Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Dietitian
The closing date is 20 May 2026
We’re delighted to offer an exciting part time (30 hours) opportunity for a Specialist Dietitian to join Mental Health Services for Older People (MHSOP) in the North Yorkshire & York locality on a 12 month maternity cover contract.
You will provide high quality inpatient dietetic care across two wards at Foss Park Hospital (York) and one ward at Springwood Hospital (Malton), supporting older adults with functional conditions (e.g., depression, psychosis) and organic conditions (e.g., vascular dementia, Alzheimer’s dementia).
You will work closely with a dietitian and an AHP assistant who are also based at Foss Park and a lead dietitian who is based at Cross Lane Hospital in Scarborough.
You must have the Right to Work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role. Please note, this role does not meet the required eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa and therefore the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular role
Main duties of the job
- Deliver comprehensive inpatient dietetic assessment and interventions tailored to complex needs across MHSOP wards at Foss Park and Springwood
- Provide specialist input for a broad range of presentations, including functional and organic diagnoses
- Provide clinical supervision and support for AHP assistant and band 5 dietitian
- Contribute to service development, audit, research activities, and pathway development to improve nutritional care outcomes; deliver training to multidisciplinary clinical teams and facilitate student training/placements
- Work collaboratively within the MDT to ensure person centred, evidence based nutrition support aligned to national guidance
- Maintain high standards of clinical documentation, governance, and professional practice
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Appropriate professional qualification in Dietetics
- Current relevant registration with specific regulatory body
- Post graduate training in relevant specialist area
Experience
- Minimum 12 months post qualifying experience of Dietetic delivery /completion of AYSE for social work (post 2012) pre 2012 evidence of experience in accordance with professional capabilities framework for an experienced social worker
- Experience of supporting people with mental health issues, learning disability or autism
- Experience of working in Multidisciplinary Team
- Experience of managing complex Dietetic cases
Knowledge
- Understanding of the needs of service users with mental health conditions or learning disabilities
- Knowledge of evidence based practice in designated specialist area
- Post graduate training in specialist area if applicable to post (e.g. dysphagia, autism diagnostics)
- Awareness of professional standards and its application to practice
- Clinical risk assessment and application in practice
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
£39,959 to £48,117 a year pro rata, per annum
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