# Critical Care and Nutrition Support Dietitian > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Barts Health NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/critical-care-and-nutrition-support-dietitian/3b64ab5a-0eb8-4211-a652-319200c6556c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/critical-care-and-nutrition-support-dietitian/3b64ab5a-0eb8-4211-a652-319200c6556c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Barts Health NHS Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Dietitian - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £55,524 - £62,652 pro rata per annum inc - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 15 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-07T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-22T14:11:16.675Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Barts_Health_NHS_Trust/Nutrition_Dietetics/Nutrition_Dietetics-v7951519 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7951519?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen at Barts Health for an enthusiastic and highly motivated senior specialist dietitian in critical care and nutrition support. This is a part time position (15 hours per week) and the successful postholder will work alongside another band 7 critical care dietitian, the dietetics team and the wider multidisciplinary team to deliver a dietetic service to the critical care units and in-patient wards at Whipps Cross Hospital. We are looking forward to welcoming a motivated and dynamic individual to our Nutrition and Dietetic service at Whipps Cross Hospital which comprises of 9 dietitians and 4 dietetic support workers. The post holder will show strong clinical and leadership skills and maintain a strong professional presence within both the dietetic team and the critical care MDT. They will contribute towards the operational management of the dietetics team and leadership of the dietetic service to critical care and actively engage in relevant quality improvement, research and audit projects. We are committed to work-based education and training to improve clinical skills and there is a robust system in place for staff supervision and CPD. Enquiries to discuss the position are welcomed. Please contact Lauren Daniels, Deputy Head of Inpatient Therapies via email \[email protected\] ### Main duties of the job - Responsibility for providing specialist nutritional care to patients on critical care and on in-patient wards at Whipps Cross Hospital - Deliver advanced nutritional assessment, diagnosis and management of complex patients requiring nutrition support, including enteral and parenteral feeding - Provide cover for parenteral nutrition ward round as required - Work as an integral member of the multidisciplinary team (MDT), contributing to clinical decision-making, service development, education and quality improvement within critical care nutrition and acute nutrition support - Act as an expert resource on the nutritional management of patients during critical illness and deliver education to dietitians, dietetic students and other health care professionals within the trust - Supervise junior staff and provide support, guidance and teaching in the management of complex patient cases - Support the clinical lead dietitian in the operational management of the dietetics team including day to day management, non-clinical leadership responsibilities  and service development and quality improvement initiatives - Actively engage in and support junior staff members with quality improvement initiatives, audit and research - Be compliant with the professional responsibilities of the role, including trust statutory and mandatory training requirements, HCPC standards of conduct and engagement in clinical supervision and annual appraisal of performance ### 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. ## Job Details An exciting opportunity has arisen at Barts Health for an enthusiastic and highly motivated senior specialist dietitian in critical care and nutrition support. This is a part time position (15 hours per week) and the successful postholder will work alongside another band 7 critical care dietitian, the dietetics team and the wider multidisciplinary team to deliver a dietetic service to the critical care units and in-patient wards at Whipps Cross Hospital. We are looking forward to welcoming a motivated and dynamic individual to our Nutrition and Dietetic service at Whipps Cross Hospital which comprises of 9 dietitians and 4 dietetic support workers. The post holder will show strong clinical and leadership skills and maintain a strong professional presence within both the dietetic team and the critical care MDT. They will contribute towards the operational management of the dietetics team and leadership of the dietetic service to critical care and actively engage in relevant quality improvement, research and audit projects. We are committed to work-based education and training to improve clinical skills and there is a robust system in place for staff supervision and CPD. Enquiries to discuss the position are welcomed. Please contact Lauren Daniels, Deputy Head of Inpatient Therapies via email \[email protected\] ## 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Able to complete thorough nutritional assessment of complex, acutely ill patients and develop robust dietetic treatment and monitoring plans using advanced clinical reasoning and decision-making skills - Organisation skills. Able to manage a busy complex case load and workload of clinical and non-clinical duties - Excellent communication stills - Show initiative in managing day to day issues and problem solving - Evidence of working autonomously and collaboratively with professionals from different disciplines to deliver services or patient care - Line management skills, leadership and mentoring skills - Education skills - Strong IT skills **Desirable** - Skills and abilities in supporting with operational running of the dietetics team including preparation of reports, attending meetings at senior management level and leading on recruitment drives for dietetic staff ### Knowledge **Essential** - Evidence of specialist knowledge in critical care dietetics and nutrition support - Knowledge of the evidence base and key policies, guidelines and research relating to critical care nutrition - Able to evidence regular engagement in relevant CPD activities ### Experience **Essential** - Post-registration experience as a dietitian, including evidence of practical experience in the area of critical care and nutrition support - Clinical experience of managing patients requiring enteral and parenteral nutrition - Experience of developing and implementing service improvement initiatives/quality improvement projects - Experience in audit and/or service evaluation - Experience in the clinical supervision of junior dietetic team members **Desirable** - Experience in line managing junior dietitians and/or dietetic assistants/support workers - Experience in coordinating and managing student dietitian training at student coordinator level ### Qualifications **Essential** - BSc degree or postgraduate qualification in Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent - Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) **Desirable** - Postgraduate qualification in nutrition support, critical care or other relevant topic ## Documents - [wxh bus route (pdf, 286.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10321638) - [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) - [b7 critical care dietitian jd & ps (pdf, 886.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10231848) - [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.