An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our innovative and supportive Dietetic team at Salisbury District Hospital. This full-time role offers a varied inpatient caseload, with a specialist focus on spinal care (0.4 WTE).
You will join a forward-thinking adult Dietetic service, working alongside experienced clinicians across specialist areas including Nutrition Support, Oncology, Diabetes, Critical Care, and Burns & Plastics. The role provides excellent opportunities to develop advanced clinical skills within a supportive multidisciplinary environment.
A key responsibility will be leading dietetic care within the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre, a 42-bed regional specialist unit providing rehabilitation for patients with spinal cord injury and disease. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a specialist multidisciplinary team, improve patient outcomes, and support service development and innovation.
Applications are welcomed from experienced dietitians and those seeking to further develop their expertise, particularly in spinal rehabilitation and nutrition support. The role offers opportunities for professional growth, leadership development, quality improvement, and involvement in student supervision and mentoring of junior staff.
Work as part of a dynamic and collaborative Adult Dietetic Team, delivering high-quality nutritional care to inpatients across a diverse range of specialist clinical areas. A small but mighty team, we are proud to have colleagues recognised through both Trust and national CN awards, reflecting our commitment to innovation, excellence, and patient-centred care.
Take a leading role in providing expert dietetic care for patients with spinal injuries and spinal cord disease within the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre , supporting patients throughout their rehabilitation journey and making a meaningful impact on long-term outcomes and quality of life.
Develop strong links with the national network of specialist spinal dietitians, providing exciting opportunities to share best practice, contribute to innovation, and help shape the future of spinal nutrition services locally and nationally.
Play an active role in driving service development within spinal specialties, with opportunities to lead quality improvement initiatives, influence clinical practice, and contribute to the ongoing growth of this specialist area.
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding . You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of roles and responsibilities. In your application, please reference the essential and desirable criteria as listed in the person specification.
