# Specialist Dietitian > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-dietitian/37d98794-9f42-4d36-a411-5483536ce939 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-dietitian/37d98794-9f42-4d36-a411-5483536ce939.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust - **Location:** Howard Court (Head Office) - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Dietitian - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 Per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 9 months (Maternity cover) - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-11T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-07T14:10:41.731Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hertfordshire/Stevenage/Hertfordshire_Community_NHS_Trust/Specialist_Dietitian/Specialist_Dietitian-v8278139 - **Employer website:** https://www.hct.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Other requirements **Essential** - Willingness to uphold the Trust's values - Eligible to live and work in the UK ### Personal qualities **Essential** - Team player - Flexible and adaptable - Commitment to equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Good communication and interpersonal skills - Good organisational and time management skills - Ability to use own initiative and work independently - Good motivational skills - Ability to reflect and appraise own performance - Effective problem solving skills - Ability to interpret clinical policies/guidelines within a highly specialist field **Desirable** - Behaviour change / motivational interviewing skills - Presentation and teaching skills ### Experience and Knowledge **Essential** - Evidence of a clinical portfolio in both inpatient and outpatient settings, working with complex patients - Up to date knowledge of dietetic practice - IT literate - Evidence of CPD and commitment to life-long learning - Experience of supervising or mentoring students - Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary health care setting **Desirable** - Experience working with parenterally fed patients. ### Qualifications and Training **Essential** - BSc Nutrition and Dietetics degree or equivalent - Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council - Attained or working towards a postgraduate qualification in a specialist area or evidence of significant experience in a specialist area. **Desirable** - Member of the British Dietetic Association ## Documents - [hct benefits (pdf, 588.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2511) - [recruitment guide for candidates (pdf, 303.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2407) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 544.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10594328) - [job description supplementary information (pdf, 384.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2599) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references.