Specialist Dietitian

CNTW Community Interest Company; Newcastle upon Tyne; Remote; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust is hiring a Band 6 Specialist Dietitian for the Community Adult Eating Disorder Service (CAEDS). The role focuses on dietetic assessment, treatment, and support in the community, with base proximity to Ashgrove at St Nicholas hospital, and involves travel across CNTW sites.

You will work within a full MDT, supporting patients to regain independence and reduce inpatient need, while providing education and maintaining HCPC

Qualifications

• HCPC registration required.
• Multidisciplinary teamwork experience.
• Evidence of CPD and ongoing development.
• Ability to travelbetween sites within CNTW.

Responsibilities

• Lead specialist dietetic assessments and management of adults with eating disorders.
• Provide nutrition support expertise to patients, families and healthcare professionals.
• Collaborate with MDT and participate in audits and service development.

Job description

Go back Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Dietitian

The closing date is 19 November 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated Band 6 Specialist Dietitian who has an interest in working with adults with eating disorders.

You will work in the Community Adult Eating Disorder Service (CAEDS), which supports adults with a diagnosed eating disorder, out in the community. Although, CAEDS has a base at Ashgrove, within St Nicholas hospital site, you will work mainly out in the community and into CNTW's Community Treatment teams. The focus is to facilitate patient recovery in the community, with the aim of reducing the need for inpatient treatment, whilst trying to support the patient to remain as independent in their lives as possible. The focus of treatment is to improve physical and mental health with support from a full multidisciplinary team. The service also supports families and carers, and links with other services to help develop safe and effective pathways for patients.

This is a permanent, full-time position, and you will join our well-established dietetic team at CNTW which covers a wide range of services helping patients with mental health conditions, learning disabilities and/or neurological conditions.

Main duties of the job

Full support will be provided by an experienced band 7 Advanced Dietitian and other band 6 Specialist Dietitians. Staff are actively encouraged to take part in the development of the Dietetics service within the Trust including audit and promotion of the service through various events and initiatives. We offer excellent training opportunities to provide you with the skills you need to do your role.

You will take a lead role in the specialist dietetic assessment, diagnosis, treatment, monitoring and management of patients in the clinical setting.

You will act as a source of expertise in nutrition support and dietetics to patients, consultants, medical staff, other health care professionals, carers and relatives.

There will be times when cover is required between other adult eating disorder services including our day service (based at Benfield house) and our inpatient beds for adults with eating disorders (based at St Nicholas hospital).

You will have the opportunity to work as part of multi-disciplinary teams and develop the skills and knowledge to deliver dietetic input within inpatient, community and specialist services to provide excellent, high-quality treatment and care.

About us

You will join our trust wide Dietetics Service, which has over 30 dietitians, clinical support assistants and a dedicated admin team. We have excellent links to multidisciplinary teams and nutrition and health promotion initiatives across the Trust.

The team have strong links with local universities, and we take dietetic students from Teesside and Newcastle Universities. All staff have a valuable role and are expected to be actively involved in supporting the learning and development of our dietetic students'.

The post will require travelling to various sites, parking in our Trust car parks is free. There are hot desking offices available for Dietitians to use across the Trust and we will provide you with IT equipment to enable you to work across multiple sites and access our electronic notes and dairies as needed.

The Trust aims to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS, now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a long term and rewarding career.

NHS Employees identified as at risk of compulsory redundancy and those eligible for the NENC Re-Deployment careers hub will receive prior consideration.

Job responsibilities

Please see the separate job description and person specification for more information.

It is essential you have current and ongoing registration as a Dietitian with the HCPC to be considered for this post.

Part time or flexible hours will be considered.

Person Specification

Education and Qualification

• Degree in Dietetics or Science/Nutrition Degree plus post-graduate Diploma in Dietetics which leads to eligibility to Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration
• Current valid registration as a Dietitian with the HCPC
• Evidence of Continual Professional Development including post graduate courses
• Member of the British Dietetic Association and Mental Health Specialist Group
• British Dietetic Association: Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Group (PENG) course
• Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults training
• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Knowledge and Experience

• Post registration experience in general clinical dietetics and further post registration experience in one or more specialist areas
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience working in and presenting to groups
• Evidence of participation in audit/research
• Experience of providing clinical supervision for junior dietitians and mentoring students
• Experience in the development of Dietetic services
• A working knowledge of vulnerable adult and child protection issues
• Knowledge of existing national guidance and key standards in eating disorders
• Knowledge of the Mental Health Act

Skills and Competencies

• The ability to solve complex clinical problems some of which will require immediate resolution
• Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance as part of the supervision process
• Ability to be flexible; adapting approaches to suit different settings and patients
• Risk assessment, risk management and safety planning skills
• Good IT skills and ability to use electronic systems for recording clinical information
• Basic counselling skills
• Training and induction of staff

Role/Team Specific Requirements

• Professional in approach and manner
• Ability to work independently whilst contributing to multi-disciplinary teams
• Committed to lifelong learning and continuing professional development
• Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner and as part of a team and prioritise own work load and that of others
• Flexible in covering colleague's patient cases in some circumstances

Personal Characteristics/Additional Requirements

• Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills
• Good organisational and problem solving skills
• Able to work under own initiative, work under pressure and achieve deadlines
• Reliable, dependable with good time keeping
• Enthusiastic, flexible and motivated to promote Dietetic services
• A commitment to equal opportunities and a positive attitude to combating stigma
• Ability and willingness to travel around the Trust and able to meet the mobility requirements of the post
• Keen to learn and gain further experience and with an interest in all aspects of dietetics

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.

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust