS Net Zero target.