Senior Specialist Dietitian

IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK healthcare trust seeks a Band 7 Critical Care Dietitian on a full-time, 1-year fixed-term contract. This role involves managing complex nutritional care in the ICU and other acute areas. The candidate should possess advanced knowledge of parenteral nutrition and demonstrate clinical excellence. This opportunity provides access to career development, flexible working, and participation in quality improvement projects, all within a supportive environment.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Staff recognition scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in managing a complex caseload within critical care.
• Ability to deliver high-quality nutritional care.
• Strong presentation skills for multidisciplinary collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist therapy assessment and diagnosis for complex patients.
• Plan and manage a complex caseload autonomously.
• Lead the development of the specialist clinical area/team.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Evidence-based knowledge

Analytical skills

Advanced clinical knowledge of parenteral nutrition

Education

Registered Dietitian

Job description

We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Band 7 Critical Care Dietitian, on a full-time, 1-year fixed-term contract. This role offers the opportunity to manage a complex, highly specialist caseload within the critical care setting, delivering high-quality, evidence-based nutritional care to critically ill patients in the ICU and across wider acute areas. The successful candidate will have advanced clinical knowledge of parenteral nutrition and complex enteral feeding, and will contribute to the ongoing development of both the critical care and broader dietetic service. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated clinician to deepen their expertise in a supportive and progressive environment.

You will be joining a well-established, forward-thinking dietetics department that values continuous professional development and collaborative working. The role provides access to a range of opportunities including structured involvement in clinical governance, student education, and quality improvement projects. If you are a knowledgeable and driven clinician who thrives in a busy multidisciplinary setting and is committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred nutritional care, we encourage your application.

Responsibilities

• To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including management of patients in your care and undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
• To provide comprehensive and specialist therapy assessment and diagnosis for patients with a range of highly complex presentations, by utilising advanced clinical reasoning, evidence-based knowledge, investigative and analytical skills and specialist assessment techniques.
• To plan and organise time efficiently and effectively with regard to patient management and use of time. To be accountable for the designated area of work.
• To flexibly manage responsibilities for own complex caseload, service delivery and teaching commitments. To decide priorities for own work, balancing other patient related and professional demands and ensure that these remain in accordance with those of the teams as a whole.
• To employ excellent presentation skills to promote multidisciplinary and interagency liaison and collaborative practice to a broad range of audiences, including other professionals and users.
• Promote a culture of research awareness, research preparedness and activity in the team.
• To take a lead in the development of the specialist clinical area/team and develop objectives and support prioritisation of projects for the team.
• To ensure own and direct reports’ Personal Development Plans (PDP) are in line with therapies and trust objectives.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

This advert closes on Wednesday 14 Jan 2026