Job overview
Clinical Support Worker: Dietetics - Adult Community
hours per week
We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised person, with excellent communication skills to join our friendly and dynamic team at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
This post will be based at our community site at Langbaurgh House, Guisborough.
Our mission in the community Dietetic team is to use a patient-centred approach to make a meaningful impact by educating, empowering and supporting. We enable people to feel seen and heard.
This is a busy role so candidates will need to be highly motivated and have a flexible approach to their role to ensure the needs of the service are met. You will need to be able to work under pressure using your own initiative.
It is vital that you have strong and confident communication skills when liaising with patients, carers and relatives and other health care professional and the ability to develop good working relationships with a wide range of professionals working across health and social care. This post also offers exciting opportunities for continued development in a well-established service.
You will need to be able to demonstrate knowledge and an interest in nutrition through qualifications and/or relevant experience
This role supports an already established team of dietitians and discharge coordinator who manage patients who are tube fed at home
The clinical caseload will require a mix of face to face and virtual service provision.
Main duties of the job
We are part of the South Tees Nutrition and Dietetic service working across The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland community, Friarage Hospital Northallerton and Hambleton & Richmond community.
Working within defined scope of practice and service guidelines, key aspects of this role will include:
assessing the nutritional needs of non-complex adult patients with a range of medical conditions,
devising programmes of dietetic care under dietetic supervision,
monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of dietary intervention and providing regular feedback to the supervising dietitian.
Supporting team with the discharge and ongoing administrative management of patients who are fed via a feeding tube in the community
Liaising with dietitians, community staff, home enteral feeding company, ward staff daily
Full training will be provided but candidates must have a relevant qualification and must be able to demonstrate nutrition knowledge as well as excellent communication and organisational skills.
Our service delivers care across 2 primary care hospitals and within community settings across the South Tees locality, therefore successful candidate must have access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role.
Working for our organisation
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
Service Improvement for Beginners
After you complete these one 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 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
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
1. Numeracy and Literacy Level 2
2. To have achieved a qualification at a minimum of NVQ level 3 or equivalent with a significant nutrition element or have equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
3. Member of the British Dietetic Association
4. To have completed the Care Certificate
Experience
Essential criteria
5. Experience of working or studying in health or social care
Desirable criteria
6. Experience of working in an NHS care role.
7. Experience of using electronic records systems SystmOne
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
8. Can clearly demonstrate an interest in nutrition through relevant training and/or experience
9. Can demonstrate good knowledge and experience of using Information Technology systems and software - including databases and spreadsheets
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.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Everything we do is shaped by our values: Respect, Support, and Collaborate.
At University Hospitals Tees we want our workspaces to be places where everyone feels welcome, valued and safe. We treat people with respect, and we celebrate the differences that make each of us unique.
We welcome applications from everyone, no matter your age, background, race, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family circumstances or beliefs.
We are here to support you throughout your application and at every stage of your career with us. We believe we work best when we collaborate, learn from each other and build teams that reflect the communities we serve.
Supporting disabled people and people with longterm conditions
We are a Disability Confident committed employer aspiring to become a lead employer in 2026.
This means we give fair and full consideration to applicants and will offer reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process. If you need help with your application, or need the information in a different format, please contact our recruitment team and we will support you.
If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at or call us on 01642 854610
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.