# Complex Nutritional Support Dietitian within Specialist Medicine > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Barts Health NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/complex-nutritional-support-dietitian-within-specialist-medicine/6f363e6d-f99a-4915-8784-29deaf929fc9 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/complex-nutritional-support-dietitian-within-specialist-medicine/6f363e6d-f99a-4915-8784-29deaf929fc9.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Barts Health NHS Trust - **Location:** St Bartholomew's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Dietitian - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 per annum inc. - **Contract type:** 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.) - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-18T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-02T14:02:08.489Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Barts_Health_NHS_Trust/RLH_SITE_MANAGEMENT/RLH_SITE_MANAGEMENT-v8340188 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8340188?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - 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 concerning the care of patients in area of speciality. - 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. - Ability to use behavioural change/ motivational interviewing techniques to facilitate change. - Ability to problem solve, analyse complex clinical problems and create practical solutions to provide best clinical care. - Advanced communication skills including being able to communicate life threatening/complex medical conditions in a sensitive and easily understandable language. - Experience of delivering undergraduate student supervision and clinical education to postgraduate standard in area of speciality. - 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. - Ability to work effectively single handedly with individuals and groups and deliver complex nutritional information. - Able to demonstrate and effectively utilise leadership skills. - Regularly undertakes R&D activity e.g. Critical Appraisal, Audit and is confident in the audit process. ### Experience **Essential** - Extensive experience in the area of specialist medicine and complex nutrition support. - Experience in taking part in project work that supports improvement in service or supports a change in practice - Understanding team dynamics and maintaining a strong inclusive dietetic presence within an MDT - Provision of parenteral nutrition **Desirable** - Experience working within the NHS - Experience working within mental health including working with people with eating disorders. - Experience in service review and evaluation to identify the area most in need of development evidence of a project that delivers this. - Experience in working with other specialist dietitians from other trusts to undertake service review/improvement. ### Qualifications **Essential** - BSc Nutrition & Dietetics or relevant postgraduate qualification. - Qualification in area of specialisation or evidence of significant experience in speciality area. - HCPC registered. **Desirable** - Post Graduate training in advanced nutritional support. - Supplementary prescribing qualification ## Documents - [jd/ps (pdf, 832.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10664245) - [our values and behaviours (pdf, 334.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1119) - [candidate information pack (pdf, 549.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2446) - [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 92.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1120) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.