Specialist Dietitian

Job overview

Hours: from 22.5-37.5 hours per week

• hours a week for 8.5 months

30 hours a week for 10.5 months

• hours a week for 14 months

Contract Type: Fixed Term (maternity cover)

If you’re looking for career progression in a supportive department which emphasises clinical supervision and peer support, as well as learning and development across the Four Pillars of Practice, this may be the post for you!

You will be joining the growing team of over 30 Dietitians within our Trust, as a Dietitian based at York Hospital. This would be for a candidate that is looking to progress their clinical and leadership skills within stroke and neurology dietetics, both on an inpatient and outpatient basis.

You will be proactive, organised and looking to gain more experience and knowledge in stroke and neurology dietetics for both inpatients, and outpatient clinics, including patients on home enteral feeding. You will be supporting patients with conditions including motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis, complex Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, functional neurological disorder, brain injury and different types of strokes requiring oral nutrition support and/or enteral feeding. You will also have the opportunity to see patients through from their acute inpatient stay to the outpatient setting to ensure that continuity of care.

Main duties of the job

The department places a strong emphasis on clinical and peer support and clinical supervision, and has a well-established programme facilitating the training of dietetic students on the three clinical placements, included within their training. We are also involved in delivering a variety of rolling training programmes for other healthcare professionals across the Trust, relating to nutritional care.

You will have the opportunity to work with many experienced dietitians, as well as within broader multi-professional teams. You will be working with other dietitians and dietetic assistant practitioners, and together you will provide inpatient and outpatient services for people diagnosed with stroke or neurological disease(s).

The ability to transport yourself and equipment across the locality during the course of a normal working day is required for this vacancy. If you are currently employed by the Trust and you wish to apply for this role on a secondment basis, please seek permission from your current line manager before applying for the post.

Interviews for this position will be held in person ONLY. Remote interviews will not be available.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit you application at the earliest opportunity.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities.  We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds.  If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: yhs-tr.[email protected].

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment.  It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can.  We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

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