Rotational Dietician

Barts Health NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a motivated Dietitian to join their friendly team at Whipps Cross University Hospital. This role offers a unique opportunity to rotate through various specialties, enhancing your clinical skills while working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams. You'll play a vital role in patient care, contributing to outcomes and supporting junior staff. With a focus on continuous improvement and professional development, this position is perfect for someone eager to make a difference in a dynamic healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Strong clinical and team-working skills are essential.
• Experience in managing and supervising junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective and specialist dietetic services as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Supervise junior staff and contribute to service development.

Skills

Clinical Dietetics

Team-working

Leadership Skills

Resilience

Education

Degree in Dietetics

Job description

Are you a Dietitian with an interest in moving into a rotational Band 6 position in a busy acute setting? Do you want to expand your general and specialist skills across multiple inpatient specialties, working as part of multidisciplinary teams? If so, Barts Health is recruiting a motivated and dynamic individual to join our friendly team of Dietitians at Whipps Cross University Hospital (WCUH), located in the heart of East London with a diverse population.

The Rotations Within This Post Will Include:

1. Orthopaedics and Surgery
2. Oncology and Nutrition Support
3. Stroke and Older People’s Medicine

This position offers an opportunity to build a solid clinical foundation, with development opportunities in management and leadership skills. The role includes a well-supported leadership component, involving line management of junior team members, supervision, and student training. There will also be a focus on staff and service development to complement the clinical duties.

We are seeking a candidate with strong clinical and team-working skills, a positive outlook, and resilience to join our friendly team. While based at WCUH, you will collaborate with colleagues across other Barts Health NHS Trust sites to develop the dietetic service. The diverse specialties across hospital sites provide excellent support and opportunities for learning and skill development.

Enquiries to discuss the position are welcome. Please contact Emily Davison, Specialist Dietitian, via email at [e-mail] or by telephone at 020 8535 6829.

Key Responsibilities:

• Function as an integral member of the multidisciplinary team to provide effective and specialist dietetic services, contributing to patient outcomes.
• Support the dietetic team in developing and delivering inpatient services at Whipps Cross Hospital.
• Supervise junior staff on a day-to-day basis.
• Ensure research and audit are regularly undertaken to ensure evidence-based practice.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country and a leading healthcare provider. We are on an improvement journey to become an outstanding organization with a world-class clinical reputation, focusing on continuous service improvement for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, providing safe and compassionate care in east London and beyond. We aim to deliver high standards of harm-free care, ensure timely and appropriate patient placement, and be an outstanding place to work, guided by our WeCare values and behaviors.

We are committed to promoting inclusion and fostering an environment where every staff member feels a sense of belonging. We value diversity and support an inclusive working environment.

For further details or informal visits, contact:

Name: Emily Davison
Job title: Specialist Dietitian
Email: [e-mail]