Specialist Dietitian (Community) | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 02 Mai 2025 |
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Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £37,338 - £44,962 per annum |
Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
Dyddiad cau: | 01 Mehefin 2025 |
Lleoliad: | 317 Regent Point, NE3 3HD |
Cwmni: | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7163295/317-2025-18-27-DR |
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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our friendly Community Dietetics Team at Newcastle Hospitals: We are looking for a Band 6 Specialist dietitian with excellent organisational and communication skills to oversee a caseload of patients requiring oral nutrition support (ONS) in the Newcastle upon Tyne community. Most patient work is conducted as home visits (patient’s own homes and care homes), supported by community-based clinics and is challenging, interesting, and rewarding, given the diverse, often complex nature of the patient group.
The role works closely with the ONS lead dietitian to support a weekly care home Multidisciplinary team (MDT) meeting. Also to collaboratively undertake service development work.
Agile working is supported by the issue of mobile kit (laptop). The role also offers development of leadership/ coaching skills, as the successful post holder will oversee provision of ‘peer support’ (opportunity to facilitate 1:1 meetings and appraisals) to dietetic support workers and practitioners.
• Interview date: Tuesday 20 May 2025
• 37 hours 30 minutes/week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
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You should be enthusiastic and self-motivated and will:
· Work with the Oral Nutrition Support dietetic team, to help oversee a caseload of adult patients across Newcastle upon Tyne. Involving home/care home visits, community clinics, tel reviews and MDT meetings.
· Have experience in area of nutrition support.
· Be self-motivated and organised given busy caseload and lone worker aspect of role.
· Be able to demonstrate ongoing CPD and have evidence of developing practice.
· Be able to maintain good relationships with colleagues and the wider the MDT
The post holder will be required to
· Deliver a high-quality dietetic service in line with trust values.
· Contribute to effective team working, including support to dietetic support worker staff and attendance at team meetings.
· Oversee management of referrals from triage through to discharge.
· Take part in student training and supervision.
· Contribute to service development, research and audit.
Newcastle Nutrition are also committed to student training, A, B and C students.
Due to the nature of the post including carrying of weighing equipment, car driver with driving license are essential requirements.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit:Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle HospitalsandNewcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The post holder will be based at our modern offices at Regents Point, Gosforth. Newcastle Nutrition is privileged to have good support from dietetic support workers/practitioners and administrative staff. The role is also well supported by a community dietetics manager, head of dietetics service, lead band 7 and band 6 dietitians. The team also have excellent links with the acute services within Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, facilitating CPD opportunities, access to specialist guidance and seamless hospital to home care.
Our department is committed to the provision of the full range of dietetic student practice placements. The successful candidate will be required to supervise students and support the organisation and delivery of student training placements within the community team. All dietitians within the service have established job plans; we actively encourage service development, research / audit and continuing professional development opportunities.
• Job Purpose
• Delivers a comprehensive and effective clinical nutrition and dietetic service in acute hospital services in the specialist area/s or in the community. See appendix for in depth job details
• Provides specialist dietetic assessment, diagnosis, treatment, monitoring and management in the clinical setting and in one or more sub-specialty areas. This may include supplementary prescribing
• Acts as a source of expertise in nutrition support/education and dietetics to patients, medical staff, health care professionals, relatives, carers and all relevant agencies.
• Provides expertise to Nutrition Teams and works in other multidisciplinary teams.
• Delivers education and training at all levels.
• Participates in team and multi-disciplinary evaluation, audit and research.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
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This advert closes on Monday 12 May 2025
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