Dietetic Clinical & Operational Lead, Renal

UHCW NHS Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust is seeking a Dietetic Clinical & Operational Lead - Renal. This part-time, permanent role (28hrs per week) combines senior clinical leadership with operational management for the kidney dietetics team.

You will oversee highly specialised inpatient and outpatient nutrition care for kidney patients, lead audits, guide colleagues, and work with the MDT to optimise nutrition and nutrition support across Coventry and Warwickshire.

Qualifications

• Registered dietitian with post-registration experience in kidney disease care.
• Ability to provide clinical leadership on dietetic management and nutrition support.
• Experience leading clinical audits and research within nutrition services.
• Skilled in working autonomously within a multidisciplinary team.
• Proven capability to communicate complex nutrition information clearly.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership on dietetic management of kidney patients requiring nutrition support.
• Lead the daily operational management of the kidney dietitians.
• Offer expert guidance to healthcare professionals regarding kidney disease and nutrition support.
• Lead on clinical audit and research within nutrition support.
• Conduct in-depth nutritional assessments and tailor interventions with MDT input.
• Communicate complex nutrition information to patients, staff and carers.
• Discuss nutrition support decisions with patients and families, including ethical considerations.

Job description

Dietetic Clinical & Operational Lead, Renal

A Vacancy at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust.

Are you a Dietitian with extensive post registration experience managing the dietetic care of patients with kidney disease? We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as Dietetic Clinical & Operational Lead - Renal.

This part time, permanent role (28hrs per week), will provide both dietetic clinical leadership and operational management support for the kidney team dietitians.

The kidney team provide care for patients across Coventry and Warwickshire for both inpatients and outpatients. The Kidney Dietetic Service provides evidence-based dietetic care to optimise nutrition providing nutritional support as required, manage complications including electrolyte and fluid imbalances, and support kidney patients and caregivers. The Dietitians also engage in multidisciplinary meetings, guidance development, and collaborate on audits and research to improve the service. The team is made up of Dietetic Assistant Practitioners, Specialist and Senior Specialist Dietitians.

This is a great opportunity for the next steps in your career, and an opportunity to shape services for our patients.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

• To provide clinical leadership on the dietetic management of kidney patients requiring nutrition support, including highly specialised inpatient and outpatient caseloads of patients.
• To lead the daily operational management of the kidney dietitians.
• Provide expert opinion, education, advice and guidance to other health care professionals including dietetic colleagues regarding kidney disease and nutrition support.
• Lead on clinical audit and research within nutrition support.
• To work autonomously to lead the dietetic clinical care of patients with kidney disease who require nutrition support.
• To conduct in-depth nutritional assessments and use expert clinical reasoning skills to determine diagnosis and required intervention, alongside the MDT, as necessary.
• Calculate and establish nutritional requirements and use this to tailor advice and determine choice of nutritional management.
• To use highly specialised knowledge to provide dietetic advice and treatment to patients requiring artificial feeding. This will be achieved through regular monitoring, recalculation and adjustment of enteral feeding regimens and oral dietary advice to ensure nutritional adequacy for the patient.
• To be able to communicate highly complex nutrition and dietetic information in an understandable form to patients, staff and carers, requiring negotiation, persuasion, motivation and counselling skills including situations where there are barriers to understanding.
• To be able to lead on discussions with patients, family members and healthcare professionals about highly emotive and ethical issues regarding nutrition support including appropriateness of artificial nutrition support in palliative care and withdrawal of nutrition at end of life.

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence designated organisation -

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.

For further details of the role please see the attached job description.