Specialist Rotational Dietitian

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity exists for a Band 6 dietitian at a leading NHS hospital in London. The role includes rotations across multiple specialties, with training in critical care and parenteral nutrition. You'll develop your clinical skills while contributing to service development and student training in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Wellbeing initiatives

Staff recognition scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience working with complex patients in an acute NHS setting.
• Evidence of ongoing CPD and clinical supervision.
• Candidates should be able to communicate in English appropriately.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality Nutrition & Dietetic service for in and outpatients.
• Work autonomously and manage own clinical workload.
• Participate in the training and assessment of students.

Skills

Time management

Organisational skills

Professionalism

Teamwork

Ability to prioritise workload

Education

Recognised Degree and/or postgraduate diploma

Eligible for HCPC registration

Supervisory skills training

Post registration validated professional course

Tools

Dietary assessment software

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic Band 6 dietitian to join our rotational team where you will have the opportunity to develop your clinical skills, but also be involved in service development and student training.

There are ten rotations each lasting one year: two at St Mary's Hospital: Critical care, Gastro/respiratory; four of which are based at Charing Cross Hospital: Stroke, Gastroenterology, ICU/Neurosciences, Head and Neck/Oncology and four at Hammersmith Hospital: Renal, Gastroenterology/medical, Haemato-oncology and ICU/Cardiothoracic/Cardiology. Rotations occur in April each year.

You will have the opportunity to develop your clinical skills, with formal training in parenteral nutrition, renal or critical care where appropriate. All rotations require skills to manage complex enteral tube nutritional support and multidisciplinary working. There are also some line management opportunities.We are a large, high profile, friendly department involved in undergraduate and post graduate medical training. We also facilitate placement 1, 2's and 3's for dietetic students and are involved in teaching other health professionals such as nursing and therapy colleagues. The department is forward thinking and our service delivery is very much influenced by the audits and research projects we carry out which are supported by excellent IT facilities and Quality Improvement initiatives. The department also supports robust CPD for all staff members.

Main duties of the job

• To provide a quality Nutrition & Dietetic service to both in and outpatients within Specialist Area in accordance with established departmental guidelines.
• To work autonomously as a specialist within department guidelines with responsibility for clinical excellence within the specialist area and manages own workload.
• To provide specialist Nutrition & Dietetic input into education, training and development programmes for undergraduate and postgraduate medical, nursing and dietetic students in addition to other training requirements.
• To participate, in conjunction with the clinical lead, in clinical training, review, mentoring and assessment of undergraduate and postgraduate student Dietitians' and to develop literature and materials to facilitate this.
• To contribute to the development and implementation of evidence based nutritional guidelines and service developments in the specialist area.
• To contribute to the development, production and maintenance of evidence based departmental literature in the specific areas of nutrition (e.g. patient diet sheets).
• To assist in the production of ad hoc reports and project work.

About us

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. .

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

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

• Recognised Degree and/or postgraduate diploma
• Candidates are able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements
• Eligible for HCPC registration (Dietitian)
• Evidence of on-going CPD
• Supervisory skills training
• Post registration validated professional course e.g. PENG

Experience

• Clinical experience of working with complex patients in the acute NHS setting.
• Experience of being involved in audit
• Experience of clinical supervision of students and junior staff
• Experience of working in a teaching hospital

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

• Time management/Organisational skills
• Computer literacy including email, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Use of dietary assessment software
• Professionalism
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously as a specialist within department guidelines
• Demonstrates an awareness of diversity
• Ability to prioritise a busy workload

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.