Job overview
We have an opportunity for a highly motivated Dietitian to join our friendly and pro-active Nutrition and Dietetics Service at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead.
This permanent post offers an enthusiastic Dietitian with passion and experience working in frailty an opportunity to develop their skills and knowledge and provide a high quality dietetic service.
This is an exciting opportunity to work closely and collaboratively with members of the frailty multidisciplinary team including consultants, specialist nurses and allied health professionals to provide care across acute community sites. The successful candidate will be passionate and motivated to develop the service and care for the most vulnerable people.
Main duties of the job
- To be responsible for providing a specialist dietetic service across Gateshead, to the older adult population of Gateshead who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition secondary to long term conditions such as COPD, dementia, pressure damage etc.
- Work within a range of settings including outpatient clinics, care homes, patients own homes and where appropriate in reach within the acute setting.
- To act as a clinical specialist within the area of frailty; working within a multiagency team including specialist nurses, consultants, Frailty team, Care homes, GP’s and other Allied Health Professions (AHP’s).
- To be responsible for co-ordinating and developing the Dietetic frailty service for adults within Gateshead.
- To provide clinical education to health care professionals and other appropriate agencies across Gateshead, in many settings.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see job description for full details of the main responsibilities for this post, this is attached as a separate document
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post graduate clinical experience within community dietetics
- Experience of working in, and enthusiasm for the specialism of frailty
- Evidence of team working
- Experience of audit/ data collection
- Experience of training and supervision of student dietitians
Desirable
- High level of expertise in the specialist area of frailty
- Experience of service development or research
- Experience of supporting and developing staff e.g. supervision, teaching, mentoring etc
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or post graduate diploma/ masters in Nutrition and Dietetics
- Current HCPC registration
Desirable
- Teaching qualification
- PENG masters module or relevant equivalent
- Member of BDA
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to show initiative and work autonomously to develop services
- Flexible/ adapt easily to new situations
- Professional role model
- Able to meet travel requirements of the post
Desirable
- Motivation to identify new ways to provide education and training
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate a good working knwoledge of frailty and underlying health conditions
- Competent to manage nutritional support and enteral feeding regimes in adults
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to show a problem solving approach
Desirable
- Completion of counselling skills/ behaviour change course
- Member of relevant BDA specialist interest group
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This advert is for Frailty Dietitian with Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust in Gateshead, North East and Yorkshire, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Dietitian role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 04 Aug 2026.
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