Job summary
DIETITIAN - 37.5hrs per week
37.5 hours per week Permanent post (rotational)
37.5 hours per week 12 month fixed term post (maternity leave cover)
An opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic dietitians to join our friendly and dynamic team at The South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
We have rotational posts based across our 3 hospital bases. Our service covers the 2 main hospital sites - the Friarage Hospital, Northallerton and The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough, in addition to our community services across the Redcar and Cleveland community locality and the Hambleton & Richmond community locality.
Main duties of the job
The Band 5 rotational posts offer an excellent opportunity to gain experience in a broad range of specialities.
The acute rotations include experience within specialities such as stroke, surgery, neurology, cardiology, general and respiratory medicine, gastroenterology, orthopaedics, older people's medicine and spinal injuries.
The community rotations include nutritional support, diabetes, enteral feeding, gastroenterology and paediatrics in community clinics, community wards and care homes. You will be involved in the delivery of group education sessions to patients and their carers.
The postholder will also be regularly involved in the education of other health care professionals, care home staff and support workers.
You will be given supervision and support from experienced Dietitians to enable you to develop your skills and gain experience in specialist areas. You will undertake a one year preceptorship programme.
We encourage staff to get involved in exploring new ways of working and service developments, with opportunities for CPD along the way.
After a period of 6 months, and following clinical supervisory skills training, you would be fully involved in the training of student Dietitians.
Due to the nature of some of the rotations you will need to be able to travel across the South Tees and Hambleton and Richmondshire localities and therefore successful candidate must have access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role.
About us
We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our staff in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:
o Your Leadership Impacto Leading Your Team to Successo Service Improvement for Beginnerso Developing your Service Improvement Skills
The leadership and improvement programme aims to:o Explore leadership within the NHSo Promote Trust values and behaviourso Develop your leadership effectiveness and skillso Equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.
After you complete these three and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer further in-house courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
Details
Date posted
14 November 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum (pro rata)
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
328-JCSM-7600975
Job locations
Friarage Hospital
Northallerton
DL6 1JG
Employer details
Employer name
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Friarage Hospital
Northallerton
DL6 1JG
Employer's website
https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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