Senior Specialist Dietitian Women's Health

Job overview

Band 7 Senior Specialist Dietitian in Women's Health

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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our gastroenterology team at Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. We have a vacancy for a full time (1.0WTE) fixed term (12 months), Band 7 Senior Specialist Dietitian. This exciting new role will provide dietetic input to an "Iron Mum" project, newly funded by the Evelina London Charity 3 days per week (0.6WTE).

In addition, the post holder will work with the gastroenterology dietetic team whom specialise in disorders of gut brain axis/irritable bowel syndrome (DGBI/IBS), pelvic floor dysfunction (PF), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and integrated care transformation. This will include the delivery of a private practice clinic one day per week at Westminster Bridge Consulting Rooms (0.2WTE).

The Gastro dietetic team consists of an 8C Consultant medical gastroenterology Dietitian, a band 8A clinical lead, a band 8A dietitian integrated care lead dietitian, 2 x band 7 dietitians, 2 x band 6 dietitians and a 0.6 WTE band 4 dietetic assistant.

The post will work predominantly at St Thomas' Hospital and Westminster Bridge Consulting Rooms, with some virtual phone and video clinics, and in our local communities of Lambeth and Southwark.

Main duties of the job

Iron Mum

• To lead dietetic input to the IRON MUM project - A pilot care bundle of focused interventions for pregnant women with nutritional deficiency anaemia.
• As part of a MDT, develop and deliver an innovative and comprehensive care package consisting of various modalities in addition to routine antenatal care and haematology input. This will include:
• Dedicated clinic led by multidisciplinary team
• Provision of personalised holistic and comprehensive care plan –
• Provision of individually tailored diet plan with a dedicated nutrition input - Reinforcement with culture appropriate information
• Group education classes, community support groups and motivational forums
• Provide regular patient and MDT contact through various media to ensure compliance
• Provision of postnatal visit & evaluation
• Co-production with women throughout

Private Practice

• Deliver a private practice clinic once-twice per week. This may include patients requiring general dietary advice, or support with weight management, gastroenterology symptoms and women’s health.
• The post holder will measure outcomes of this new service, aiming to identify and feedback areas for future development.

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