Dietitian

Job Overview

We are delighted to offer this Dietitian post within the Adult Dietetic Team at Newcastle Hospitals until 31 March 2027. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your skills and experience within a supportive and friendly team. Previous dietetic experience is desirable but not essential, as comprehensive training and support will be provided. In this role, you will manage an inpatient caseload across a range of specialties, including general medicine, cardiothoracic, gastroenterology and others, alongside regular outpatient clinics. You will provide nutritional care for patients requiring oral nutritional support, enteral feeding and specialist therapeutic diets, while developing your clinical knowledge and skills across a broad range of conditions. You will join a dynamic and well-established team of dietitians working across a variety of specialist services, including Oncology, Intestinal Failure, Renal, Critical Care, Hepatology, Hepatobiliary Surgery, Colorectal Surgery and Cardiothoracic. The role offers excellent opportunities for continuing professional development, participation in audit and quality improvement activities, and involvement in student training and education. Working within a large and diverse tertiary centre, you will gain valuable experience and be supported to develop your clinical, professional and leadership skills.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be required to:

• Deliver a high standard of dietetic assessment, treatment and care planning for patients across a range of clinical specialties.
• Communicate effectively with patients, carers, colleagues and the wider multidisciplinary team to provide safe and effective nutritional care.
• Provide education and training to healthcare professionals, patients and carers as appropriate.
• Contribute to audit, quality improvement, service development and research activities within the department and multidisciplinary teams.
• Participate in the training and support of dietetic students and other learners.
• Maintain and develop their professional knowledge and skills through continuing professional development and reflective practice.
• Manage and prioritise their workload effectively, seeking support when required.

The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, self-motivated and flexible, with a commitment to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care. Excellent organisational, communication and prioritisation skills are essential, along with a willingness to learn and develop within a supportive team environment.

Working for our organisation

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from: Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI), Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Dental Hospital, Cramlington Manor Walks, Urgent treatment centres, Newcastle Fertility Centre, Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria, and Northern Genetics Service. These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS. We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Deliver a comprehensive and effective clinical nutrition and dietetic service to patients at hospital sites or in the community.
• Provide dietetic assessment, diagnosis, treatment, monitoring and management in the clinical setting.
• Act as a source of expertise in nutrition support and dietetics to patients, consultant medical staff, other health care professionals, carers and relatives.
• Deliver education and training to other healthcare staff and to patient groups.
• Participate in team, multi-disciplinary audit and research.

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential criteria:

• Health Professions Council Registered Dietitian
• Degree in Dietetics or Science/Nutrition Degree plus Post-graduate Diploma in Dietetics
• Valid UK Driving Licence

Desirable criteria:

• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria:

• Knowledge of and experience in areas of general dietetics such as nutrition support, weight management, diabetes, in a range of clinical areas as evidenced via clinical placements or previous dietetic employment.
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Evidence of developing knowledge in order to provide cover for specialist dietitians without supervision
• Understands professional standards and Code of Conduct as set out by the Health Professions Council
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office applications

Desirable criteria:

• Insight into specialist areas of dietetics
• Experience of NHS/social care settings
• Proficient use of Electronic Patient Records

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria:

• Good interpersonal skills

Desirable criteria:

• Clinical Supervisory skills training

Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Emma Cartwright
Job title: Lead Specialist Dietitian
Email address: Emma.cartwright4@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01912231231