Specialist Dietitian

NHS; Darlington; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is looking for a Band 6 Specialist Dietitian to join their acute inpatient team in Darlington. The role offers a comprehensive training program for new graduates, leading to a permanent position, with responsibilities focused on patient care in various clinical settings. Emphasis is placed on teamwork, service improvement, and professional growth.

Qualifications

• Registered with the Health Care Professions Council.
• Previous experience in MDT settings and nutrition support.
• Specialized education in dietetics and experience managing dietary services.

Responsibilities

• Provide dietetic care to acute inpatient wards, including critical care.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team and manage a personal caseload.
• Assist in training dietetic students and contribute to service plans.

Skills

Clinical supervisory skills

Leadership Training

Ability to plan, initiate and evaluate new services

Understanding of local and national strategies relating to nutrition

Education

Masters Degree (working towards or held)

Completion of PENG course

Job description

Go back County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Dietitian

The closing date is 25 June 2025

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Specialist Dietitianto join our acute inpatient team covering wards and ICU. We welcome newgraduates and those expected to graduate in 2025 to apply as well asexperienced Dietitians

We would love to show you our department. Follow us on social media at Instagramcddftdietitians, Twitter @CDDFTDietitian.

We are a proactive department with a strong focus on serviceimprovement, digital advancement and staff development. We have a preceptorship programme for newstaff, regular clinical supervision and lots of CPD opportunities to supportcareer progression.

County Durham is an excellent place to live.With beautiful countryside and coastlines alongside interesting towns andcities. There are excellent transportlinks to Newcastle (30 minutes via train from Darlington) and York (30 minutesvia train from Darlington) as well as having rail links to other UK cities andinternational travel from Newcastle and Teesside International Airport

Main duties of the job

Thispost is to provide dietetic care to acute inpatient wards, including criticalcare at Darlington Memorial Hospital. The post holder will be based at DarlingtonMemorial but may be occasionally required to cover other areas within thelocality of County Durham and Darlington including University Hospital NorthDurham and Bishop Auckland Hospital. There will also be telephone clinics.Previous experience in MDT working, enteral Nutrition, parenteral nutrition andcritical care is preferred. As a team we complete competencies to enable us towork in extended scope practice in enteral tube feeding

About us

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You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented

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For the most up-to-date information on visa requirements and eligibility, please check online to determine whether you can apply.

From April 9th 2025 - Healthcare assistants - You must have a minimum of two yearsof experience working within the NHS as a HCA for the Trust to considersponsorship (we will only consider sponsorship if you meet this criteria andhave a current visa expiring within 3 months)

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for their own caseload.They will work as part of the acute dietetic team and assist in daily triagingof in-patient referrals including prioritisation. They will work alongsideother Dietitians covering critical care and wards. Patients will be seen in avariety of settings including hospital wards, outpatient clinics, and telephoneclinics. The post holder will work closely with other Dietitians and the widermultidisciplinary team.

We use electronic patient records in all areas of theservice - Center for in-patients, MDT clinics and Consultant-led outpatients,SystmOne for community

The department trains dietetic students (A, B and Cplacement) and the post holder will have an active role in student trainingplanning, co-ordination and assessment

The Nutrition and Dietetic service is structured into teams;secondary care (incorporating nutrition support and critical care), bariatrics,primary care (incorporating care home training), adult & paediatricdiabetes, adult Home Enteral Feeding, paediatrics (incorporating Home EnteralFeeding and paediatric weight management). the nutrition and dietetic servicecomprises of 6 teams, with 44 Dietitians, 1 Specialist Nurse, 4 Dieteticassistants and we are supported by central administration. We are based on 4sites in the County, at Darlington Memorial Hospital, University Hospital NorthDurham, Bishop Auckland Hospital and Shotley Bridge Hospital

New graduates are very welcome to apply and take up thisposition as a training and development role, with responsibilities and roleadjusted accordingly. Please note thatthe appointment will be made at Band 6 Annex 21 (which will be 75% of top ofband 6 as per NHS Agenda for Change) or Band 6 dependent on qualifications andexperience. If you are appointed underAnnex 21 conditions, once you have successfully completed our 12 monthcompetency based training programme you will progress to a permanent Band 6grade. (The contract ends if anapplicant does not successfully complete the required learning objectiveswithin this time frame under the Annex 21 scheme).

Person Specification

Experience

• Previous experience of working in a variety of clinical settings
• Experience of working within MDT environments
• Previous experience of audit and research including submission / presentation to journals / conferences
• Previous experience of working within nutrition support and critical care

Qualifications

• Clinical supervisory skills
• Leadership Training
• Working towards or hold Masters Degree
• Completion of PENG course

Statutory Registration

• Registered with the Health Care Professions Council

Special Requirements

• Able to meet the travel requirements of the post

Special Skills & Knowledge

• Completion of post-graduate specialist education e.g. PENG course or other
• Ability to plan, initiate and evaluate new services and manage change
• Has a highly developed understanding of the changing NHS environment and its impact on service provision and staff.
• Understanding of local and national strategies and policies relating to nutrition, health and social care as relevant to community dietetics
• Member of BDA
• Member of relevant specialist sub-groups (eg. PENG, BAPEN, BDA CCSG)
• Extended scope practice competence for feeding tubes eg. Replacement of Y-ends, advance & rotation of tubes

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.

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

£37,338 to £44,962 a yearper annum, pro rata or annex 21