Closing date: 18 November 2026

Job summary
Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of children and young people? We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Dietitian to join our Durham and Darlington CAMHS services, working within child and adolescent mental health and learning disabilities.

You'll play a vital role in delivering specialist, evidence-based dietetic care to young people with complex needs, including faltering growth, selective eating, disordered eating, and weight management. Your work will help restore health and empower service users to live their lives to the fullest. There may also be opportunities to support the CAMHS Specialist Eating Disorders Service.

We're Looking For:

• A Registered Dietitian with experience in complex dietetic interventions for mental health, learning disabilities, and neurodivergence.
• A dynamic, enthusiastic professional who thrives in a multi-disciplinary environment and values collaboration.
• Someone committed to service development, clinical governance, training, and supporting student learning.

What You'll Do:

• Deliver high-quality, person-centred dietetic care in community settings.
• Work closely with CAMHS teams, Acute Trust partners, and key stakeholders.
• Contribute to service improvement and embrace a culture of participation and wellbeing.

Main duties of the job
The successful postholder will promote and maintain safety, privacy, and dignity of all service users in the delivery of person-centred care, recognising and respecting differences including spiritual and cultural beliefs. You will be responsible for ensuring the highest professional standards and attitudes towards the care of service users are always maintained and that care is delivered in accordance with Clinical Guidelines and the Trust's Values and behaviours.

The postholder will assess service users including those with complex needs and develops, implements, and evaluates intervention plans as part of the MDT, with the involvement of young people and their families and in accordance with their individual need. This includes undertaking complex dietetic assessments and developing individualised dietetic care plans. In addition, you will provide updates and reports on service users progress at clinical meetings and makes recommendations to inform the clinical decision-making process regarding service user care as part of the MDT.

You will maintain up to date knowledge and competency in the skills required to perform safely and effectively in the role as well as undertake relevant training (including statutory and mandatory training) and be responsible for personal development agreed with the line manager and in line with the requirements of the AFC Knowledge and Skills Framework.

About us
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care, our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

Details
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 346-DDC-061-26-B
Location: North End House, North End, Durham, DH1 4LW

Essential qualifications and experience

• Appropriate professional qualification in Dietetics
• Current relevant registration with specific regulatory body
• International English Language Testing System (IELTS) level 7 (SLT =8) for International recruits
• Minimum 12 months post qualifying experience (at the point of application) of Dietetic delivery /completion of AYSE for social work (post 2012) pre 2012 evidence of experience in accordance with professional capabilities framework for an experienced social worker (at point of application)
• Understanding of the needs of service users with mental health conditions or learning disabilities.

Desirable

• Post graduate training in relevant specialist area
• Experience of supporting people with mental health issues, learning disability or autism
• Experience of working in Multidisciplinary Team
• Knowledge of evidence based practice in designated specialist area
• Post graduate training in specialist area if applicable to post (e.g. dysphagia, autism diagnostics)
• Experience of managing complex Dietetic cases
• Awareness of professional standards and its application to practice
• Clinical risk assessment and application in practice

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Contact: Kirsty Thompson, Team Manager, kirsty.thompson12@nhs.net, 01913336083

This role may be eligible for sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker route. Visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa