Highly Specialist Cardio-Respiratory Dietitian

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in Greater London is seeking a Highly Specialist Cardio‑Respiratory Dietitian. This role involves providing specialized dietetic services to adult cardio-respiratory patients, including both private and NHS in-patients. The successful candidate will work as part of an expert team, contributing to patient care in critical settings. Opportunities for teaching, research, and professional development within a supportive environment are available. The position offers a salary in the range of £56,276 to £63,176 per annum.

Benefits

10 days of study leave

Opportunities for professional development

Supportive learning environment

Qualifications

• Knowledge & experience of working with patients with cardiothoracic conditions.
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of dietetics in the critical care setting.
• Experience of training dietetic students.

Responsibilities

• Provide a specialist dietetic service to private and NHS in‑patients.
• Work autonomously to provide specialist expert advice to adult patients.
• Participate in Trust‑wide multidisciplinary policy groups.

Skills

Ability to work within a team

Ability to work under pressure

Autonomous practitioner

Education

Relevant validated clinical courses accredited as equivalent to masters level

Member of the British Dietetic Association

Job description

Go back Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Highly Specialist Cardio‑Respiratory Dietitian

The closing date is 21 January 2026

This role is the perfect opportunity to develop cardio‑respiratory dietetic knowledge and skills in a well‑renowned specialist centre. The post holder will be expected to cover critical care, including ECMO patients, cardiothoracic surgery and private patients.

The dietetics team is a small and friendly team, sitting within a larger multi‑professional AHP team.

With 10 days of study leave a year and well established research links we actively encourage learning, further education, research opportunities and QI.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide care to adult cardio‑respiratory patients in conjunction with another Band 7 Dietician as part of the Adult Heart Therapy Team. This post is primarily for providing a specialist dietetic service to private in‑ and out‑patients, but also includes providing a specialist dietetic service to NHS in and out‑patients and adults on critical care, attending relevant clinical meetings and participating in service developments. The post is based primarily at the Royal Brompton Hospital.

• The post holder will have opportunities to lecture internally and externally and participate fully in relevant national meetings both verbally and through presentations of posters and abstracts.
• The post holder will also have an active role in student training.
• The post holder will be responsible for their own continuous professional development.

About us

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals – Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King's Health Partners – we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world‑class clinical services, teaching and research.

We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

Our integrated approach to caring for patients from before birth, through childhood, adolescence and into adulthood and old age has been replicated around the world and has gained Royal Brompton and Harefield an international reputation as a leader in heart and lung diagnosis, treatment and research.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

Job responsibilities

• Provide a highly specialist dietetic clinical service to designated private patient adult wards and outpatients referred to the service, in accordance with Trust Policy and Standards.
• Provide a highly specialist dietetic clinical service to adults on critical care with acute respiratory failure and post‑cardiothoracic surgery.
• Work autonomously to provide specialist expert advice and treatment plans to adult patients, their carers and clinicians. This involves nutritional diagnosis, development of treatment plans, prescription of dietary treatments and ACBS products where clinical guidelines are limited.
• Expand and establish the Private and NHS dietetics outpatients service by developing an innovative online outpatient follow‑up nutrition service for overseas inpatients.
• Involve in the development and implementation of Dietetic and Trust policy and protocols related to adult respiratory and critical care services.
• Implement Trust, Directorate Policy and Standards where appropriate and participate in their review.
• Undertake specific research and audit projects related to clinical specialism, and participate in other research and audit projects as appropriate.
• Collaborate with the Therapy Lead, Clinical Specialist and Nutrition Lead to develop dietetic services.
• Participate in Trust‑wide multidisciplinary policy groups, national dietetic interest groups and other professional bodies.
• Receive regular appraisals, maintain an individual developmental plan and carry out the annual appraisal and clinical supervision of Band 6 team members.
• Recruitment, performance issues, supervision and teaching of student dietitians, both those undertaking their clinical placement and those involved in projects as part of their Honours degree.
• Abide by Trust policies and all other relevant Trust policies, including research governance, clinical governance, and health and safety policies.
• Communicate as part of a multidisciplinary team, give informal and formal talks to staff, patients and students, and regularly communicate with terminally ill or chronically ill patients.
• Maintain safe use of dietetic equipment, safe storage and usage of consumables, and contribute to strategic direction for the department.
• Operate all necessary computer programmes, record own dietetic activity, maintain accurate treatment notes and maintain CPD records.
• Demonstrate adherence to Health and Care Professions Council standards and British Dietetic Association guidelines.

Person Specification

Education and qualifications

• A strong commitment to personal and professional development with evidence.
• Relevant validated clinical courses accredited as equivalent to masters level.
• Member of the British Dietetic Association.

Experience and knowledge

• Knowledge & experience of working with patients with cardiothoracic conditions.
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of dietetics in the critical care setting.
• Experience of carrying out both own and collaborative audit projects.
• Experience of training dietetic students, including counselling, mentoring and assessing to a final standard.
• Research experience.
• Experience of teaching and lecturing at national, international and HEI level.

Skills and abilities

• Ability to work within a team, under pressure and as an autonomous practitioner.

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 year per annum inc. H.C.A.