Specialist Dietitian (Home Enteral Feeding And Nutrition Support)

Northumbria Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust; Horsham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in the North East invites a Dietitian to join the Home Enteral Feeding and Nutrition Support service. You will develop specialist skills across community and acute settings and contribute to supervising junior colleagues.

The role offers opportunities for advanced clinical work in HEF, involvement in service development and governance, and CPD participation. Applicants should be registered Dietitians with HCPC and a passion for improving

Qualifications

• Degree in nutrition and dietetics with professional registration (HCPC).
• Essential: HCPC registration and qualification as a Dietitian.
• Desirable: additional accredited qualifications or prescribing training.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist dietetic assessment and intervention for home enteral feeding and complex nutrition support.
• Manage a varied caseload across community and acute services.
• Work within MDT to ensure safe, patient-centred care.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement and governance.
• Support and develop junior dietitians and students.
• Provide expert education to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.
• Engage in audits, research and adherence to department standards.

Education

Degree in nutrition and dietetics or first level degree plus postgraduate diploma in nutrition and dietetics

Job description

Job summary

Join our forward-thinking Nutrition and Dietetics Service and develop specialist expertise in Home Enteral Feeding and Nutrition Support. This is an excellent opportunity to enhance your clinical skills across community and acute services while contributing to the supervision and development of junior colleagues within a supportive and dynamic team. An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Adult Clinical Dietetic Team for a motivated and enthusiastic Dietitian to join our Home Enteral Feeding (HEF) and Nutrition Support Service. This post offers the opportunity to develop specialist expertise in home enteral tube feeding and complex nutrition support while working as part of a highly supportive and experienced dietetic team. The successful candidate will contribute to the delivery of high-quality nutritional care across community and acute settings and play an important role in supporting and line managing junior members of the team. This position would be ideal for a Dietitian with a strong interest in Home Enteral Feeding who is keen to develop advanced clinical skills and broaden their experience across a varied adult caseload.

Please note, for Secondment roles before an application is submitted, please ensure you have received the appropriate approval and completed documentation required beforehand, as this may delay the process if an offer was to be made.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will:

• Provide specialist dietetic assessment and intervention for patients requiring home enteral tube feeding and complex nutrition support.
• Manage a varied caseload across community and acute services.
• Work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe and effective patient-centred care.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement and governance activities.
• Support, supervise and develop junior members of the dietetic workforce and students.
• Provide expert advice and education to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality, have a our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital which is the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Details

Date posted: 20 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 319-8338014KD
Job location: Wansbeck General Hospital, Woodhorn Lane, Ashington, NE63 9JJ, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for a diverse caseload of Home Enteral Tube Feeding and complex nutrition support patients within Northumberland and North Tyneside in a variety of settings including face to face / telephone clinics, patient's homes and acute / community hospital wards.

You must be able to work both autonomously and as part of a team within the wider MDT. It is also expected you will contribute to student training and act as a support for our Band 5 Dietitians and Dietetic Support Workers. We encourage participation in regular CPD activities and we hold regular departmental and team meetings including a monthly journal club allowing the opportunity to learn from training, case discussions and peer support.

The post holder is expected to:

• Work closely within Home Enteral Tube Feeding and Nutrition Support service and assist with service development
• Manage a busy and complex caseload of patients with a variety of conditions
• Be an active part of the Regional Home Enteral Tube Feeding Network Group
• Provide support to a varied caseload across acute and community settings
• Deliver highly specialised dietetic advice to patients and their families / carers
• Work in a strategic manner and have a positive attitude to caseload and specialist area
• Act as a specialist resource for patients, their families and other health professionals
• Be able to implement change using advanced counselling and motivational interviewing techniques
• Plan and organise education and training sessions for colleagues, student dietitians, other health professionals, and other outside agencies
• Advise and formulate policies relating to specialist area of work (HEF / Nutrition Support)
• Participate in audit and research
• Contribute to, develop, monitor and comply with standards and policies for the dietetic department and the Trust

Person Specification

Qualifications / Professional Registration

Essential:

• Degree in nutrition and dietetics or first level degree plus postgraduate diploma in nutrition and dietetics
• Current registration with Health Professions Council
• Practice Educator

Desirable:

• PEN Group / DAFNE / DESMOND or other accredited qualification
• Non-Medical Prescribing

Other requirements

Essential:

• A valid driving licence and either a car owner able to use the car for work purposes, or access to a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. The Trust would consider reasonable adjustments to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.

Desirable:

• Have supervised students
• Experience in critical appraisal

Experience and knowledge

Essential:

• A range of in and outpatient experience
• Member of the BDA
• Experience working within Home Enteral Tube Feeding

Desirable:

• Experience in critical appraisal

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Address: Wansbeck General Hospital, Woodhorn Lane, Ashington, NE63 9JJ, United Kingdom Employer's website: https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact

Community Dietetic Team Lead, Jo Cooper, [e-mail], 01670564006

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