Specialist Dietitian
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
317 01 Freeman Hospital, NE7 7DN
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
9 September 2026
9 days left
In plain English
What this job actually involves
You will give diet advice to kidney patients and work with doctors and nurses. You will also help train students and take part in research. The role suits someone who enjoys teamwork and likes learning new things. Some evenings or weekends may be needed.
What you'll need
- Qualified dietitian with broad dietetics knowledge
- Evidence of ongoing CPD (continuing professional development)
- Good communication and teamwork skills
- Experience or willingness to supervise junior staff or students
- Ability to work flexible hours when required
How to boost your chances
- Highlight any renal or kidney‑related experience on your CV
- Give examples of research or audit work you have done
- Show how you have supported or taught colleagues before
- Mention your CPD activities and any prescribing training
- Prepare a short story of a time you worked well in a multidisciplinary team
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Job description
We are delighted to be looking to appoint a 0.6WTE Band 6 Specialist Dietitian to work at Newcastle Hospitals within renal services. Working within th...
The renal dietitians enjoy a high profile within the renal directorate, with excellent MDT relationships and support. They work to provide a high quality service to renal patients and are actively involved in research and development at local and national level. To deliver this service, some occasional working outside of normal hours may be required. The department is part of Newcastle Nutrition, an enthusiastic and committed dietetic organisation, and benefits from excellent support.
The post holder will be required to
- Deliver a high quality dietetic service to patients within the renal service
- Take part in student training and supervision
- Contribute to research and audit
- Work effectively as part of the MDT
You should be enthusiastic and self-motivated and will:
- Have a broad knowledge of general dietetics
- Be able to demonstrate ongoing CPD and have evidence of developing practice.
- Be able to support colleagues and take responsibility for the clinical supervision of junior staff and students.
- Have excellent communication skills
- Be able to maintain good relationships with colleagues and the wider the MDT
- Delivers a comprehensive and effective clinical nutrition and dietetic service in acute hospital services in the specialist area/s or in the community.
- Provides specialist dietetic assessment, diagnosis, treatment, monitoring and management in the clinical setting and in one or more sub-speciality areas. This may include supplementary prescribing.
- Provides specialist dietetic assessment, treatment, monitoring and management in one or more speciality areas of dietetics.
- Acts as a source of expertise in nutrition support and dietetics to patients, consultants and other health care professionals.
- Contributes to designing, planning and implementing research and audit and contributes to publishing results, working in interdisciplinary teams or with other health professionals.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:
- Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
- Freeman Hospital
- Newcastle Dental Hospital
- Cramlington Manor Walks
- Urgent treatment centres
- Newcastle Fertility Centre
- Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
- Northern Genetics Service
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Band 6
Essential
- Health and Care Professions Council Registered Dietitian.
- Degree in Dietetics or Science/Nutrition Degree plus Post-graduate Diploma in Dietetics
- Evidence of specialist training through short courses or a validated qualification in one of more specialist areas of dietetics e.g. nutrition support, paediatrics, home enteral feeding, supplementary Prescriber (Non-medical prescribing course V300)
- Post registration employment in general clinical dietetics.
- Evidence of participation in and contribution to audits
- Evidence in CPD
- Clinical Supervisory Skills Course and/or Teaching Certificate
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office applications
- Good interpersonal skills
Desirable
- Basic training in counselling and/or motivational interviewing or cognitive behavioural therapy.
- Basic Food Hygiene.
- Experience in student training
- Experience of working with wider multidisciplinary team towards a shared purpose/goal
- Proficient use of Electronic Patient Records
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Provenance
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First seen
27 August 2026
Last checked
31 August 2026
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