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Main area
Dietitics
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Bank
Hours
Flexible working - As & When
Job ref
391-3740-BANK
Employer
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
TRUSTWIDE
Town
London
Salary
£25.76 Hourly
Salary period
Hourly
Closing
17/08/2025 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Bank Dietitian Band 6

NHS AfC: Band 6

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community.  This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

Click here to view our video Welcome to the Royal Free


 

Job overview

This is an exciting time to be working with us.  The Royal Free is one of the biggest NHS Trusts in the UK, delivering care to over 1.6 million people a year through our 4 main hospitals: Barnet, Chase Farm, Royal Free and North Middlesex.

The Royal Free provides many tertiary surgical and acute services for the North Central London sector, which includes kidney and liver transplantation, surgery, oncology and NET, health serves for elderly people, stroke and neurology, renal, intensive care, respiratory and coronary care

This post will enable you to develop clinical skills within an experienced and supportive environment covering a varied caseload. You will be supported by the team to provide high quality evidence based dietetic care to patients across various modalities, working as part of an MDT.  Experience of working with enteral tube feeding as well as oral nutrition support is essential.

If you believe you meet these criteria of the person specification and would like to join the Royal Free bank at this time, we would be interested in receiving your application.

        **VISA SPONSORSHIP DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS ROLE**

Main duties of the job

  • As an autonomous practitioner, take responsibility for the provision of a specialist, evidence-based dietetic service to inpatients in conjunction with the Clinical Specialist Dietitians and designated Therapy team/s.
  • Contribute to the nutritional management of in-patients in selected general clinical areas with sound clinical reasoning.
  • Where needed, to take an active role in junior therapy staff development, student supervision and in own continuing professional development.
  • Deliver education and training to patients, carers and other healthcare professionals including nursing staff, therapists and assistants.
  • Undertake and present evidence-based projects and research, including quality improvement and audit. Suggesting practice changes and updating resources under supervision.

         **For further information please refer to the attached JD/PS**

Working for our organisation

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Royal Free World Class Values:

The post holder will offer World Class Care to service users, staff, colleagues, clients and patients alike.

CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES 

1.     To provide clinical dietetic service within designated areas and be actively involved in the development and provision of the nutritional service in those areas.

2.   As an autonomous practitioner, to be responsible for safe and efficient management of a patient caseload through assessment of clinical need and effective prioritisation.

3.   To provide complex nutritional advice to patients, carers and clinicians based on clinical evidence.  This involves the collection and analysis of anthropometry and biochemistry, consideration of the financial/social implications and distress to the patient, their medical condition and individual dietary needs and preferences.

4.   To interpret this information and apply clinical judgement and reasoning to assess, evaluate and monitor nutritional status and advise on appropriate, evidence-based dietary interventions.  

 

RESPONSIBLITY FOR PATIENTS

1.   To maintain accurate, comprehensive professional case notes for all direct and indirect patient contact

2.   To communicate effectively with patients, carers and other professionals on an individual or group basis in order to maximise rehabilitation potential and ensure understanding of condition, which will frequently require flexible communication skills including:

-motivation

-persuasion;

-explanation of complex issues including physiology, pathology, biochemistry, anatomy and techniques

-gaining consent;

-negotiation

3.   To occasionally convey information, particularly in highly complex, contentious and emotive situations which may be deemed inappropriate for more junior staff, which may require more developed communication skills.

4.    To demonstrate flexibility in communication and interpersonal skills to overcome barriers to communication such as:

 

ü  dysfunctional illness beliefs

ü  altered perception and cognition

ü  loss of hearing/sight

ü  language and cultural barriers

ü  distressing information eg. Victims of torture/abuse

ü  environmental e.g., lack of privacy, excess noise

ü  hostile, antagonistic and highly emotive situations

ü  controversial and/or highly complex information

ü  long-term illness/dysfunction and/or uncertain prognosis.

 

**For further information please refer to the attached JD/PS**

Person specification

Education & professional Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent
  • Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration
  • Additional qualification or BDA accredited courses or equivalent in-house training e.g. PENG clinical update
  • Commitment to advanced clinical and professional development
Desirable criteria
  • Membership of special interest group

Others

Essential criteria
  • Physically fit and able to comply with trust manual handling guidelines

Personal Qualities & attributes

Essential criteria
  • Effective interpersonal skills, including assertiveness & ability to negotiate
  • Positive attitude to change
  • Self-motivated to achieve personal and professional goals to an excellent standard as appropriate to the job role
  • A helpful, positive and flexible attitude
  • Ability to recognise and challenge unacceptable behaviour. To act on this appropriately using effective interpersonal skills, including assertiveness and negotiation
  • Able to comply with trust manual handling guidelines

Skills and aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • Able to work autonomously and use own initiative
  • Evidence of specialist clinical skills
  • Good time management and organisational skills
  • Effective clinical reasoning skills & ability to reflect on own practice
  • Appreciation of need for personal accountability for governance issues (to include confidentiality, Health & safety and risk management) and how these affect self and others
  • Effective verbal communication skills with a range of patients and healthcare professionals
  • Ability to treat others with compassion, dignity and respect, considering diversity, and any additional needs to providing quality care.
  • Able to manage clinical caseload and prioritise effectively
  • Ability to work effectively within different teams both multi and uni-disciplinary, with a willingness to be personally accountable for actions
  • Ability to manage own time & meet deadlines
  • Ability to critically evaluate current research & apply to own practice
  • Effective written communication skills

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Broad range of clinical experience, across a variety of clinical areas to include nutrition support for in-patients
  • Experience of working within an MDT
  • Presentations to groups/teaching other Healthcare Professionals
  • Student training/ supervisory skills
  • Active participation in an audit or project
  • Proficient use of PC & working knowledge of Microsoft Office and nutritional analysis
Desirable criteria
  • Motivational Interviewing/ Behaviour Change training (CBT or facilitation skills)

Royal Free World Class Values

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Nursing TimesApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident employerTimewise PartnerCare Quality Commission - Requires improvementEnei MemberArmed Forces Covenant

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Yasmin Chotai de Lima
Job title
Clinical Specialist Dietitian
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
020 7794 0500
Additional information

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Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Royal Free Hospital

PO Box 50, Civic Centre, Enfield, Middlesex, EN1 3XA
Tel: 02078302065
Internal extension: 23400

 

 

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