Specialist Renal Dietitian

Barts Health Nhs Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking a Band 6 Dietitian to join the renal dietetic team. The role involves providing specialist dietetic care for renal patients across inpatient wards, haemodialysis, and pre-dialysis outpatient services, primarily based at the Royal London Hospital with satellite unit work.

You will join a nine-dietitian team, contributing to audit, research, and service development, with potential hours expansion and funding considerations in the future.

Qualifications

• Essential post-registration clinical experience in relevant settings.
• Experience working within a multidisciplinary team and understanding team dynamics.
• Knowledge of renal dietetic clinical speciality.
• Documented commitment to continuing professional development (CPD).
• Understanding of clinical governance and its relevance to everyday practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide a specialist clinical dietetic service at Band 6 level to renal patients across inpatient wards, haemodialysis, and pre-dialysis outpatient settings.
• Cover Royal London Hospital with satellite units as needed and visit designated satellite units.
• Contribute to audit, research, and service development within the renal dietetics team.

Skills

Renal dietetics knowledge

CPD commitment

Teamwork

Clinical governance awareness

Education

BSc Nutrition & Dietetics

HCPC registered

Specialism qualification or significant experience

Job description

Job summary

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Band 6 Dietitian to join our well-established and highly respected renal dietetic team at Barts Health NHS Trust. This is an excellent opportunity for a dietitian with a strong interest in renal dietetics and good acute dietetic skills to further develop their career within one of the largest renal units in Europe.

As a Band 6 Renal Dietitian, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality dietetic care across a variety of settings, including: inpatient service; haemodialysis patients (both in-centre and satellite units); pre-dialysis outpatient clinics

The role is primarily based at the Royal London Hospital, with up to one day per week at dialysis satellite units in East London. East London has a diverse and multicultural community and pockets of deprivation.

You will join a dynamic and forward-thinking renal dietetic team comprising nine dietitians and one assistant dietetic practitioner. The team is actively involved in audit, research, and service development.

We are hopefully to secure more funding for this role in the future and would welcome applicants who have the flexibility to increase their hours in the future if this was the case

Main duties of the job

To provide a specialist clinical dietetic service at Band 6 level to patients cared for by the Bart's Health Renal Services. This will include renal wards at the Royal London Hospital; renal outpatient and dialysis patients at Newham University Hospital, Hornchurch Dialysis Unit, Whipps Cross Hospital, King George's Hospital or other Satellite units which may be opened in the future. The main base will be at The Royal London Hospital but there is a requirement to visit your designated satellite unit to provide dietetic services.

About us

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

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.

Qualifications

Essential

• BSc Nutrition & Dietetics or relevant postgraduate qualification.
• HCPC registered.
• Qualification in area of specialism(s) or evidence of significant experience in specialism

Desirable

• Teaching qualification

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable post registration clinical experience in relevant settings
• Demonstrable experience of working within a multidisciplinary team and understanding team dynamics.

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of renal dietetic clinical speciality.
• Documented evidence of commitment to continuing professional development (CPD).
• Understanding of clinical governance and its relevance to everyday practice.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

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