Band 7 Clinical Specialist Renal Dietitian

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking a Clinical Specialist Renal Dietitian to join their dedicated team. This full-time position focuses on supporting patients with Chronic Kidney Disease across both inpatient and outpatient settings. Ideal candidates will possess a degree in Nutrition and Dietetics, HPC registration, and experience in renal dietetics is preferred. The role offers a competitive salary and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Generous benefits

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered with the Health Professions Council.
• Experience in renal dietetics is preferred.
• Proficiency in conducting nutritional assessments.

Responsibilities

• Support patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.
• Work within a multi-disciplinary therapy team.
• Oversee quality improvement and service evaluation.

Skills

Nutritional assessment skills

Time management

Effective clinical reasoning

Compassionate treatment of patients

Education

Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent

Health Professions Council (HPC) registration

Tools

Microsoft Office

Nutritional analysis software

Job description

Band 7 Clinical Specialist Renal Dietitian

We are seeking a Clinical Specialist Renal Dietitian to work in our multi-disciplinary therapy team. Lead by a Clinical Lead Renal Dietitian and Clinical Lead Renal Occupational Therapist, the team is made of dietitians, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and therapy assistants - across inpatient and outpatient settings. Our team supports people living with chronic kidney disease and urological conditions across three wards based at The Royal Free Hospital site, and 5 outpatient centres for low clearance, dialysis and transplantation. This role is a full time role based predominantly off site in the renal outpatient setting on our Haemodialysis units.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for someone who has a passion for supporting patients living with Chronic Kidney Disease. Whilst previous renal experience within Dialysis is desirable; we are keen to support dietitians who may have had exposure to renal inpatients and advanced Kidney Care, and value strong transferrable skills such as autonomous management of people with complex nutritional diagnoses, delivering patient centered care and working effectively within an MDT. Experience supporting the development of junior staff will be highly regarded, as will skills in quality improvement, service evaluation or audit. This post offers a great opportunity to join a well established renal team!

About us

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17 million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle.

From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.

For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Person Specification

Royal Free World Class Values

• oDemonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Education & professional Qualifications

• oDegree in Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent
• oHealth Professions Council (HPC) registration
• oAdditional qualification or BDA accredited courses or equivalent in-house training e.g. PENG clinical update, renal course
• oExperience of working in renal dietetics, IP , Pre Dialysis or Dialysis
• oMembership of special interest group
• oEvidence or portfolio of post-graduate continued development

Experience

• oBroad range of clinical experience, across a variety of clinical areas
• oExperience of managing renal patients
• oMotivational Interviewing/ Behaviour Change training (CBT or facilitation skills)
• oPresentation to groups/teaching other Healthcare Professionals
• oStudent training and/or management of junior therapists
• oLeadership in an audit or project, and knowledge of clinical standards in the management of chronic kidney disease
• oProficient use of PC & working knowledge of Microsoft Office and nutritional analysis software
• oExperience of managing patients with CKD-MBD

Skills

• oAble to work autonomously and use initiative
• oAbility to carry out nutritional assessments, such as anthropometry, subjective global assessment, bioelectrical impedance analysis, estimation of dietary intake of macro/micronutrients
• oGood time management and organisational skills
• oEffective clinical reasoning skills & ability to reflect on own practice
• oAppreciation of need for personal accountability for governance issues (to include confidentiality, Health & safety and risk management) and how these affect self and others
• oAbility to treat others with compassion, dignity and respect, taking into account diversity considerations
• oAble to manage clinical caseload and prioritise effectively
• oAble to support junior staff to manage and prioritise their clinical caseload
• oAbility to work effectively within different teams both multi and uni-disciplinary, with a willingness to be personally accountable for actions
• oTo be proactive in service development, liaising closely with the MDT in order to promote clinical excellence
• oAbility to manage own time & meet deadlines
• oAbility to critically evaluate current research & apply to own practice
• oEvidence of specialist clinical knowledge in chronic kidney disease particularly relating to CKD-MBD and it's management strategies

Personal Qualities & attributes

• oAbility to recognise unacceptable behaviour and act on this appropriately

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.

£56,276 to £63,176 a yearPer annum inclusive of HCAS