Senior Dietitian

Are you looking to progress your career as a Band 6 Dietitian in the specialist area of antenatal care?

Would you like to work in a supportive department which emphasises high quality patient care, quality improvement and work life balance?

You will be joining a forward thinking department valued and respected throughout the Trust. Our vision is ‘to provide the best health care for everyone in our population’ through the delivery of Our values -collaborative, aspirational, respectful and empathetic.

An exciting new opportunity has arisen to join the growing team of 30 Dietitians, dietetic assistant practitioners and dietetic assistants at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, as a Senior Dietitian in antenatal care.

**We work in 4 teams**: acute, long term conditions, home enteral tube feeding and paediatrics.

As a valued member of our team you will receive

Flexible working, including the opportunity to work compressed hours and home working

Dedicated time for professional and service development

Access to a range of CPD opportunities both internally and externally

Regular performance appraisals, job planning and personalised development plans

Clinical and professional supervision and support

The opportunity to participate in policy and pathway development, audit, research activities and training of students, staff and health care professionals

As a clinical specialist dietitian you will have post registration experience in diabetes and be ready to take on a new challenge in the field of maternity services. The successful applicant will be an active member of the maternity and diabetes teams at North Tees and Hartlepool working to establish, deliver, develop, evaluate and audit the service.

You will work closely with the maternity team to provide expert dietetic advice to patients with pre-existing conditions including Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes, history of bariatric surgery and pregnancy related conditions including hyperemesis gravidarum. You will work in dietetic clinics, MDT clinics and with inpatients.

This post will work across both the University Hospital of North Tees and the University Hospital of Hartlepool.

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We recruit for values and “Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool”

For more information please see the attached job description/person specification.

Anna Lumsdon

Dietetic Team Lead

01642 624019