Specialist Neurosciences and Trauma Dietitian

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

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking a Specialist Neurosciences and Trauma Dietitian. This role involves leading the dietetics service for complex cases, providing expert assessment and advice, and participating in multidisciplinary team activities. Candidates should be HCPC registered and possess postgraduate training in relevant areas. This position offers opportunities for professional development and managerial responsibilities within a prestigious team.

Qualifications

• Qualification in area of specialisation or evidence of experience in speciality area.
• Extensive experience in complex nutrition support, particularly in neurosciences and trauma.
• Ability to deliver education and supervision for students and junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert dietetic assessment and advice to a specialist caseload.
• Lead the dietetics service for neurosciences and trauma patients.
• Manage home enteral feeding discharges independently.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Communication skills

Leadership

Nutritional support

Motivational interviewing

Education

HCPC registered

Post graduate training in neurosciences and/or trauma

Job description

Specialist Neurosciences and Trauma Dietitian

To independently lead the dietetics service for the neurosciences and trauma specialties.

Responsible for providing expert dietetic assessment, treatment and advice to a specialist caseload of patients on the neurosciences (including neurology, neurotrauma, neurosurgery, neurorehabilitation) 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

Main duties of the job

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 neurosciences and trauma patients in one of London's four major trauma centres.

The role will lead the dietetics service on the Neurosciences and Trauma wards which provides specialist dietetic input for a variety of patients including those under neurology, neurotrauma, neurosurgery and rehabilitation services. This will be an exciting opportunity to work autonomously to develop the dietetic service in these specialist areas. There will also be the opportunity to line manage junior staff members along with supporting student training and contributing to teaching and training for a variety of staff in the Trust. The ability to be flexible and organised is a key attribute of the successful candidate along with excellent communication skills.

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
• Post graduate training in neurosciences and/or 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 in 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 neurosciences and trauma patients
• 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 ***Pay award pending***