Specialist Dietitian | York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	23 December 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£38,682 - £46,580 pro rata
Hours:	Part time
Closing date:	22 January 2026
Location:	York, YO31 8HE
Company:	York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Contract
Job reference:	7683578/419-7683578-SD-MY

Summary

Hours: Up to 37.5 hours per week

Contract Type: 9 month fixed term/ Secondment

If you’re looking for career progression in a supportive department which emphasises clinical supervision and peer support, as well as learning and development across the Four Pillars of Practice, this may be the post for you!

You will be joining the growing team of over 30 Dietitians within our Trust, as a Dietitian based at York Hospital. This would be for a candidate that is looking to progress their clinical and leadership skills within general medicine and surgical dietetics, both on an inpatient and outpatient basis.

You be proactive, organised and looking to gain more experience and knowledge in clinical coordination of the general medicine/surgical inpatients, and outpatient clinics. Overseeing the more complex general medicine caseload, including conditions such as complex relationship with food (not diagnosed with an eating disorder), COPD, oesophageal dysmotility, vocal cord palsy, and home enteral feeding.

The ability to transport yourself and equipment across the locality during the course of a normal working day is required for this vacancy.

If you are currently employed by the Trust and you wish to apply for this role on a secondment basis, please seek permission from your current line manager before applying for the post.

Please note: This post may become Permanent at the end of Fixed Term/Secondment

You will have the opportunity to work with many experienced Dietitians, as well as within broader multi-professional teams. You will be working with other Dietitians, Dietetic Support Workers and Assistant Practitioners, and together you will provide inpatient services across areas, including General Medicine, General Surgery, Gastroenterology, Care of the Elderly, Stroke, Neurology and Renal disease.

Within the acute setting, in addition to oral nutrition support, you will be able to develop clinical skills working with patients requiring enteral tube feeding and parenteral nutrition. You will also have the opportunity to see patients through from their acute inpatient stay to the outpatient setting to ensure that continuity of care.

The department places a strong emphasis on clinical and peer support and clinical supervision, and has a well-established programme facilitating the training of Dietetic students on the three clinical placements included within their training. We are also involved in delivering a variety of rolling training programmes for other healthcare professionals across the Trust, relating to nutritional care.

Interviews for this position will be held in person ONLY. Remote interviews will not be available.

For further information about working for our Trust, please visit:

https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd

Our benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities.  We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds.  If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact:yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment.  It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can.  We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

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This advert closes on Wednesday 7 Jan 2026

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