Dietitian

Employer information

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.

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.

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.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Dietetics Team at Whipps Cross Hospital as a Band 6 Dietitian. This is a rotational post joining three other band 6 dietitians, with rotations covering gastroenterology, oncology and critical care (including both inpatient and outpatient oncology caseloads), orthopaedics, and acute stroke.
We are looking forward to welcoming a motivated, enthusiastic and dynamic individual to our Nutrition and Dietetic team, which consists of ten dietitians and two dietetic support workers. The successful candidate will bring a strong foundation of clinical dietetic skills and will have the opportunity to further develop these within a busy, well supported acute setting.
Barts Health is committed to high quality, work-based education and training to support the development of both clinical and leadership skills. Staff benefit from a robust supervision structure, regular CPD opportunities, and encouragement to participate in quality improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing patient care and service delivery.

**Please note the advert will close earlier, if the cap of number of applicants has been reached**

Main duties of the job

• Provide a high-quality dietetic service to patients at Whipps Cross Hospital, completing comprehensive nutritional assessments and developing evidence-based treatment and monitoring plans across specialist clinical areas in collaboration with the wider multidisciplinary team (MDT)
• Independently manage a caseload of patients and provide cross-cover support to colleagues as required
• Provide expertise in nutrition and dietetics within dedicated MDTs, contributing to clinical discussions, attending relevant meetings, delivering teaching to healthcare professionals and supporting the development of resources, policies and clinical guidelines
• Line manage and provide clinical supervision and support to junior dietitians and dietetic support workers
• Engage in audit, service evaluation and quality improvement initiatives as relevant to the role
• Maintain up-to-date, evidence-based practice through regular CPD activities and reflective learning
• Support the dietetics and wider therapies team with non-clinical duties as required to support smooth service delivery
• This is a rotational post based at Whipps Cross Hospital; rotations include elements of clinical specialty alongside general medical and surgical wards. Specialties include: gastroenterology, oncology and critical care, orthopaedics and acute stroke. Postholders rotate every 9-12 months. Rotations are at the discretion of the clinical lead dietitian and senior dietetics team.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

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.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• BSc Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent postgraduate qualification
• HCPC registered

Experience

Essential criteria

• Evidence of practical, post registration experience as a dietitian, performing duties and responsibilities comparable to those described in the job description
• Experience of working collaboratively with other healthcare professionals to deliver patient care
• Experience of working collaboratively with other healthcare professionals to deliver service development and quality improvement
• Experience of conducting relevant audits and service evaluations
• Experience of developing and delivering teaching sessions related to nutrition and dietetics
• Experience of delivering undergraduate student education/supervision and assessment

Desirable criteria

• Experience of directly line managing junior dietetic team staff including clinical supervision
• Experience of working in the NHS

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Able to demonstrate specialist knowledge in dietetics and nutrition support, including knowledge of the evidence base and key policies, guidelines and research relating to acute nutrition support.
• Insight into own knowledge and skills and able to identify own learning needs.
• Able to discuss and evidence regular engagement in continuing professional development in nutrition and dietetics/relevant clinical topics
• Understanding of the concept of clinical governance and able to demonstrate everyday examples of practice

Skills

Essential criteria

• Able to complete thorough nutritional assessment of complex patients and develop robust dietetic treatment and monitoring plans using clinical reasoning and decision-making skills
• Organisation and time management skills; able to manage a busy case load and workload of clinical and non clinical duties ensuring productivity and effective use of time
• Excellent written and verbal/non-verbal communication skills
• Able to work autonomously and collaboratively with professionals from the same and different disciplines to deliver services and patient care
• Leadership and mentoring skills
• Presentation skills; able to advocate for and present patient cases at ward level and at meetings, represent the dietetics profession at meetings/events and deliver teaching/educational sessions to other healthcare professionals and patients
• Strong IT skills, able to use Microsoft programmes, email and local patient information systems competently

Desirable criteria

• Able to manage conflict and difficult situations with support
• Able to create relevant and appropriate content for social media to showcase and support the work of the dietetics team locally and at trust level

Other

Essential criteria

• Able to participate in weekend/bank holiday rotas as required

Additional employer information

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 where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals' who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Health NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

Barts Health promotes active travel as part of its goal to reach Net Zero. Each site is accessible by public transport and the Trust has a cycle to work scheme and some sites have Brompton Hire Pods.

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

• Job Description (PDF, 926.2KB)
• Bus Route (PDF, 286.3KB)
• Our Values and Behaviours (PDF, 334.9KB)
• Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 92.0KB)
• Candidate Information Pack (PDF, 549.5KB)