Specialist Dietitian: Major Trauma

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Newport; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Cycle to Work

Car lease schemes

Season ticket loan

Onsite leisure facilities

Job summary

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London is seeking a Band 7 Dietitian on a part-time fixed-term contract to manage a complex caseload in the acute setting, with expertise in parenteral nutrition and complex enteral feeding.

Join a forward-thinking dietetics team within a large NHS trust, offering professional development, flexible working options and opportunities to contribute to governance and quality improvement.

Qualifications

• State registration with the Health Professions Council.
• Membership of the Professional Organisation.
• Membership of Professional special interest groups relevant to speciality.
• Management skills or leadership training.
• Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio, especially in the relevant clinical area.
• Clinical Educators course or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work and undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
• Provide comprehensive and specialist therapy assessment and diagnosis for patients with highly complex presentations.
• Plan and organise time efficiently for patient management and be accountable for the designated area of work.
• Flexibly manage responsibilities for own complex caseload, service delivery and teaching commitments.
• Support the education and development of the support workforce including assistants and apprentices.
• Take delegated responsibility for development and implementation of speciality-specific training programmes.
• Promote a culture of research awareness and activity in the team.
• Lead in development of the specialist clinical area/team and prioritise projects.

Education

State registration with the Health Professions Council

Membership of the Professional Organisation

Membership of Professional special interest groups relevant to speciality

Management skills or leadership training

Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio, especially in the relevant clinical area

Clinical Educators course or equivalent

Job description

Main area Nutrition and Dietetics Grade Band 7 Contract 6 months (Fixed term/ Secondment until 30/07/2027) Hours Part time - 21 hours per week Job ref 290-SCCS-2411

Site St. Marys Hospital Town London Salary £58,133 - £65,261 pa inclusive pro rota Salary period Yearly Closing 16/11/2026 23:59

Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Band 7 Dietitian, on a part-time, six-month fixed-term contract. This role offers the opportunity to manage a complex, highly specialist caseload within the acute setting, delivering high-quality, evidence-based nutritional care across acute areas. The successful candidate should have advanced clinical knowledge of parenteral nutrition and complex enteral feeding, working experience providing nutrition support in the intensive care setting, and will contribute to the ongoing development of both the major trauma 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.

Given the fixed term duration of this role, sponsorship support will not be available.

Main duties of the job

• 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 support the education and development of the support workforce including assistants and apprentices.
• To take delegated responsibility for the development and implementation of speciality specific training programmes within the therapy service.
• 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.

Working for our organisation

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 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. .

Detailed job description and main 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 overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

• State registration with the Health Professions Council
• Membership of the Professional Organisation
• Membership of Professional special interest groups relevant to speciality
• Management skills or leadership training
• Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio, especially in the relevant clinical area
• Clinical Educators course or equivalent

Experience

• Significant recent clinical experience in relevant clinical area
• Evidence of a broad base of clinical experience or equivalent
• Significant experience of working as an integral member of a multidisciplinary team and inter-agency working
• Experience of multidisciplinary goal planning, development of care pathways and using outcome measures
• Experience of organising and implementing training programmes for therapists, MDT members, support workers, students and apprentices
• Experience of service development/change management
• Experience in implementing evidence based practice in speciality
• Experience of on-call and weekend working in an acute hospital (if required for job role)
• Leadership of a therapy team
• Recent, relevant work in an NHS environment
• Experience of using clinical governance framework to monitor and improve quality of patient care
• Clinical research experience
• Experience of planning and managing service improvement activities

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

• Advanced knowledge of assessment and treatment approaches for the effective management of relevant conditions
• Advanced skills in the appropriate application of a range of techniques and approaches to the management of relevant conditions
• Advanced clinical reasoning and problem solving skills
• Advanced knowledge of the evidence base of the relevant therapy area
• Knowledge of the influence of psychosocial and cultural factors health/illness behaviours
• Ability to remain updated with professional practice and research and integrate this into daily patient management
• Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate as appropriate and manage time effectively
• Able to make sound judgments and reliable decisions in a variety of demanding situations
• Understanding of clinical governance and the implications for therapy services including experience of quality issues and audit
• Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust’s policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety and meet differing patient needs
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships
• Ability to lead, motivate and inspire others
• Skills in supervision, mentoring and coaching
• Ability to analyse activity and outcome data accurately and objectively
• Ability to cope with working in a stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients or carers
• Ability to cope with work pressures and manage time effectively
• Ability to seek guidance and assistance when required and to be aware of personal limitations
• Advanced communication skills with patients, carers and colleagues
• Effective strategies for dealing with stressful interpersonal situations
• Able to present information written and orally, in a clear & logical manner
• Knowledge of recent NHS developments and their impact on service provision
• Advanced computer skills for presentation and data analysis
• Negotiation and conflict resolution skills

Right to work

If you need sponsorship to work in the UK, please visit the Home Office website for information on sponsorship and visa status before you fill in your application form. Due to recent changes in the UK immigration rules which affect Skilled Worker Visas, Global Business Mobility, Higher Skill Level and Increased Salary Thresholds, please ensure that you are able to meet the requirements to live and work in the UK before applying. Further information about eligibility is available on UK Visas and Immigration - GOV.UK

We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. As part of this, your application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts within the group for recruitment and workforce purposes, in line with general data protection regulation (GDPR).

Vacancy Closing Date

This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.