Specialist Dietitian

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: 19th August 2026

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 g astroenterology

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.

The post holder will work as an independent practitioner using a specialist level of knowledge and skills in the provision of a caseload 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.

• 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.
• Member of the British Dietetic Association

• 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
• Experience working with parenterally fed patients.

• 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
• Ability to interpret clinical policies/guidelines within a highly specialist field
• Behaviour change / motivational interviewing skills
• Presentation and teaching skills
• Team player
• Flexible and adaptable
• Commitment to equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice

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

We will communicate any interview arrangements with applicants via e-mail so it is advisable that you check the email address you give on your application on a regular basis.

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