Trainee Kidney Specialist Dietitian

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust; Canterbury; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in Canterbury is seeking a newly qualified or experienced dietitian to join their renal dietetics team. This role involves delivering patient-centered nutritional care for adults with kidney disease and collaborating with multi-disciplinary colleagues. The successful candidate will have opportunities for personal and professional development in renal dietetics. A supportive environment is promised for new team members.

Qualifications

• Ability to provide nutritional care for adults with kidney disease.
• Experience in working within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Understanding of renal dietetic care guidelines and quality improvement.

Responsibilities

• Deliver nutritional care aligned to practice pillars.
• Support service development and pathways of care.
• Contribute to quality improvement projects.

Skills

Patient care

Nutritional advice

Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams

Education

Registered Dietitian

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a newly qualified or experienced dietitian to join our very friendly renal dietetics team based at the Kent Kidney Care Centre, Kent and Canterbury Hospital. Your role will be to deliver nutritional care aligned to the four pillars of practice to adults living with kidney disease under the care of the Kent Kidney Care Centre. The successful candidate can look forward to a warm welcome and a future of opportunities to develop personally and professionally in renal dietetics. If you are interested and would like to know more about the role, please contact Robert Fleming, Lead Kidney Dietitian. We look forward to hearing from you.

• Deliver patient centred nutritional care to adults living with kidney disease under the care of Kent Kidney Care Centre.
• Provide dietetic advice and support to multi‑disciplinary colleagues within renal specialty.
• Be actively involved in monitoring standards of care and act on feedback from patients, their families and carers.
• Utilise evidence based clinical practice contributing to service development and pathways of care.
• Works collaboratively within the renal dietetic team and other multi‑disciplinary colleagues within the renal service to deliver pre and post registration education and training.
• Teach and advise patients and their families/carers how to manage their condition and support the MDT in patient focused education.
• Maintain personal and professional development aligned to Trust policies, HCPC guidelines and revalidation requirements.
• Work collaboratively to contribute to the clinical audit programme within EKHUFT Renal Services.
• Support research projects within renal specialty and contribute to quality improvement projects.
• Contribute to the development and updating of practice protocols/guidelines and procedures in renal care.
• Be conversant with best practice including national and local reports and policies relating to renal dietetic care.
• Contribute to data collection to inform comprehensive quality reports.

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is “great healthcare from great people”. Everything we do is guided by our values: “People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference”. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called “We care”. It’s about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day‑to‑day. We’re looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

This post is offered subject to the completion of a structured competency framework over the period of up to 2 years. Failure to complete the competencies within the timescale may result in you remaining at the same pay point as offered on appointment without advancement. As this will also mean that you are unable to fulfil the full job description your case may need to be considered in line with the Trust Capability Procedure.

You will progress through the Trainee Band 6 increments annually according to the table below.

• Up to 2 years training required: 70 % of £46,580 = £32,606 pa
• Less than 1 year's training required: 75 % of £46,580 = £34,935 pa