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Taunton, Massachusetts

Band 6 Adult Dietitian - Taunton

DietitianIncludes callNo weekendsContract

Listed compensation

£24-26/hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

  • Job Title: Dietitian – Acute Adult Services
  • Banding: Band 6
  • Location: Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton
  • Start Date: ASAP
  • Duration: 3 months
  • Hourly Rate: £24-26
  • Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Job Overview

Pulse is currently seeking an experienced Band 6 Dietitian to join the team at Musgrove Park Hospital. This is an excellent opportunity to work within a busy acute adult setting, supporting a varied inpatient caseload and delivering high-quality, patient-centred nutritional care. The successful candidate will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, managing a diverse caseload across acute wards and contributing to effective discharge planning and patient recovery.

Key Responsibilities

  • Deliver dietetic assessments and interventions across acute adult wards.
  • Manage a varied inpatient caseload, including general medical patients.
  • Develop and implement individualised nutrition care plans.
  • Work collaboratively with MDT colleagues to optimise patient outcomes.
  • Maintain accurate clinical records and adhere to governance standards.

Qualifications and Experience

  • HCPC registered Dietitian.
  • Experience working at Band 6 level or equivalent.
  • Previous acute hospital experience is essential.
  • Strong clinical reasoning and communication skills.
  • Ability to work independently and manage a busy caseload.

Why Choose Pulse?

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Reasonable Adjustments

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Requirements

Must be an HCPC registered Dietitian with essential experience in acute hospital settings. Requires experience working at Band 6 level or equivalent with strong clinical reasoning skills.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Dietetic AssessmentNutrition Care PlanningCase ManagementMultidisciplinary TeamworkPatient-Centred CareClinical Record Maintenance

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Band 6 Adult Dietitian - Taunton at Pulse Healthcare a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Clinical Nutrition dietitian listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Dietitian Career Context

Of the 50 active Clinical Nutrition listings this role was benchmarked against, 40% are remote, 38% have no call, 76% require no weekends.

Clinical Nutrition pay on WeekdayDoc is up 5.9% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$52k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $49k in an average-cost state. 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 6.0
Better work-life than 50% of Clinical Nutrition (Dietitian) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,987 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • Includes call

Living in Taunton

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$537k
Typical market rent
$2,096/mo
Residents’ average commute
29 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
101.8
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.