Specialist Dietitian - Gastroenterology | East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Posting date:	07 July 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£38,682 - £46,580 per annum, pro rata
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	10 August 2025
Location:	., BN21 2UD
Company:	ESHT
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7329685/374-JY1237-A

Summary

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust: Investing in Rehabilitation and Home First services to deliver ‘The Art of the Possible’  


AtEast Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (ESHT),we’renot just imagining a better future for healthcare—we’rebuilding it. 


We are committed to improving outcomes forpatients, anddriven by a quality improvement approachwe’rerethinkingwhat’spossible for patient care through a bold and forward-looking plan. We are investing in ourAcute Therapy,Urgent Community Response, andVirtual Wardservices. 


As part of our"Art of the Possible"vision,we’redelivering rehabilitation and care that is: 

• Closer to home 

• Faster to access 

• Seamlessly coordinated 

• Built around our patients 


 


OurHome FirstandVirtual Wardmodels are at the heart of this transformation—enabling people to recover in their own homes with hospital-level support, surrounded by comfort, dignity, and expert care. 


 


✅This means: 

• Faster recoveryand fewer hospital admissions 

• Truly personalised care, wherever it’s needed 

• Greater independenceand better outcomes for our communities 


But innovationdoesn’thappen without passionate people.That’swhywe’reinvesting not just in services—but inyou. 



We’rerecruiting now for talented individuals to join our expanding teams in both acute and community settings. 






To work as an integral member of the gastroenterology clinical team. To be responsible for the specialist nutrition and dietetic management of patients on the caseload using specialist knowledge and skills.

To support the prevention of unplanned hospital admissions, responding to patients who require urgent assessments and in collaboration with the patient and community integrated team, set up management plans to enable the patient to stay at home where possible.

To work as an integral member of multi-disciplinary teams and Nutrition & Dietetic service acting as an expert on the dietetic management of patients providing advice, support and training to staff, advising on change in dietetic treatment in line with evidence based practise.

To work alongside the Band 7 Team Leads and other clinical leads, as an expert on the dietetic management of conditions related to your current rotation. Providing advice, support and training to staff, advising on change in dietetic treatment in line with evidence based practise.







A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to nurseries at EDGH and Conquest, staff restaurants and on-site staff accommodation.
In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available to staff 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.
There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.

Using your proven specialist knowledge and skills to assess and treat our patients by providing high quality, complex nutritional and dietetic advice in order to contribute to the care of patients enabling them to make informed choices about their health and related behaviours.

There are opportunities to further develop your clinical and leadership skills to manage complex patients and support staff within the wider team.

Please refer to the job description attached for full details.

If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.

Want to chat before you apply? Reach out to our friendly team: 


Nigel Ellens, Service Manager – Acute Therapy:nigel.ellens@nhs.net 
Claire Lockwood, Service Manager – Urgent Community Response:claire.lockwood@nhs.net 
Amy Marsden, Service Manager – Virtual Ward:amy.marsden@nhs.net 
Laura Jones, Head of SLT:laura.jones39@nhs.net 
Hannah Perry, Service Manager – Dietetics:hannahperry@nhs.net 



This advert closes on Monday 21 Jul 2025

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