Job overview
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DIETITIAN Children and Young Peoples Service
Secondment opportunity: ending 31st March 2027 hours per week
Grade: Progressional Post AFC Band 5 to 6
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, motivated and proactive HCPC registered dietitian working within the Children and Young Peoples Service at South Tees.
We have a fixed term post to cover a secondment available within The South Tees Nutrition and Dietetic service. This is an ideal opportunity for a Band 5 with experience in paediatrics to further develop skills in this speciality of dietetics. Full training and clinical supervision will be provided by the members of the paediatric dietetic team.
Interviews will be on 25th March 2026
Main duties of the job
The paediatric dietetic team work across the 3 localities (Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Hambleton and Richmondshire) served by South Tees NHS Trust. James Cook University Hospital (JCUH) in Middlesbrough is our central point where we will have team meetings and clinical update sessions.
This post will include clinical work at JCUH, the Friarage Hospital Northallerton, Catterick Integrated Care Centre, and other community locations such as schools, children centres and health centres across the locality.
The post is varied and involves working with a variety of patient groups including, children on home enteral feeds, oral nutritional support, behavioural eating difficulties and in patient eating disorders and diabetes. The weekly rota for this post may include MDT clinics, occasional home visits, ward sessions, feeding clinics in specialist schools, telephone clinics and general outpatient clinics.
Working within the paediatric diabetes and cystic fibrosis specialist teams is a key part to this role. The post is progressional to support the development of the dietetic knowledge and skills to work in these specialist areas.
You will work closely with the multidisciplinary teams, with opportunities to work collaboratively with other health care professionals. You should have excellent communication skills and above all you must be passionate about working within dietetics using drive and innovation to make positive changes.
Working for our organisation
Continued professional development is actively encouraged, as is participation in audit and evidence-based practice. We have regular clinical updates to share learning from study events we have attended. We provide training placements for student dietitians, as well as a dietetic apprenticeship programme.
We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our staff 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
Service Improvement for Beginners
Developing your Service Improvement Skills
The leadership and improvement programme aims to:
Explore leadership within the NHS
Promote Trust values and behaviours
Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
Equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.
After you complete these three and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer further in-house 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) attached for main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Knowledge & Skills (Band 6 criteria)
Essential criteria
1. Evidence of audit and participation in service development
2. Basic IT skills
Desirable criteria
3. Membership of: British Dietetic Association (BDA), BDA specialist groups and other relevant groups
4. Skills in the use of SystmOne or another electronic patient record
Qualifications & Training (Band 6 criteria)
Essential criteria
5. To hold a Degree in Dietetics or equivalent
6. To be registered as a Dietitian and fit to practice by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
7. To have achieved or willing to work towards relevant Post-graduate qualification
8. Clinical supervisory skills training
Knowledge & Skills (Band 5 criteria)
Essential criteria
9. Knowledge of relevant national guidelines and standards
10. Basic IT skills
Desirable criteria
11. Evidence of audit
12. Membership of: British Dietetic Association (BDA)
13. Skills in the use of SystmOne or another electronic patient record
Qualifications & Training (Band 5 criteria)
Essential criteria
14. To hold a Degree in Dietetics or equivalent
15. To be registered as a Dietitian and fit to practice by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Experience (Band 6 criteria)
Essential criteria
16. Demonstrates experience across a variety of clinical areas
17. Experience of working with children and young people
18. Experience of working as a paediatric dietitian
19. Evidence of experience in paediatric diabetes
20. Experience of working / shadowing a cystic fibrosis team and evidence of learning and development in this specialist area of dietetics
Desirable criteria
21. Experience of working with home enteral tube feeding in childrens services
Experience (Band 5 criteria)
Essential criteria
22. Demonstrates experience across a variety of clinical areas
23. Experience of working with children and young people
Desirable criteria
24. Experience of training/working in NHS environment
Disclosure and Barring Checks (DBS)
It is 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.
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