Critical Care & Nutrition Support Dietitian, London

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Critical Care & Nutrition Support Dietitian, London

Client: Barts Health NHS Trust

Location: London, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: 337090809a2d

Job Views: 5

Posted: 11.02.2025

Expiry Date: 28.03.2025

Job Description:

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Barts Health for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Senior Specialist Dietitian to cover a fixed term maternity leave within Critical Care at Whipps Cross University Hospital, until April 2026. The post holder will work closely with both the dietetic team and the wider MDT team, made up of consultants, CNS’ and other AHPs.

We are looking forward to welcoming a motivated and dynamic individual to our service at Whipps Cross Hospital, a hospital in the heart of East London with a hugely diverse population. This post is part of a wider dietetic team at Whipps Cross Hospital of 9 Dietitians and 4 dietetic support workers, forming part of the wider dietetic department across Barts Health NHS Trust. The post holder will maintain a strong professional presence within both the dietetic team and the critical care MDT, building the dietetic service and contributing to relevant 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.

Main duties of the job

1. To be responsible for providing highly specialist nutritional care to complex patients on the Intensive Care Unit at Whipps Cross Hospital.
2. To both provide a service to and support more junior team members in the support of patients with complex nutrition support needs on other wards of the hospital.
3. To be actively involved in the trusts clinical governance programme by taking a leadership role in ensuring continuing professional development, audit, research and service development activities within this specialist area.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers. The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

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

Qualifications

• HPC registered
• Qualification in area of specialisation or evidence of significant experience
• Teaching Qualification

Experience

• Significant experience working as a dietitian, including experience within nutritional support (oral and enteral).
• Understanding of team dynamics and experience within nutritional support
• Experience in parenteral nutrition

Knowledge

• In depth knowledge to expert level in oral and enteral nutrition support
• Understanding of own knowledge and skills and ability to identify learning needs and interests

Skills

• Experience of delivering undergraduate student supervision and clinical education to graduate standard in area of specialty
• Experience of Supervision of junior members of clinical staff
• Ability to work effectively single handedly with individuals and groups
• Ability to problem solve, analyse complex clinical problems and create practical solutions to provide best clinical care
• Accurate anthropometric measurements and skills, eg weights, heights, skinfold callipers to assess patients nutritional status and devise clinical plan
• Ability to provide highly specialised advice concerning the care of older patients
• Regularly undertakes R&D activity, eg. Critical Appraisal
• Ability to take own initiative and to be the lead for clinical speciality
• Ability to self-reflect, carry out tasks of own job and identify what s/he needs to learn to be able to do current job better
• Ability to think strategically in order to inform service development
• Ability to take an active role in agreed learning activities and keep a good record of them
• Demonstrate a greater understanding of learning needs and evidence of facilitation skills

Other

• The ability to communicate with patients in an empathetic manner regarding their treatment and procedures
• Can demonstrate an enthusiastic, approachable and friendly manner
• Ability to communicate life threatening/ complex medical conditions in a sensitive and easily understandable language
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with people eg. via advocacy/ interpreters
• Able to set priorities and meet deadlines in spite of repeated interruptions
• Flexible, adaptable and creative
• Able to reflect and appraise own performance
• Able to deal with distressed clients relatives and staff
• Able to maintain effective working relationships with relevant colleagues
• Able to organise complex information
• Able to demonstrate enthusiasm towards teaching and sharing knowledge

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