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Job requirements
Essential
18 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Able to interpret a variety of complex clinical information to make dietetic diagnosis in area of speciality.
- Skills
Ability to implement dietetic care plan and provide highly specialised advice concerning the care of patients in area of speciality.
- Skills
Able to undertake accurate anthropometric measurements e.g. weights, heights, skinfold thickness, MUAC, HGS to support the assessment of patient’s nutritional status and takes initiative to do so.
- Skills
Ability to use behavioural change/ motivational interviewing techniques to facilitate change.
- Skills
Ability to problem solve, analyse complex clinical problems and create practical solutions to provide best clinical care.
- Skills
Advanced communication skills including being able to communicate life threatening/complex medical conditions in a sensitive and easily understandable language.
- Skills
Experience of delivering undergraduate student supervision and clinical education to postgraduate standard in area of speciality.
- Skills
Experience of supervision and line management of staff including completing appraisals, 1:1 meetings and objective setting and able to work within Trust policy and support line reports to do the same.
- Skills
Ability to work effectively single handedly with individuals and groups and deliver complex nutritional information.
- Skills
Able to demonstrate and effectively utilise leadership skills.
- Skills
Regularly undertakes R&D activity e.g. Critical Appraisal, Audit and is confident in the audit process.
- Experience
Extensive experience in the area of specialist medicine and complex nutrition support.
- Experience
Experience in taking part in project work that supports improvement in service or supports a change in practice
- Experience
Understanding team dynamics and maintaining a strong inclusive dietetic presence within an MDT
- Experience
Provision of parenteral nutrition
- Qualifications
BSc Nutrition & Dietetics or relevant postgraduate qualification.
- Qualifications
Qualification in area of specialisation or evidence of significant experience in speciality area.
- Qualifications
HCPC registered.
Desirable
6 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience working within the NHS
- Experience
Experience working within mental health including working with people with eating disorders.
- Experience
Experience in service review and evaluation to identify the area most in need of development evidence of a project that delivers this.
- Experience
Experience in working with other specialist dietitians from other trusts to undertake service review/improvement.
- Qualifications
Post Graduate training in advanced nutritional support.
- Qualifications
Supplementary prescribing qualification
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Specialist Medicine Dietitian to join our friendly and enthusiastic Adult Dietetics Department at the Royal London Hospital.
The position offers an exciting opportunity for a highly organised and ambitious Dietitian to lead the Dietetics service for Specialist Medicine and provide complex nutritional support on the specialist medicine wards. This includes a number of specialist areas including infection and immunity, complex endocrinology and respiratory. The successful candidate should have expert knowledge and experience within the area complex nutrition support and should be able to provide advice for parenteral nutrition. Preferably the successful candiate will also have experience working with people with complex mental health and social needs including exposure to people with eating disorders.
We are looking for applicants who are extremely motivated and hard-working with previous experience of managing a very busy caseload along with experience of leadership and successful line management. There is scope to expand and develop the services and the successful candidate is expected to engage and lead in service development. Excellent communication skills and multidisciplinary working is required. Evidence of undertaking quality improvement initiatives and service development is also essential.
Main duties of the job
- To be the lead dietitian for dietetic interventions within specialist medicine – this includes infectious diseases and immunity, endocrinology, respiratory medicine and care of the elderly.
- To support the Clinical Lead Dietitian with provision, performance and development of the specialist medicine dietetic service.
- To be responsible for providing expert level dietetic assessment, treatment and advice to a specialist caseload with complex nutritional support requirements including complicated endocrinology, infection and immunity, HIV, respiratory diseases and cardiology. This may include enteral and parenteral nutritional support.
- To support junior dietitians in the provision of dietetic support within these clinical areas, and to assist their development and career progression through supervision, one to ones and training.
- To use advanced clinical reasoning skills to provide specialist support and advice to dietetic and other clinical staff within Barts Health.
- Working within the multidisciplinary team to provide an effective dietetic service to a variety of medical patients. This includes initiating and engaging in best interest discussions for patients who lack capacity.
- To be responsible for planning and delivering specialist nutrition training to medical staff, nurses and students and other health care professionals on intensive care.
- Partake in the development of trust wide policies, protocol and guidelines.
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 documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Applicant requirements
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.
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This advert is for Complex Nutritional Support Dietitian within Specialist Medicine with Barts Health NHS Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Dietitian role. The advertised salary is £58,133 - £65,261 per annum inc.. The contract type is 40 months (Although this position is a 40 months fixed-term contract, the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 40 months.). The application deadline is 18 Oct 2026.
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