Specialist Dietitian - Post Covid Service | Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Posting date:	11 August 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£47,810 - £54,710 pro rata
Hours:	Part time
Closing date:	10 September 2025
Location:	Norwich, NR2 3TU
Company:	Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7386455/839-7386455-MP

Summary

POST COVID ASSESSMENT SERVICE (PCAS)

22.5 hours per week Monday- Friday

Are you enthusiastic and innovative? Do you work well in a multidisciplinary team setting with the challenge of a new condition?

An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen for an experienced Dietitian with acute/community skillsto join the Post-Covid multidisciplinary team. The role will contribute in the delivery of high standards of health care to patients with Post Covid syndrome both remotely and in face to face clinics across the area of Norfolk and Waveney. Gastroenterology experience helpful but not essential. This role does require a contribution to tasks relating to the day to day running of the team and provides service development opportunities.

The team are constantly striving to improve care for patients with Post-COVID syndrome. The role requires engagement with other healthcare professionals to support the modernisation of care delivery with frequent supervision.

We are looking for the right people for our team, who have a passion for patient centered, supportive care within a multi-professional team, with prior expertise, knowledge and training in complex, patient focused assessment, goal identification, coaching and self-management with a strong understanding of physical health and mental wellbeing and the possible symptoms and complications for patients in Post-Covid syndrome.

If this post excites you, we look forward to your application.



To act as clinical specialist in the Post-COVID Service for dietetics and advise and contribute to Trust policies related to this speciality, following national and international guidelines, e.g. NICE and Department of Health.

To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work

To be a senior clinical resource to work with the Team Lead on the implementation and development of the Post-COVID Service.

· To identify future opportunities to drive subsequent phases of the Post-COVID Service in line with NHS England National Strategy.

· To be involved and lead when required in the delivery of high standards of health care to any patient registered with a Norfolk or Waveney GP, by coordinating and delivering assessments, planning and implementing and evaluating health care for patients following COVID.

· To co-ordinate practice, procedures / systems for the team and provide clinical support within own area of expertise including clinical assessment delivery.

· To develop and sustain working relationships with the partners delivering the Post-COVID Service processes and patient focussed planning.





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Please note, the selection processes at Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.

Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an Outstanding rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title.

Clinically lead on service development, performance, management, and profession of the Post-COVID Service, and to further develop the service as required.

· To participate on the development and maintenance of policies and procedures for Post-COVID Service

· To participate in the development and maintenance of processes and pathways for Post-COVID Service .

· To provide professional leadership to own professional group and Post-COVID Assessment Service colleagues where appropriate, and develop the role of Post-COVID Service

· To work with all health, social care, and wellbeing professionals, and statutory/non statutory agencies to provide a holistic and seamless, integrated, service to our patients

· To identify and lead service development opportunities as required within Post-COVID Service


This advert closes on Tuesday 2 Sep 2025

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