Job requirements
Essential
21 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other requirements
Willingness to uphold the Trust's values
- Other requirements
Eligible to live and work in the UK
- Personal qualities
Team player
- Personal qualities
Flexible and adaptable
- Personal qualities
Commitment to equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
- Skills and Abilities
Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Skills and Abilities
Good organisational and time management skills
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to use own initiative and work independently
- Skills and Abilities
Good motivational skills
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to reflect and appraise own performance
- Skills and Abilities
Effective problem solving skills
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to interpret clinical policies/guidelines within a highly specialist field
- Experience and Knowledge
Evidence of a clinical portfolio in both inpatient and outpatient settings, working with complex patients
- Experience and Knowledge
Up to date knowledge of dietetic practice
- Experience and Knowledge
IT literate
- Experience and Knowledge
Evidence of CPD and commitment to life-long learning
- Experience and Knowledge
Experience of supervising or mentoring students
- Experience and Knowledge
Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary health care setting
- Qualifications and Training
BSc Nutrition and Dietetics degree or equivalent
- Qualifications and Training
Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council
- Qualifications and Training
Attained or working towards a postgraduate qualification in a specialist area or evidence of significant experience in a specialist area.
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills and Abilities
Behaviour change / motivational interviewing skills
- Skills and Abilities
Presentation and teaching skills
- Experience and Knowledge
Experience working with parenterally fed patients.
- Qualifications and Training
Member of the British Dietetic Association
Job overview
Are you an enthusiastic dietitian with an interest in working with adults in the acute setting?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and dynamic dietitian to become part of the Acute dietetic team at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust (HCT), working at Lister Hospital in East and North Hertfordshire.
This role is 9 months fixed term maternity cover. The successful candidate will work as part of the broader HCT Nutrition and Dietetic Service, which is Hertfordshire wide, delivering an inpatient service to a number of specialties.
Main duties of the job
The role focuses on inpatient and outpatient work including experience in the following areas:
- ITU
- Enteral and parenteral feeding in specialist areas such as stroke and gastroenterology
- Home enteral feeding
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will work as an independent practitioner using a specialist level of knowledge and skills in the provision of a dietetic service to a caseload of inpatients and outpatients including critical care, stroke and gastroenterology
The role will involve providing support and training for newly qualified / student dietitians.
Please see job description attached to this advert for more detail.
The use of AI is monitored and if you have used it then you are required to declare this, as well as what type of AI tools you have used and for what purpose. We reserve the right to further test your individual knowledge and skills in relation to the requirements for the post through robust and thorough interview and assessment.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Specialist Dietitian with Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust in Welwyn Garden City, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Dietitian role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 Per annum, pro rata. The contract type is Fixed term: 9 months (Maternity cover). The application deadline is 11 Sep 2026.
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