Advanced Specialist Dietitian

London North West Healthcare NHS Trust; London Borough of Harrow; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust is looking for a passionate and innovative Haematology and Nutrition Support Dietitian. The role involves leading a team, providing high-quality service, and mentoring junior members while working closely within multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient care.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Experience with parenteral enteral feeding and MDT working.
• Previous experience in project management and audits.
• Ability to work under own initiative and manage haematology caseload.

Responsibilities

• Integral part of multi-disciplinary teams for haematology and oncology inpatients.
• Support Nutrition Team and assist during periods of leave.
• Leadership, supervision, and training for junior staff.

Skills

HCPC registration

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Teaching and presentation skills

Time management and organizational skills

Education

4 Year Degree in Dietetics or equivalent

Diploma in Advanced Dietetic Practice

Job description

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Main area Haematology and Nutrition Support Dietitian Grade Band 7 Contract 12 months (Fixed term) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 337-NP-8881MM

Site Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow Town London Salary £51,883 - £58,544 Per Annum inclusive HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 10/07/2025 23:59

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH

Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy

We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.

Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.

• H onesty
• A ccountability
• T eamwork

These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

Are you an innovative and experienced dietitian with a passion for haematology, nutrition support including parenteral nutrition & and service improvement? Do you thrive on leading, developing, and mentoring team members? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you. We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled lead haematology dietitian, that will have a combined role of working with our St. Mark's Nutrition Support Team to join our dynamic Nutrition & Dietetics department. This is a pivotal role that will see you shape and advance our haematology dietetic service, and develop your parenteral nutrition skills, ensuring the delivery of outstanding patient care.

Main duties of the job

You would an integral part of the ward multi-disciplinary teams for haematology and oncology inpatients, as well as a surgical caseload. You will also support the St. Mark's Nutrition Team, and help cover during periods of leave. This role is part of the acute dietetic team based at Northwick Park Hospital and as the senior member of the team covering the nutrition support wards you would be responsible for helping junior members of staff with case loading and providing regular clinical support. The successful applicant will have a varied and interesting caseload and develop their leadership skills. You will have opportunities to be involved in audit, service development and innovation within the department and wider Trust. You will offer leadership, supervision and support to junior staff within the dietetics team and deliver education and training.You will participate in the nutrition support evidence based learning group and be central to the promotion of nutrition support across the department, specialist areas and Trust.

The ideal candidate would have strong oral and enteral nutrition experience in specialist areas. Previous experience in the areas of haematology is desirable but not essential. They should be focused on providing a high-quality dietetic service which is responsive to the changing needs of the NHS and this patient group. You will be encouraged to actively participate in developing the service both clinically and strategically.

Working for our organisation

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWUH) is one of the integrated NHS Trusts in the country. Our team of more than 8,000 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of approximately one million people providing hospital services to the people of Brent, Harrow and beyond.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation; we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view the main responsibilities, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Dietetic skills

• HCPC registered
• • 4 Year Degree in Dietetics or equivalent
• • Evidence of further postgraduate study in dietetics e.g. Diploma in Advanced Dietetic Practice.

Other

• Presentation skills – evidence of presenting to variety of AHPs/MDT
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Good time management and organisational skills.
• Behavioural change management
• Previous experience in project management
• Teaching on degree or higher level professional course

Dietetic skills

• Experience with parenteral enteral feeding
• Experience with MDT working
• Experience of student training
• Experience of haematology & oncology
• Ability to work under own initiative
• Previous experience of conducting audits and/or research
• Organisational and good time management Skills
• Experience of collaborating with MDTs at a senior level
• Experience in parenteral nutrition
• Evidence of service development & improvement
• Experience of managing a haematology caseload

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We promote the wellbeing and safety of all our patients and carers by acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately, according to the standards determined by our policy and procedures. All posts working with vulnerable groups will be subject to an enhanced criminal records check upon appointment and staff will need to give their consent for the Trust to receive regular updates on their criminal records status throughout their employment.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive for certain posts, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.After the closing date we strongly advise you check the email account which is registered. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

Our employment checking processes require that all shortlisted applicants provide the contact details of their current HR Department. If shortlisted you will be sent an email reminder to present the contact details of your HR Department at the interview.

Please note the Trust uses identity checking software for verifying the authenticity of identity documents provided by candidates.

As part of our commitment to the Equality and Diversity at LNWUH, we are encouraging applications from BME (Black ,Minority Ethnic) candidates as we seek to ensure our workforce structures are representative of the diversity of the communities we serve.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.