Job overview
Due to expansion and development within our dietetic service at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, we are offering an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, motivated and proactive dietitian to work within our team. This will be a split post offering the opportunity to enhance your nutritional support skills working with patients with complex medical and social needs.
You will work 3 days a week in the speciality of Neurosciences within our Acute and Rehab Team. This caseload includes both an acute high dependency and rehabilitation caseload working within Neurosurgery, Neuro HDU, Neurology and Neuro-rehab.
You will also work 2 days a week within our oncology team, which will include upper-GI pathways.
You should be a friendly and forward-thinking Dietitian with excellent communication skills and confident in organising and prioritising workload within a busy acute hospital. You will have experience of managing patients requiring enteral nutrition.
You will be involved in ward-based teaching and education and development of resources, working with dietetic colleagues, nutrition nurse specialists and practice education facilitators.
As part of this you will be involved in supporting training and audit and participation in Trust-wide nutrition and hydration improvement initiatives, with the opportunity to work within our Nutrition and Hydration councils which support the Trust Nutrition and Hydration Steering Group.
Main duties of the job
·Working closely within the multi-disciplinary team to provide a dietetic service to all wards within the Neurosciences services.
·Provide specialist dietetic support, particularly to those with complex nutritional needs (both oral and enteral) across a range of neurology conditions within the acute setting such as traumatic brain injury, neuro-oncology conditions, Gullian Barrie syndrome, Myasthenia Gravis, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinsons Disease and Motor Neurone Disease.
·Working with Oncology Dietetic colleagues to provide a service to cancer patients, including Upper-GI cancer, covering outpatient & inpatient areas,
·Managing a predominantly enteral fed patient caseload including the preparation and organisation for discharge. Making appropriate onwards referrals for ongoing dietetic management/follow up.
·Liaise with healthcare professions within & outside of the organisation to provide an holistic and patient centred approach to care such as specialist nurses, PEG MDT, enteral feeding company nurses, nutrition nurse specialists, respite care, district nurses, GPs, care home staff, community matrons/Macmillan nurses, palliative care team etc.
·To use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients/ caregivers, who may have barriers to understanding or communicating, and health care professionals in a variety of situations on different levels.
Working for our organisation
We have been trainers for student dietitians for many years, with the programmes shared across all of our localities.
We are a tertiary centre for many clinical specialities including major trauma, cardiothoracic surgery, regional spinal injuries unit, upper GI surgery, head and neck/Oro maxillofacial surgery and spinal cord injuries.
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions
·Your Leadership Impact
·Leading your Team to Success
·Leading Into the Future
·Service Improvement for Beginners
·Developing your Service Improvement Skills
·Lean Practitioner
The leadership and improvement programme aims to:
1. Explore leadership within the NHS
2. Promote Trust values and behaviours
3. Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
4. Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.
After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
5. Evidence of audit and participation in service development
6. Basic IT skills
7. Membership of: British Dietetic Association (BDA)
8. Skills with use of systmone and other electronic patient records
Desirable criteria
9. Membership of relevant BDA specialist groups
Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
10. To hold a Degree in Dietetics or equivalent
11. To be registered as a Dietitian and fit to practice by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
12. To demonstrate commitment to continuing professional development
13. Leadership training
14. Completion of HEI recognised clinical supervisory skills training
Experience
Essential criteria
15. Can demonstrate relevant and varied post graduate experience within an acute inpatient setting
16. Can demonstrate relevant and varied post graduate experience. across a variety of clinical specialities, ideally including working with patients within oncology / neurosciences
17. Experienced and competent with enteral feeding and the home enteral feeding discharge process
Disclosure and Barring Checks (DBS)
It is now the policy of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who are new to the Trust who require DBS clearance for the post they have been offered, are required to pay the cost of their DBS. The method of payment for this is via salary deduction from your first month's pay.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. We welcome applications from the Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Network; LGBT+ Network; Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions Network, Faith Network, Childless not by Choice Network and the Menopause Support Group.
As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you.
If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at
Right to Work in the UK
The Trust welcomes applications from all candidates who meet the criteria for the role. Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - (.
Please provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Your current immigration status will not be considered as part of the shortlisting or interview process.
Please note that not everyone needs a Skilled Worker visa. If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead.
We are able to offer sponsorship for a Health and Care Worker or Skilled Worker visa, subject to candidate and position eligibility. Please review the job eligibility guidance for skilled workers here: Skilled Worker visa: Your job - ( and for the Health and Care Worker visa here: Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - (
Please note: if the job you are applying for does not meet the eligibility criteria above, we will be unable to offer you sponsorship and you will need to explore whether you may be eligible to apply for an alternative immigration route which will secure your right to work in the UK before you apply. If you are in the UK already on a visa, please ensure you have no restrictions that would prevent you from taking this post.
The Trust encourages and supports all applicants to be fully vaccinated against both COVID19 and influenza.
Please be aware, there are occasions where some vacancies may close prior to the closing date advertised. This will only happen where sufficient applications are received AND will be made evident on the job advert.
Please note if you are successfully shortlisted, we will contact you via the email address that you have applied from so please ensure you check your emails regularly.
Existing employees of South Tees NHS Foundation Trust currently on the Redeployment Register, who meet the essential criteria for this post, will be shortlisted and interviewed prior to all other applicants.