Specialist Dietitian

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Specialist Dietitian

The closing date is 07 November 2025

An exciting new role is available in the Dietetic team at Colchester Hospital.

You will become part of a large team of dietitians and dietetic assistants with an apprentice due to start in the New Year. You will work within a variety of inpatient specialties, community services, paediatrics and renal.

This role offers the opportunity to develop and influence service delivery in a variety of different specialist areas, specifically including renal, orthopaedics and general inpatients. We offer support to gain competency in parenteral nutrition and will design and implement QI projects within their area of practice.

There is an expectation for you to contribute to our established student training programme and support other team members in their development including preceptorship.

You will participate in a variety of activities to build your CPD portfolio including training provided internally and access to external training relevant to your role.

If this position sounds like an opportunity you would be interested in pursuing or would like more information please contact Philippa Marshall, Professional Lead for Dietetics by email,

Main duties of the job

Provide a highly specialised service to in patients using specialist knowledge and expertise in dietetic management of complex inpatients including renal and orthopaedics, to manage ward patients, as well as supporting the adult acute referral pool to identify and prioritise appropriate patients.

Provide a highly specialised service to inpatients with renal conditions, shared with the Specialist renal Dietitians as required.

Work with the Professional Lead for Nutrition & Dietetics to develop the renal and orthopaedic and general dietetic service in line with national guidance.

Cover all areas of renal dietetics as required.

Provide an out patient service to renal patients as required.

Attend multidisciplinary team meetings and case conferences as required.

Undertake joint assessments with the Speech and Language Therapists as required.

Be involved in the discharge planning of patients on continuing nutrition support.

Undertake QI projects relevant to the role.

Develop competency in PN and provide cover for specialist colleagues in the delivery of Parenteral Nutrition to ensure continuity of care during absences.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification Experience

• Good clinical knowledge of dietetics
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience working in different clinical settings and at least 6 months clinical experience in an acute setting
• Experience of working with a renal caseload

Qualifications

• BSc Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent
• HCPC (Health and Care professions Council) in Dietetics
• Clinical Supervisory Skills Course/ Student training/ Mentorship course
• Member of British Dietetic Association
• PENG Clinical Update course or relevant post registration training in artificial nutrition support.
• Membership of relevant BDA Specialist groups e.g Renal / PENG group

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust