Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our friendly adult acute dietetic team based at the Royal Victoria Infirmary Hospital and the Freeman hospital. We are looking for a well organised and compassionate individual to join our team as a stroke specialist dietitian. The successful candidate will support the dietetic provision to the hyper acute stroke wards at the RVI as well as the stroke rehab unit at the Freeman Hospital. This role offers the opportunity of a clinical caseload that has a great mix of hyperacute patients as well as those longer-term patients requiring rehabilitation. The successful candidate will sit within a well-established stroke MDT.

• Interview Date: 6th January 2026
• 37 hours 30 minutes/week (part time will be considered)
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be required to

• Carry out nutritional assessments on patients who have had a stroke. Provide detailed and evidence based plans including enteral feeding as well as oral nutrition support
• Supporting patients during the acute phase of their stroke care and rehabilitation, enabling a smooth transition into the community
• Work closely with the dietetic and AHP support workers to organise the division of tasks and provide peer support
• Work effectively as part of the wider MDTs
• Take a leading role in student training and preceptorship
• Contribute to research and audit within specialist areas
• This post will be working across 2 sites. Therefore good organizational and time management skills are essential for this role

You should be enthusiastic and self-motivated and will:

• Have post-registration experience in general dietetics and be able to evidence the management of a busy caseload
• Have undertaken specialist training in stroke or have experience of working with stroke patients
• Be able to demonstrate ongoing CPD and have evidence of developing practice.
• Be able to support colleagues and take responsibility for the clinical supervision of junior staff and students.
• Have excellent communication and be able to maintain good relationships with colleagues and wider MDT

About us
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
oFreeman Hospital
oRoyal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
oHealth Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
oNewcastle Dental Hospital
oNewcastle Fertility Centre
oNorthern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
oNorthern Genetics Service
oCramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit:Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle HospitalsandNewcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Details
Date posted
28 November 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
38,682 to 46,580 a year pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Job share
Reference number
317-2025-48-05-DR
Job locations
Trustwide
317 Trustwide
NE1 4LP
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Newcastle Nutrition adult dietetic team consists of 45 dietitians working between the RVI and Freeman hospitals. The team also have excellent links with the community services within Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, facilitating CPD opportunities, access to specialist guidance and support with discharge queries.
We offer ongoing training and support with the opportunity to experience dietetics in many different specialist areas through annual leave and sickness cover as well as the means to develop leadership skills through exposure to student training and preceptorship. The Trust places significant value on its dietetic services in the provision of first-class patient care, and the dietetic service enjoys a high profile with excellent multidisciplinary involvement.
Job Purpose

• Delivers a comprehensive and effective clinical nutrition and dietetic service in acute hospital services in the specialist area/s or in the community.
• Provides specialist dietetic assessment, diagnosis, treatment, monitoring and management in the clinical setting and in one or more sub-speciality areas. This may include supplementary prescribing.
• Provides specialist dietetic assessment, treatment, monitoring and management in one or more speciality areas of dietetics
• Acts as a source of expertise in nutrition support and dietetics to patients, consultants and other health care professionals
• Contributes to designing, planning and implementing research and audit and contributes to publishing results, working in interdisciplinary teams or with other health professionals.

Job description
Job responsibilities
The Newcastle Nutrition adult dietetic team consists of 45 dietitians working between the RVI and Freeman hospitals. The team also have excellent links with the community services within Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, facilitating CPD opportunities, access to specialist guidance and support with discharge queries.
We offer ongoing training and support with the opportunity to experience dietetics in many different specialist areas through annual leave and sickness cover as well as the means to develop leadership skills through exposure to student training and preceptorship. The Trust places significant value on its dietetic services in the provision of first-class patient care, and the dietetic service enjoys a high profile with excellent multidisciplinary involvement.
Job Purpose

• Delivers a comprehensive and effective clinical nutrition and dietetic service in acute hospital services in the specialist area/s or in the community.
• Provides specialist dietetic assessment, diagnosis, treatment, monitoring and management in the clinical setting and in one or more sub-speciality areas. This may include supplementary prescribing.
• Provides specialist dietetic assessment, treatment, monitoring and management in one or more speciality areas of dietetics
• Acts as a source of expertise in nutrition support and dietetics to patients, consultants and other health care professionals
• Contributes to designing, planning and implementing research and audit and contributes to publishing results, working in interdisciplinary teams or with other health professionals.

Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential

• Health and Care Professions Council Registered Dietitian
• Degree in Dietetics or Science/Nutrition Degree plus Post-graduate Diploma in Dietetics
• Evidence of specialist training through short courses or a validated qualification in one of more specialist areas of dietetics e.g. nutrition support, paediatrics, home enteral feeding, supplementary Prescriber (Non-medical prescribing course V300)
• UK Valid Driving Licence.

Knowledge & Experience
Essential

• Post registration employment in general clinical dietetics.
• Evidence of participation in and contribution to audits
• Evidence in CPD

Desirable

• Basic training in counselling and/or motivational interviewing or cognitive behavioural therapy.
• Basic Food Hygiene.
• Experience in student training
• Experience of working with wider multidisciplinary team towards a shared purpose/goal
• Proficient use of Electronic Patient Records

Skills & Abilities
Essential

• Clinical Supervisory Skills Course and/or Teaching Certificate.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office applications
• Good interpersonal skills

Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential

• Health and Care Professions Council Registered Dietitian
• Degree in Dietetics or Science/Nutrition Degree plus Post-graduate Diploma in Dietetics
• Evidence of specialist training through short courses or a validated qualification in one of more specialist areas of dietetics e.g. nutrition support, paediatrics, home enteral feeding, supplementary Prescriber (Non-medical prescribing course V300)
• UK Valid Driving Licence.

Knowledge & Experience
Essential

• Post registration employment in general clinical dietetics.
• Evidence of participation in and contribution to audits
• Evidence in CPD

Desirable

• Basic training in counselling and/or motivational interviewing or cognitive behavioural therapy.
• Basic Food Hygiene.
• Experience in student training
• Experience of working with wider multidisciplinary team towards a shared purpose/goal
• Proficient use of Electronic Patient Records

Skills & Abilities
Essential

• Clinical Supervisory Skills Course and/or Teaching Certificate.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office applications
• Good interpersonal skills

Skills Required