Senior Specialist Dietitian - Home Enteral Nutrition for Adults

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Dietitian to join our friendly and innovative multidisciplinary team.

The Home Enteral Nutrition (HEN) Team is a specialist service providing expert support for people of all ages to safely manage their eating and drinking and tube feeding at home in Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham. We are part of the Nutrition and Dietetics department at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust and work closely with the acute and community dietetic and specialist nursing teams across Southeast London.

The post will be ideal for a Registered Dietitian with experience in nutritional support who wants to develop and influence the specialist service provided to adults living in the community with a feeding tube.

You will be part of an established multidisciplinary home enteral feeding service. You will be a core member of the multidisciplinary HEN Team of Dietitians, Nutrition Nurse Specialists, Speech and Language Therapists, Support Workers and Administrators and be involved in the training and development of the team.

Main duties of the job:

You will be actively encouraged and supported in your personal development, which will include involvement in multi-disciplinary CPD activities, research and audit. Ongoing support and supervision is always available and is integral to the ethos of the team. Our experienced team are ready to welcome you and we can't wait for you to start.

The post is based at Waldron Health Centre in New Cross and involves visiting patients in their own home across Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham.

Some work can also be carried out remotely through video and telephone clinics.

About us:

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream

Date posted: 16 April 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum plus HCAS pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time

Reference number: 197-UT6681

Job locations: University Hospital Lewisham, Waldron Health Centre, Amersham Vale, SE14 6LD, London, SE13 6LH

Job responsibilities:

1. Senior Specialist Dietitian in the provision and the service development of the adult dietetic service provided by the HEN team.
2. To autonomously assess and provide a nutritional care plan for a specialist dietetic caseload of adults receiving HEN, liaising with their families, carers, and acute and community health care professionals.
3. Responsible for and take an active role in the day-to-day management of band 6 specialist dietitians and a dietetic assistant. This will involve interviewing, delegating, supporting and training.
4. To provide specialist adult dietetic advice and training to patients, carers and all other health professionals.
5. To write, update, disseminate and implement policies and procedures related to Adult Home Enteral Feeding.
6. To regularly undertake research and audit in specialist area (HEN).

Person Specification:

Qualifications & Training Essential:

• 4 year degree in dietetics or equivalent
• Specialist adult training/experience working to or at masters level
• Registration with Health Professional Council
• British Dietetic Association member or equivalent professional insurance
• Evidence of ongoing Professional development

Experience Essential:

• Significant experience of adult dietetics
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Evidence of training student dietitians
• Able to decide priorities for own work area, balancing patient-related and managerial role
• Experience of working in a multi-ethnic and cultural setting
• Experience of working in complex safeguarding situations

Knowledge & Skills Essential:

• Understand and abide by standards of professional practice, including confidentiality
• Able to demonstrate awareness of current NHS changes and professional issues
• To have an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the other disciplines within the MDT team
• Computer Literacy, able to use Word, Excel
• Accurate anthropometrics measurement skills
• Able to effectively manage and prioritise workload
• Ability to communicate complex and emotive information
• Able to work under pressure

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.

UK Registration:

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details:

Employer name: Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Address: University Hospital Lewisham, Waldron Health Centre, Amersham Vale, SE14 6LD, London, SE13 6LH

Employer's website: https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)