DietitianNHS

Job summary

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Are you at the beginning of your dietetic career or looking for more experience?

Do you like working in a supportive department which emphasises high quality patient care, quality improvement and work life balance?

You will be joining a forward thinking department which is valued and respected throughout the Trust. Our vision is 'to provide the best health care for everyone in our population' through the delivery of Our values -collaborative, aspirational, respectful and empathetic.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the growing team of 29 Dietitians, dietetic assistant practitioners and dietetic assistants at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust as a rotational Dietitian working in our team.

We work in four teams: acute, community, home enteral tube feeding and paediatrics.

As a valued member of our team you will receive:

Flexible working, including the opportunity to work compressed hours and home working

Dedicated time for professional and service development

Access to a range of CPD opportunities both internally and externally

Regular performance appraisals, job planning and personalised development plans

Clinical and professional supervision

The opportunity to participate in policy and pathway development, audit, research activities and training of students and staff

Main duties of the job

As a rotational dietitian you will be an active member of the nutrition and dietetic team at North Tees and Hartlepool working to deliver, develop, evaluate and audit the service.

We have a number of rotations that are 12 months long and one which is 24 months long. Our current rotations include:

working with our gastroenterology, respiratory, surgical and malnutrition monitoring teams to provide inpatient and outpatient care to these patients

working with our stroke, general medicine, malnutrition monitoring and elderly rehabilitation teams in the inpatient and outpatient settings.

working in our paediatric team supporting general paediatric outpatient clinics and delivering to our CMPA service

working in our paediatric team supporting general paediatric outpatient clinics, delivering to our CMPA service and paediatric diabetes service.

This is our 24 month rotation. This post delivers to outpatient and MDT Diabetes, bariatrics, general outpatient clinics.

Job description

This post will work across both the University Hospital of North Tees and the University Hospital of Hartlepool.

For more information on the role please see the attached job description.

About us

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We recruit for values and "Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool"