Job summary
- Main area
- Dietitian
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Until December 2026)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 297-7688328
- Employer
- Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- Town
- Gateshead
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Gastro Surgery Dietitian
NHS AfC: Band 6
In the event of excessive applications being received this vacancy may close earlier than the stated closing date, you are encouraged to submit your application as soon as possible
IMPORTANT NOTE ON COMPLETION OF REFERENCE SECTION OF APPLICATION FORM
All references from current and previous employers will be sought and MUST cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Where possible this should be from two separate employers. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.
PLEASE NOTE it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their DBS certificate if a check is required for the post. This will be done through deduction from your monthly pay over a maximum of three months. It is also a requirement that all successful applicants register or are registered with the DBS update service where a DBS is required.
All new entrants to the NHS will be appointed on the minimum of the pay scale in line with Terms & Conditions.
Job overview
Due to maternity leave within the department, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated Dietitian to join our friendly and pro-active Nutrition and Dietetics Service at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead.
We are a fully integrated team comprising 15 Dietitians, 3 Dietetic Assistant Practitioners, 3 specialist Nutrition Nurses and 3 Clerical Officers.
This fixed term temporary post offers an enthusiastic dietitian with an interest or previous experience in gastroenterology and surgery to develop their skills and knowledge and provide a high quality dietetic service.
As a department we will support your individual personal development with regular CPD sessions and training opportunities e.g. TPN training, relevant study days and clinical supervision.
As well as supporting band 5 rotational dietitians, you will be actively involved in student training and we currently take students and support dietetic apprenticeships from Teesside University for their clinical placements.
Main duties of the job
· To be responsible for providing a specialist Dietetic service to both the gastroenterology and surgery service based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead within the hospital and outpatient setting.
· To act as a clinical specialist within the areas of gastroenterology and surgery; working within a multidisciplinary team including specialist nurses, consultants and other Allied Health Professions (AHP’s).
· To be responsible for co-ordinating and developing these services within Gateshead.
Working for our organisation
Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.
Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.
We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.
Our values should be the ‘golden thread’ which runs through everything we do – they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronym ICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.
We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women’s Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our ‘Balance’ programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful candidates’ clinical caseload will include covering our 29 bed gastroenterology ward, 30 bed surgical ward and gastroenterology specialist clinics. You will provide clinical expertise and advice to medical, nursing, other health professionals, service users and carers in a range of settings.
Planned and emergency surgeries for colorectal cancer, fundoplication’s, bowel perforation and obstruction are carried out within the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and it benefits from a number of specialist nurses including Hepatology, IBD and Upper GI cancer with whom close working is encouraged, in addition to the medical and surgical teams. You will use your dietetic knowledge and expertise to provide appropriate dietary advice to service users, carers and staff relating to nutritional care.
Working within the MDT, you will promote the profile of dietetics and be the source of nutritional expertise, providing education and training for staff to ensure clinical effectiveness.
You will participate in audit, monitoring, evaluation and development of the dietetic services.
You will supervise junior members of staff, students and apprentices as required.
Anyone applying for a position which involves a regulated activity will require an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and that the disclosure will, where appropriate to the role, include information against the Independent Safeguarding Authority barred lists for working with children or working with adults or both.
Person specification
Qualification and Training
Essential criteria
- Degree or post graduate diploma/Masters in Nutrition and Dietetics.
- Current HCPC Registration
Desirable criteria
- PENG or other relevant master’s module
- Member of BDA
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good communication, time management and organisational skills.
- Competent to manage nutritional support and enteral feeding regimes in adults.
- Ability to work autonomously and show a problem solving approach.
- Excellent presentation skills.
- Able to set priorities and meet deadlines.
- Excellent IT Skills.
Desirable criteria
- Skilled in the dietetic management of parenteral nutrition.
- Counselling skills.
- Member of BDA specialist interest groups e.g. Gastroenterology
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant post graduate clinical experience within gastroenterology and/ or surgical dietetics
- Evidence of team working.
- Experience of audit/data collection.
- Experience of training and supervising student Dietitians
Desirable criteria
- Experience in the delivering of FODMAPs
- Experience of service development.
Disposition
Essential criteria
- Ability to show initiative and work autonomously to develop services.
- Able to demonstrate leadership skills.
- Flexible/Adapt easily to new situations
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Nairne Litster
- Job title
- Nutrition and Dietetic Service Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 445 2074
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