Specialist Dietitian - Nutrition Support

Job summary
Do you have a keen interest in nutrition support? Are you passionate about reducing malnutrition and improving continuity of care for patients across inpatient and outpatient settings? Do you want to be part of an enthusiastic and professional MDT supporting patients with complex nutritional needs?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced dietitian to join our Nutrition Support Team working across Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

This forward thinking and proactive department welcomes applicants with an interest in acute dietetics who are passionate about reducing the risk of malnutrition for a group of patients with complex nutritional needs.

The post holder will be a key member of the Nutrition Support Team offering support and advice to patients, their families and healthcare professionals.

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is highly committed to personal development. There are great opportunities to develop skills in audit and research submitting work for publication or presentation within a supportive framework.

Applicants will work across Bassetlaw and Doncaster Hospital sites so the ability to travel across Trust sites and surrounding areas would therefore be advantageous.

In return we offer an excellent pension scheme. We are perfectly positioned, with the major regional centres, Nottingham, Leeds and Sheffield with near by delightful countryside.

Main duties of the job

• Provide the dietetic input for patients receiving care as inpatients and outpatients at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Communicate complex and sensitive information and advice, both written and verbal, to patients with complex needs in an understandable form.
• Use motivational interviewing and a counselling approach to facilitate acceptance and on-going compliance where complex barriers to change and acceptance exist.
• Provide dietetic cover for patients receiving care as inpatients requiring parenteral nutrition as required
• Support student Dietitians whilst on their clinical placements
• Take responsibility for ensuring own continuing professional development, and actively participate in the Trust's clinical governance programme through audit and research activities.

About us
DBTH is one of Yorkshire's Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.

At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions.

As an organisation that supports flexible working, 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.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

Benefits

• Extensive range of learning opportunities
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
• NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.

Person Specification
Essential Knowledge and Experience

• Qualified as a Registered Dietitian
• Clinical experience of working in a hospital
• Experience of applying good clinical knowledge in general dietetics to patients requiring both oral nutrition support and artificial nutrition support
• Experience of applying professional ethics in practice
• Good working knowledge of the methods of enteral tube feeding
• Experience of working as part of an MDT
• At least 12 months post registration experience in dietetics

Desirable Knowledge and Experience

• Clinical experience of working in an outpatient setting
• Experience of training dietetic students

Essential Qualifications and Training

• Degree in Dietetics or Post Graduate Diploma in Dietetics Relevant Post Registration training
• HCPC UK Registered Dietitian
• Willingness to maintain evidence of ongoing CPD

Desirable Qualifications and Training

• Post graduate study in appropriate clinical and non-clinical areas
• Membership of the British Dietetic Association
• Membership of relevant special interest groups

Essential Personal Attributes and Skills

• Excellent communication skills
• Assertive
• Ability to work to deadlines and use own initiative
• Ability to be an effective member of a team
• Able to cope with difficult situations
• Flexible/ adaptive/ innovative
• Ability to manage a busy caseload
• Good record keeping

Desirable Personal Attributes and Skills

• Behaviour change/ motivational interviewing skills

Employer details
Employer name: Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS FT
Address: Doncaster Royal Infirmary, Armthorpe Road, Doncaster, DN2 5LT, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website

Closing date: 05 November 2026
Reference number: 272-8337562

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