Senior Specialist Neurorehabilitation Dietitian

Integrated Care System; London; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS Trust as a Dietitian in the Neurosciences, Trauma and Stroke Team, where you'll provide specialist nutrition support to patients undergoing neurorehabilitation. This role allows for autonomy and development within a supportive team environment, focusing on complex cases and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Qualifications

• Qualified in area of specialisation with NHS experience.
• Expertise in complex nutrition support, especially in neurosciences.
• Experience in managing patients without decision-making capacity.

Responsibilities

• Lead the dietetics service for neurorehabilitation patients.
• Provide dietetic assessments and advice across neurosciences and trauma departments.
• Develop and deliver training to medical staff and dietetics team.

Skills

Nutritional support

Clinical reasoning

Communication

Leadership

Education

HCPC registered

Post graduate training in neurosciences

Job description

The Royal London Hospital has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Dietitian to join our Neurosciences, Trauma and Stroke Team. You will lead the Dietetics service for patients undergoing neurorehabilitation in one of London's four major trauma centres as part of the Rapid Access to Acute Rehab (RAAR) service. You will work closely with the multidisciplinary team to provide this service

You will be joining a friendly, enthusiastic and supportive team of Dietitians who cover a range of specialist clinical areas.

The role will lead the dietetics service for patients undergoing neurorehabiliation, providing specialist nutrition support to patients recovering from neurological conditions. This will be an exciting opportunity to work autonomously to develop the dietetic service within this speciality.

The role will also provide cover to the neurosciences and trauma wards which includes a variety of patients including those under neurology, neurotrauma, neurosurgery and trauma services.

Main duties of the job

To independently lead the dietetics service for the 8-bed neurorehabilitation service that provides Rapid Access to Acute Rehab (RAAR), with approx. 0.4WTE of the role dedicated to this service.

Responsible for providing expert dietetic assessment, treatment and advice to a specialist caseload of patients on the neurorehabilitation pathway alongside providing cover across the neurosciences (including neurology, neurotrauma, neurosurgery) and trauma wards.

To work alongside the wider multidisciplinary team (MDT) to provide an effective service including attending and contributing to ward rounds, board rounds and MDT meetings.

To manage home enteral feeding discharges independently, liaising with all relevant specialist services to achieve this in a timely manner.

To use advanced clinical reasoning skills to provide specialist support and advice to dietetic and other clinical staff within Barts Health.

To support Band 5 and 6 dietitians in the provision of nutritional support to complex patients and developing their skills and knowledge in this area

To be responsible for planning and delivering specialist training to medical staff, nurses and student and other health care professionals in the surgical field

Partake in the development of trust wide policies, protocol and guidelines

To ensure that audit, quality improvement and research is undertaken on a regular basis to ensure that practice is evidence based

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities

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 documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Please note: When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High Cost Area Supplement) is not included for non-medical roles. This ensures fairness and consistency within our organisation, as some of our sites fall under inner HCAS, while others are classified as outer HCAS.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Qualification in area of specialisation or evidence of experience in speciality area
• HCPC registered
• NHS experience
• Post graduate training in neurosciences, neurorehabilitation and trauma

Experience

• Extensive experience in the area of complex nutrition support (to include significant experience within the area of neurosciences and/or trauma)
• Experience in managing patients who do not have capacity to make decisions for themselves.
• Experience of taking part in project work that supports improvement in service or supports a change in practice
• Experience in developing a service and establishing/maintaining a dietetic presence within an MDT
• Experience of line management of staff including completing appraisals
• Experience in working with other specialist Dietitians from other trusts to undertake service review/improvement

Knowledge

• In-depth knowledge to expert level in nutritional support and the ethics of clinically assisted nutrition and hydration.
• Knowledge of dietetics within the NHS

Skills

• Able to interpret a variety of complex clinical information to make dietetic diagnosis in area of speciality
• Ability to implement dietetic care plan and provide highly specialised advice for patients undergoing neurorehabilitation
• Able to undertake accurate anthropometric measurements eg. weights, heights, skinfold thickness to support the assessment of patients nutritional status
• Ability to use behavioural change/ motivational interviewing techniques to facilitate change
• Experience of delivering undergraduate student supervision and clinical education to postgraduate standard in area of stroke
• Ability to problem solve, analyse complex clinical problems and create practical solutions to provide best clinical care
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with people e.g via advocacy/interpreters
• Able to demonstrate and effectively utilise leadership skills
• Regularly undertakes R&D activity eg. Critical Appraisal, Audit and is confident in the audit process
• Ability to take own initiative and to be the lead for clinical speciality

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.

£54,320 to £60,981 a yearPer annum inc pro rata ***Pay award pending***