Rotational Dietician

Job overview

Are you a Dietitian with an interest in moving into a rotational Band 6 position in a busy acute setting? Do you want to expand both your general and specialist skills across multiple inpatient specialities, working as part of multidisciplinary teams? If so, Barts Health is now recruiting a motivated and dynamic individual to join our friendly team of Dietitians at Whipps Cross University Hospital (WCUH), a hospital in the heart of the East London with a hugely diverse population.

The rotations within this post will be: -    Orthopaedics and Surgery -    Oncology and Nutrition Support -    Stroke and Older People’s Medicine

As well as offering applicants the opportunity to build a solid clinical foundation, Whipps Cross dietetic team can offer you development in your management and leadership skills. There will be a well-supported leadership element to the post including line management of junior team members, supervision and student training. There will also be a large remit in staff and service development to compliment the clinical aspects of the position. We are looking to welcome someone with strong clinical and team working skills, who has a positive and resilient outlook to join our friendly team.

Whilst this post will be situated at WCUH you will have colleagues at other sites of the Barts Health NHS Trust with whom you will work in collaboration to develop the Barts Health dietetic service. With the breadth of specialities across the hospital sites this post offers excellent support as well as opportunities to learn and develop other clinical skills. Enquiries to discuss the position are welcomed.  Please contact Emily Davison, Specialist Dietitian, via email [email protected] or Telephone: 020 8535 6829

Main duties of the job

To function as a Dietitian working as an integral member of the multidisciplinary team to provide an effective and specialist dietetic service to patients across a number of specialities and contributing to patient outcomes To support the dietetic team in developing and  providing a service to the inpatients of Whipps Cross Hospital  To supervise more junior staff on a day to day basis   To ensure that research and audit is undertaken on a regular basis to ensure that practice is evidence based

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.