Highly Specialist Adult CF Dietitian

Job overview

The Royal Brompton Hospital provides one of the UK’s largest and most established specialist adult Cystic Fibrosis (CF) services, delivering highly specialised, multidisciplinary care for adults living with this complex, multisystem condition. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Highly Specialist Dietitian to join our team.

Dietetics is a core and integral component of adult CF care, given the central role of nutrition in clinical outcomes, lung function, gastrointestinal health, and overall quality of life. CF dietitians provide specialist assessment and evidence‑based nutritional management for adults with CF, including pancreatic insufficiency, CFRD, gastrointestinal disorders, malnutrition, weight management, and the nutritional implications of CFTR modulator therapies.

It is an extremely exciting time for CF as new, highly effective therapies mean that the way we provide care and manage this condition is evolving. We are looking for a forward-thinking, dynamic, experienced dietitian to help shape the way we provide care for our patients, including those facing changing nutritional priorities.

If you are an experienced dietitian who is interested in CF and chronic disease management, and you would like the opportunity to work in a world-leading, specialist service, then please apply. This role may appeal to those who are already in a band 7 post or those with suitable experience looking to build these skills for the first time.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide holistic nutritional care to adults with CF, working alongside a team of other dietitians who hold collective responsibility for the planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the specialist CF dietetic service. They will work within a dynamic multi-professional therapy team (physiotherapy, dietetics and psychology) and be closely supported by the wider MDT, including doctors, nurses and pharmacists.

The role will involve:

• Taking a lead role in the advanced nutritional assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of adults with CF. This will include both inpatient and outpatient management, including both face-to-face and virtual consultations.
• Leading in the planning, co-ordination, delivery and evaluation of the CF, dietetic and wider rehab & therapies services.
• Multidisciplinary team working and consultation with staff, including doctors, nurses, and other members of the CF therapy team.
• Being a highly specialist resource and providing education and training to students as well as medical and multi-disciplinary colleagues
• Supervising junior members of the adult CF and / or dietetic teams.
• Utilising quality improvement and research skills for audit, policy and service development, as well as clinical research
• Supporting and deputising for the Adult CF Clinical Specialty Lead if required.
• Engaging with the wider CF national / international community, for example within professional networks and relevant conferences.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See the attached job description and person specification for full detail around the role responsibilities.