Job summary
- Main area
- 317 Nutrition Hospital Adults
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Job share
- Job ref
- 317-2025-33-02-DR
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Nutrition and Dietetics Department
- Town
- 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/08/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 09/09/2025
Employer heading
Specialist Dietitian
Band 6
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our friendly adult acute dietetic team based at the Royal Victoria Infirmary Hospital. We are looking for a well organised and compassionate individual to join our teams in stroke and critical care. The successful candidate will support the dietetic provision to the critical care and hyper acute stroke wards at the RVI as well as the stroke rehab unit at the Freeman Hospital. This role offers the opportunity of a clinical caseload that has a great mix of hyperacute patients as well as those longer term patients requiring rehabilitation. The successful candidate will sit within well established teams and will be supported by specialist critical care and stroke dietitians as well as the associated MDT.
- Interview Date: 9 September 2025
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37 hours 30 minutes/week (part time will be considered)
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be required to
- Carry out nutritional assessments on critically ill patients and those who have had a stroke. Provide detailed and evidence based plans including enteral and parenteral nutrition along as well as oral nutrition support
- Work closely with the critical care and stroke dietitians to organise the division of tasks and provide peer support
- Work effectively as part of the wider MDTs
- Take a leading role in student training and preceptorship
- Contribute to research and audit within specialist areas
You should be enthusiastic and self-motivated and will:
- Have post-registration experience in general dietetics and be able to evidence the management of a busy caseload
- Have undertaken specialist training in critical care and/or strokes or have experience of working in these areas.
- Be able to demonstrate ongoing CPD and have evidence of developing practice.
- Be able to support colleagues and take responsibility for the clinical supervision of junior staff and students.
- Have excellent communication and organisational skills
- Be able to maintain good relationships with colleagues and the wider the MDT
Working for our organisation
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Training and experience in these specialist areas is desirable but further CPD opportunities will be available to support further learning/development.
The Newcastle Nutrition adult dietetic team consists of 32 dietitians working between the RVI and Freeman hospitals. The role is well supported by an adult acute dietetics manager, head of dietetics service, lead band 7s and stroke specialist band 6 dietitian. The team also have excellent links with the community services within Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, facilitating CPD opportunities, access to specialist guidance and support with discharge queries.
We offer ongoing training and support with the opportunity to experience dietetics in many different specialist areas as well as means to develop leadership skills through exposure to student training and preceptorship. The Trust places significant value on its dietetic services in the provision of first-class patient care, and the dietetic service enjoys a high profile with excellent multidisciplinary involvement.
Job Purpose
- Delivers a comprehensive and effective clinical nutrition and dietetic service in acute hospital services in the specialist area/s or in the community. See appendix for in depth job details
- Provides specialist dietetic assessment, diagnosis, treatment, monitoring and management in the clinical setting and in one or more sub-specialty areas. This may include supplementary prescribing
- Acts as a source of expertise in nutrition support/education and dietetics to patients, medical staff, health care professionals, relatives, carers and all relevant agencies.
- Provides expertise to Nutrition Teams and works in other multidisciplinary teams.
- Delivers education and training at all levels.
- Participates in team and multi-disciplinary evaluation, audit and research.
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
- HPC UK registered dietitian
- Degree in Dietetics or Science/Nutrition Degree plus Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics.
- Evidence of specialist training or validated qualification in one or more speciality areas.
Desirable criteria
- Basic counselling skills or training in cognitive behaviour therapy
- Teaching certificate.
- Basic Food Hygiene Certificate or similar
- Clinical supervisory skills training.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Post registration clinical practice in general clinical dietetics
- Range of general dietetics.
- Evidence of knowledge in specialty areas
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Understands Health Professions Council Code of Conduct
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Driving licence if relevant to the role
- Basic keyboard skills – Word, E-mail, PowerPoint, Excel, dietary analysis
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
- Hannah Gibson
- Job title
- Senior Specialist Dietitians
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 2821929
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