Job overview

NUTRITION & DIETETIC SERVICES

Senior Dietitian – Community and Inpatient Nutritional Support (Adult)

37.5 hours per week 

Band 6

We have an excellent opportunity for a motivated and proactive dietitian who would welcome a mixed caseload that provides both inpatient and community based care.

Our wider service covers The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, The Friarage Hospital, Northallerton and the community localities of Hambleton and Richmond and Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland locality.

You will work closely with colleagues working within the Friarage Hospital, Northallerton and across the Hambleton and Richmond community locality, providing expert advice to patients, carers, health care professionals and primary care and community staff. 

The post will also involve education of students and other health care professional and support workers. We have been trainers for student dietitians for a number of years and are also now supporting our first Dietetic Support Worker apprenticeship.

Main duties of the job

Whilst the caseload will predominantly be with adults requiring oral and enteral nutritional support, there may also be opportunity to support within gastroenterology, diabetes and stroke rehab.

Our ideal candidate will have a wide range of post registration clinical experience and preferably some experience in the development and support of other dietetic and support staff members, and dietetic students. 

You should have excellent communication skills, including the proven ability to motivate patients and colleagues using a wide variety of approaches. Above all you must be passionate about working within dietetics using drive and innovation to make positive changes.
It is vital that you have the ability to develop good working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders across the health and social care economy. 

This post involves travel and the post holder will work in a variety of settings including clinics, clients’ own homes and other community healthcare settings. The main office base for this post is in the Friarage Hospital, Northallerton and Hambleton and Richmond locality. The community service uses Systmone, which facilitates mobile working. The clinical caseload will require a mix of face to face and virtual service provision.

Working for our organisation

Continual Professional Development is actively encouraged, as is participation in audit and quality improvement. We have access to excellent facilities within STRIVE, to support leadership, managerial and quality development opportunities.

Northallerton is a busy market town in the Hambleton and Richmond locality surrounded by beautiful countryside, market towns and villages and within easy reach of the coast. It is served by good travel networks; is within easy reach of the A1M motorway; cities such as Newcastle, Durham, York and Leeds are very accessible via the East Coast main line train service. We are also close to three international airports – Teesside, Leeds Bradford and Newcastle.