County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Dietitian – Community Team (Band 5)
The closing date is 20 October 2025
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Dietitian to join our Community team. We welcome applicants who are due to graduate.
We would love to show you our department, follow us on social media at Instagram cddftdietitians, Twitter @CDDFTDietitian.
We are a proactive department with a strong focus on service improvement, digital advancement and staff development. We have a preceptorship programme for new staff, regular clinical supervision and lots of CPD opportunities to support career progression. Rotational posts may be possible where there are interested parties and can be discussed at interview.
County Durham is an excellent place to live. With beautiful countryside and coastlines alongside interesting towns and cities. There are excellent transport links to Newcastle (15 minutes via train from Durham) and Sunderland as well as rail links to other UK cities and international travel from Newcastle and Teesside International Airports.
Main duties of the job
This post provides dietetic care as part of the community dietetic care. The post holder will be responsible for managing their own caseload and associated time management. It includes clinics (face to face and telephone), nursing home visits and ward cover to community hospitals and sub-acute hospital wards.
The community dietetic team provides cover to the general adult population within County Durham and Darlington and covers nursing home visits, domiciliary home visits, community training sessions, community hospitals and GP and general outpatient clinic sessions. This post will be based at Bishop Auckland Hospital but post holders may be required to work county wide.
About us
If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager.
You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.
We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.
We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.
Full Job Descriptions can be found in the adverts supporting documents.
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for their own caseload referred to the service by community or secondary care professionals. Patients will be seen individually, in groups or with carers in a variety of settings including hospital wards, care homes, outpatients clinics, and telephone clinics. The post holder will work closely with other Community Dietitians and members of the wider multidisciplinary team.
We use electronic patient records in all areas of the service – Center for in-patients, MDT clinics and Consultant-led outpatients, SystmOne for community.
The department trains dietetic students (A, B and C placements) and the post holder will have an active role in student training planning, co-ordination and assessment.
The Nutrition and Dietetic service is structured into teams; secondary care (incorporating nutrition support and critical care), bariatrics, primary care (incorporating care home training), adult & paediatric diabetes, adult Home Enteral Feeding, paediatrics (incorporating Home Enteral Feeding and paediatric weight management). The nutrition and dietetic service comprises 6 teams, with 44 Dietitians, 1 Specialist Nurse, 4 Dietetic assistants and we are supported by central administration. We are based on 4 sites in the County, at Darlington Memorial Hospital, University Hospital North Durham, Bishop Auckland Hospital and Shotley Bridge Hospital.
Person specification
Qualifications
Experience
* Successful completion of dietetic placement
* Experience of working in primary and secondary care
* Post registration experience
Special Skills and Knowledge
* Experience of using an electronic patient record system
Special Requirements
* Good time management, ability to work as part of a team, flexible approach to work, able to meet the travel requirements of the post
Statutory Registration
* Registered with the Health Care Professions Council
* Member of British Dietetic Association
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
£31,049 to £37,796 a year, per annum, pro rata
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