Dietitian - Surgery & Critical Care inYork inYork PUBLISHED 4 OCT 2024

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate relevant skills and experience in oral, enteral and parenteral nutritional support.
Are you looking for a new challenge or career step?

An opportunity has arisen to join the team of over 30 Dietitians in the York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, as a Band 6 Dietitian specialising in surgery and critical care. This post is based at York Hospital and will involve working across both York and Scarborough hospitals.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and proactive Dietitian, with experience of working within UK health care systems, to support our Surgery and Critical Care dietetic services .


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


The surgery/critical care Dietitians deliver a comprehensive service to patients in a wide area of clinical specialities, including;

  • Post-surgery
  • Patients on a bariatric surgical pathway
  • Critical care
  • Acute pancreatitis
  • Intestinal failure
  • Patients on a head and neck cancer pathway
  • Patients on an upper-gastrointestinal cancer pathway

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate relevant skills and experience in oral, enteral and parenteral nutritional support. Training will be provided as required to support the assessment and treatment of patients on particular surgical/critical care pathways.

The department places a strong emphasis on clinical supervision, training and education, including:

  • peer support and supervision
  • well established programme facilitating the training of dietetic students
  • delivery of a variety of rolling training programmes for other healthcare professionals across the Trust, relating to nutritional care
  • opportunities to participate in audit and research


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: Helena Perry Job title: AHP Team Manager Email address: Telephone number:
Are you looking for a new challenge or career step?

An opportunity has arisen to join the team of over 30 Dietitians in the York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, as a Band 6 Dietitian specialising in surgery and critical care. This post is based at York Hospital and will involve working across both York and Scarborough hospitals.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and proactive Dietitian, with experience of working within UK health care systems, to support our Surgery and Critical Care dietetic services .

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

The surgery/critical care Dietitians deliver a comprehensive service to patients in a wide area of clinical specialities, including;

  • Post-surgery
  • Patients on a bariatric surgical pathway
  • Critical care
  • Acute pancreatitis
  • Intestinal failure
  • Patients on a head and neck cancer pathway
  • Patients on an upper-gastrointestinal cancer pathway

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate relevant skills and experience in oral, enteral and parenteral nutritional support. Training will be provided as required to support the assessment and treatment of patients on particular surgical/critical care pathways.

The department places a strong emphasis on clinical supervision, training and education, including:

  • peer support and supervision
  • well established programme facilitating the training of dietetic students
  • delivery of a variety of rolling training programmes for other healthcare professionals across the Trust, relating to nutritional care
  • opportunities to participate in audit and research


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: Helena Perry Job title: AHP Team Manager Email address: Telephone number:


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