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Specialist DietitianHertfordshire Community NHS Trust • Stevenage, United Kingdom
Specialist Dietitian

Specialist Dietitian

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust • Stevenage, United Kingdom
6 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
  • Temporary
Job description
Job summary
The closing date is 18 August 2026

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 role is 9 months fixed term maternity cover. The successful candidate will work as part of the broader HCT Nutrition and Dietetic Service, which is Hertfordshire wide, delivering an inpatient service to a number of specialties.

Proposed interview date:

Main duties of the job
The role focuses on inpatient and outpatient work including experience in the following areas:
  • ITU
  • Enteral and parenteral feeding in specialist areas such as stroke and gastroenterology
  • Home enteral feeding

About us
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 Caring, Pioneering and Inclusive 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.

Details
Date posted: 04 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
Per annum, pro rata
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 9 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 812-26-HA-SD-01-B
Job locations: Lister Hospital, Coreys Mill Lane, Stevenage, SG1 4AB, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
The post holder will work as an independent practitioner using a specialist level of knowledge and skills in the provision of a dietetic service to acaseload of inpatients and outpatients including critical care, stroke and gastroenterology

The role will involve providing support and training for newly qualified / student dietitians.

Please see job description attached to this advert for more detail.

The use of AI is monitored and if you have used it then you are required to declare this, as well as what type of AI tools you have used and for what purpose. We reserve the right to further test your individual knowledge and skills in relation to the requirements for the post through robust and thorough interview and assessment.

Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
  • 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
  • Member of the British Dietetic Association

Experience and Knowledge
Essential
  • Evidence of a clinical portfolio in both inpatient and outpatient settings, working with complex patients
  • 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
  • Experience working with parenterally fed patients.

Skills and Abilities
Essential
  • 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
  • Ability to interpret clinical policies/guidelines within a highly specialist field

Desirable
  • Behaviour change / motivational interviewing skills
  • Presentation and teaching skills

Personal qualities
Essential
  • Team player
  • Flexible and adaptable
  • Commitment to equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice

Other requirements
Essential
  • Willingness to uphold the Trust's values
  • Eligible to live and work in the UK

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Acute Team Lead dietitian
Helen Arora
helen.arora@nhs.net
07342062435

Additional information
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
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