Dietitian

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

If you are looking to begin or progress your career as a Band 5 Dietitian in a supportive department which emphasises clinical supervision and peer support, as well as learning and development across the Four Pillars of Practice, this may be the post for you!

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the growing team of over 30 Dietitians in York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, as a Dietitian based at York Hospital. You will be joining a forward-thinking department which is valued and respected throughout the Trust, and crosses many specialties.

The ability to transport yourself and equipment across the locality during the course of a normal working day is required for this vacancy.

Our friendly and supportive Team based at York Hospital, will support you to develop skills across inpatients and outpatients, including clinics and group education.

If you are a newly qualified Dietitian in your first year of practice, we have a Preceptorship programme to help support development of your skills and confidence as an autonomous practitioner.

You will have the opportunity to work with experienced Dietitians, as well as working alongside other Band 5 Dietitians, Dietetic Support Workers and Assistant Practitioners, to provide inpatient services across a variety of areas, including General Medicine, General Surgery, Stroke, Gastroenterology, Diabetes and Renal Medicine on a rotational basis.

The department places a strong emphasis on clinical and peer support and clinical supervision, and has a well-established programme facilitating the training of dietetic students on the three clinical placements included within their training.

We are also involved in delivering a variety of rolling training programmes for other healthcare professionals across the Trust, relating to nutritional care. The successful candidate will be involved in these important aspects of supporting the learning and development of others.

For further information about working for our Trust, please visit:

https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd

Our Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager at interview stage.
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Julie Hannah Job title: AHP Team Manager Email address: ***email_hidden*** Telephone number: 07717690260