Dietitian inDarlington inDarlington PUBLISHED 4 DEC 2023

Band 5: £28,407 to £34,581 a year pro rata  PERMANENT 
The department trains dietetic students (A, B and C placement) and the post holder will have an active role in student training planning, co-ordination and assessment.

The post holder will be responsible for a their own caseload referred to the service by inpatient, community or secondary care professionals. Patients will be seen in a variety of settings including hospital wards, outpatient clinics, and telephone clinics. The post holder will work closely with other Dietitians and members of the wider multidisciplinary team.

The department trains dietetic students (A, B and C placement) and the post holder will have an active role in student training planning, co-ordination and assessment

The Nutrition and Dietetic service is structured into teams; secondary care (incorporating nutrition support and critical care), bariatrics, primary care (incorporating care home training), adult & paediatric diabetes, adult Home Enteral Feeding, paediatrics (incorporating Home Enteral Feeding and paediatric weight management). the nutrition and dietetic service comprises of 6 teams, with 49 Dietitians, 1 Specialist Nurse, 4 Dietetic assistants and we are supported by central administration. We are based on 4 sites in the County, at Darlington Memorial Hospital, University Hospital North Durham, Bishop Auckland Hospital and Shotley Bridge Hospital.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Dietitian to join our acute inpatient team.

We would love to show you our department. Follow us on social media at Instagram cddftdietitians, X (Twitter) @CDDFTDietitian.

We are a proactive department with a strong focus on service improvement, digital advancement and staff development. We have a preceptorship programme for new staff, regular clinical supervision and lots of CPD opportunities to support career progression.

County Durham is an excellent place to live. With beautiful countryside and coastlines alongside interesting towns and cities. There are excellent transport links to Newcastle (30 minutes via train from Darlington, 12 minutes via train from Durham) and York (30 minutes via train from Darlington) as well as having rail links to other UK cities and international travel from Newcastle and Teesside International Airport

This post is to provide dietetic care to acute inpatient wards within CDDFT. The post holder will be based at Darlington Memorial Hospital or University Hospital of North Durham but may be occasionally required to cover other areas within the locality of County Durham and Darlington including University Hospital North Durham and Bishop Auckland Hospital. There may be some general dietetic clinics, telephone clinics and other acute ward work. As a team we complete competencies to enable us to work in extended scope practice in enteral tube feeding. This post will include rotation into bariatric Dietetics and Frailty inpatients

The post holder will be responsible for a their own caseload referred to the service by inpatient, community or secondary care professionals. Patients will be seen in a variety of settings including hospital wards, outpatient clinics, and telephone clinics. The post holder will work closely with other Dietitians and members of the wider multidisciplinary team.

The department trains dietetic students (A, B and C placement) and the post holder will have an active role in student training planning, co-ordination and assessment

The Nutrition and Dietetic service is structured into teams; secondary care (incorporating nutrition support and critical care), bariatrics, primary care (incorporating care home training), adult & paediatric diabetes, adult Home Enteral Feeding, paediatrics (incorporating Home Enteral Feeding and paediatric weight management). the nutrition and dietetic service comprises of 6 teams, with 49 Dietitians, 1 Specialist Nurse, 4 Dietetic assistants and we are supported by central administration. We are based on 4 sites in the County, at Darlington Memorial Hospital, University Hospital North Durham, Bishop Auckland Hospital and Shotley Bridge Hospital.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Dietitian to join our acute inpatient team.

We would love to show you our department. Follow us on social media at Instagram cddftdietitians, X (Twitter) @CDDFTDietitian.

We are a proactive department with a strong focus on service improvement, digital advancement and staff development. We have a preceptorship programme for new staff, regular clinical supervision and lots of CPD opportunities to support career progression.

County Durham is an excellent place to live. With beautiful countryside and coastlines alongside interesting towns and cities. There are excellent transport links to Newcastle (30 minutes via train from Darlington, 12 minutes via train from Durham) and York (30 minutes via train from Darlington) as well as having rail links to other UK cities and international travel from Newcastle and Teesside International Airport

This post is to provide dietetic care to acute inpatient wards within CDDFT. The post holder will be based at Darlington Memorial Hospital or University Hospital of North Durham but may be occasionally required to cover other areas within the locality of County Durham and Darlington including University Hospital North Durham and Bishop Auckland Hospital. There may be some general dietetic clinics, telephone clinics and other acute ward work. As a team we complete competencies to enable us to work in extended scope practice in enteral tube feeding. This post will include rotation into bariatric Dietetics and Frailty inpatients



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