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Job summary

Main area
Cardiac & Critical Care
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
259-7445287SBH
Employer
Barts Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£46,419 - £55,046 per annum inc
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
04/09/2025 23:59

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Specialist Rotational Dietitian – SBH/RLH

Band 6

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.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

Job overview

This post is a yearly rotational post across 2 hospital sites, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital and The Royal London Hospital. You will join a large and well established dietetic department. The successful candidate will join the Cardiac & Critical Care rotation. This will likely be for 6 months before rotating to a different specialty due to a vacancy arising part-way through the rotation.

Working with an integrated team of therapists

Supervise, educate and assess the performance of dietetic students

Undertake evidence-based audit and research projects and make recommendations to clinical lead / manager of service for changes to practice by the team

Main duties of the job

To provide a flexible and effective dietetic service at Band 6 level to patients at The Royal London Hospital or St Bartholomew’s Hospital. There are five yearly rotations which include Cardiology & Critical Care, Neurosciences & Trauma, Renal, Gastroenterology and Haem-oncology. The initial rotation for this position will be in the Critical Care & Cardiology post and will likely be for 6 months due to a vacancy arising part-way through the rotation. 

Each rotation will participate in continuing professional development and undertake research and audit on a regular basis to ensure that practice is evidence based.

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

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.

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

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • BSc Nutrition & Dietetics or relevant postgraduate qualification
  • Qualification in area of specialisation or evidence of experience in speciality area
  • HCPC registered

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience in complex nutrition support
  • Understanding of team dynamics and experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
  • Documented evidence of commitment to CPD
  • Demonstrable understanding of clinical governance and its relevance to everyday practice
Desirable criteria
  • Experience working in the critical care setting

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of nutritional support in a variety of clinical areas

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Experience of delivering undergraduate student supervision and clinical education to postgraduate standard in area of speciality
  • Ability to problem solve, analyse complex clinical problems, and create practical solutions to provide best clinical care
  • Able to undertake accurate anthropometric measurements e.g. weights, heights, skinfold thickness to support the assessment of patients nutritional status
  • Ability to work effectively single-handedly with individuals and group and deliver complex nutritional information.
  • Ability to use behavioural change/ motivational interviewing techniques to facilitate change
  • Ability to implement dietetic care plan and provide specialised advice concerning the care of patients in area of speciality
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills with people e.g. via advocacy/interpreters
  • The ability to communicate with patients in an empathetic manner regarding their treatment and procedures
  • Ability to communicate complex medical conditions in a sensitive and easily understandable language
  • Regularly undertakes R&D activity e.g. Critical Appraisal, Audit and is confident in the audit process
  • Good organisational skills i.e. managing own workload
  • Ability to be self-motivated, take own initiative and plan own workload
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of leadership skills i.e. through development of a project/ service development or managing staff.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Green@Barts HealthNHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyLondon Living Wage is a voluntary commitment made by employers, who can become accredited with the Living Wage FoundationPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Pregnancy Loss PledgeDisability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Happy to Talk Flexible Working

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Elizabeth Brown
Job title
Senior Specialist Dietitian
Email address
[email protected]
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