Dietitian

The acute rotations include experience within specialities such as stroke, neurology, cardiology, general and respiratory medicine, gastroenterology, orthopaedics, older people's medicine and spinal injuries.

The community rotations include nutritional support, diabetes, enteral feeding, gastroenterology and paediatrics in community clinics, community wards and care homes. You will be involved in the delivery of group education sessions to patients and their carers.

The postholder will also be regularly involved in the education of other health care professionals, care home staff and support workers.

You will be given supervision and support from experienced Dietitians to enable you to develop your skills and gain experience in specialist areas. You will undertake a one year preceptorship programme.

We encourage staff to get involved in exploring new ways of working and service developments, with opportunities for CPD along the way.

After a period of 6 months, and following clinical supervisory skills training, you would be fully involved in the training of student Dietitians.

Due to the nature of some of the rotations you will need to be able to travel across the South Tees and Hambleton and Richmondshire localities.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.

Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.

We are committed to supporting our staff through an inclusive and supportive working environment, offering health and wellbeing initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.

We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

Knowledge and skills

Essential: - Basic IT skills; - Knowledge of relevant national guidelines and standards; - To demonstrate analytical skills and judgment

Desirable: - Evidence of audit; - Membership of: British Dietetic Association (BDA); - Skills in the use of SystmOne or another electronic patient record

Qualifications and Training

Desirable: - Behaviour change training

Experience

Essential: - Demonstrates experience across a variety of clinical areas

Desirable: - Experience of training/working in NHS environment