Dietitian

Job overview

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Are you at the beginning of your dietetic career or looking for more experience?

Do you like working in a supportive department which emphasises high quality patient care, quality improvement and work life balance?

You will be joining a forward thinking department which is valued and respected throughout the Trust.  Our vision is ‘to provide the best health care for everyone in our population’ through the delivery of Our values –collaborative, aspirational, respectful and empathetic.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the growing team of 29 Dietitians, dietetic assistant practitioners and dietetic assistants at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust as a rotational Dietitian working in our team.

We work in four teams: acute, community, home enteral tube feeding and paediatrics.

As a valued member of our team you will receive:

Flexible working, including the opportunity to work compressed hours and home working

Dedicated time for professional and service development

Access to a range of CPD opportunities both internally and externally

Regular performance appraisals, job planning and personalised development plans

Clinical and professional supervision

The opportunity to participate in policy and pathway development, audit, research activities and training of students and staff

Applications are welcomed from qualified Dietitians or those expected to graduate in 2025.

Main duties of the job

As a rotational dietitian you will be an active member of the nutrition and dietetic team at North Tees and Hartlepool working to deliver, develop, evaluate and audit the service.

We have a number of rotations that are 12 months long and one which is 24 months long.  Our current rotations include:

working  with our gastroenterology, respiratory, surgical and malnutrition monitoring teams to provide inpatient and outpatient care to these patients

working  with our stroke, general medicine, malnutrition monitoring and elderly rehabilitation teams in the inpatient and outpatient settings.

working in our paediatric team supporting general paediatric outpatient clinics and delivering to our CMPA service

working in our paediatric team supporting general paediatric outpatient clinics, delivering to our CMPA service and paediatric diabetes service.

This post is our 24 month rotation. This post delivers to outpatient and MDT Diabetes, bariatrics, general outpatient clinics.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This post will work across both the University Hospital of North Tees and the University Hospital of Hartlepool.

For more information on the role please see the attached job description.