Job summary
- Main area
- Specialist Dietitian
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week
- Job ref
- 812-25-HA-SD-8
- Employer
- Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lister Hospital
- Town
- Stevenage
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 Per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Dietitian
Band 6
Job overview
..Are you an enthusiastic dietitian with an interest in working with adults in the acute setting?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and dynamic dietitian to become part of the Acute dietetic team at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust (HCT), working at Lister Hospital in East and North Hertfordshire.
This is a part-time position, advertised as 15 hours per week (mandatory hours to be worked on Thursdays and Fridays and remaining hours can be worked flexibly across the week). The successful candidate will work as part of the broader HCT Nutrition and Dietetic Service, which is Hertfordshire wide.
Main duties of the job
The role focuses on inpatient work including experience in the following areas:
- ITU
- Enteral and parenteral feeding in specialist areas such as stroke and gastroenterology
Working for our organisation
Thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust. You’ll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered as a member of our staff. We put patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities. Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision. We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds. Whilst not a legal requirement, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust encourages and supports all staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
We are committed to delivering a quality service, value staff training and CPD, participate regularly in student training and have a robust appraisal and supervisory framework. Electronic records are used throughout the Trust, further aiding our ability to work across a wide variety of settings and be in a position to work as part of an MDT, yet work remotely if needed as part of a hybrid approach to our work/ life balance.
You can apply to Access to Work to obtain money for communication support at a job interview - please use this link for more information: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-communication-support-at-a-job-interview-if-you-have-a-disability-or-health-condition-access-to-work
You need to apply before the interview takes place.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• To work as an independent practitioner using a specialist level of knowledge and skills in the provision of a dietetic service to a
caseload of inpatients including critical care, stroke and gastroenterology
• To provide support and training for newly qualified / student dietitians.
Please see job description attached to this advert for more detail.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- BSc Nutrition and Dietetics degree or equivalent
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council
- Attained or working towards a postgraduate qualification in a specialist area or evidence of significant experience in a specialist area.
Desirable criteria
- Member of the British Dietetic Association
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Evidence of a clinical portfolio in both inpatient and outpatient settings
- Up to date knowledge of dietetic practice
- IT literate
- Evidence of CPD and commitment to life-long learning
- Experience of supervising or mentoring students
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary health care setting
Desirable criteria
- Experience working with parenterally fed patients.
- Participation in audit
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Good organisational and time management skills
- Ability to use own initiative and work independently
- Good motivational skills
- Ability to reflect and appraise own performance
- Effective problem solving skills
Desirable criteria
- Behaviour change / motivational interviewing skills
- Presentation and teaching skills
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Team player
- Flexible and adaptable
- Commitment to equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Willingness to uphold the Trust's values
- Eligible to live and work in the UK
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Helen Arora
- Job title
- Acute Team Lead dietitian
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07342062435
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