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Job Summary
Hourly pay rate (inclusive of annual leave):£36.31
Location:33 Grosvenor Place, SW1X 7HY
Contract:Bank
What are we looking for?
Cleveland Clinic London are looking to recruit a Specialist Dietitian to join our Bank Team. The Specialist Dietitian will be responsible for the provision of clinical leadership for dietetics within the area of complex nutrition support, critical care, gastroenterology and bariatrics.
This role will focus on developing, delivering and evaluating a highly specialist and evidence-based Nutrition and Dietetic service with the provision of expert dietetic assessment, treatment and advice. As an experienced practitioner, the Specialist Dietitian will work alongside Pharmacy and the Advanced Specialist dietitians and will provide dietetic input into the multidisciplinary Nutrition Support Team.
This is a Bank role with the following shift patterns: Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:00
What makes us different?
Cleveland Clinic London offers a brand-new high-acuity environment with the very latest equipment, where caregivers are encouraged to grow their expertise across multiple specialties, and in collaboration with expert clinicians. Our Mission, 'Caring for life, researching for health, and educating those who serve', assures our unwavering commitment to professional development.
Cleveland Clinic London won 'Hospital of the Year' at the 2023 LaingBuisson awards!
What will your duties include?
- Assists with the development and delivery of the ICU, Neuro and AAU Nutrition and Dietetic service - advises on policy, guidance and standards in order to ensure that high quality dietetic input is provided to all patients
- Works autonomously and within the multidisciplinary team in providing expert dietetic assessment of patients with diverse and highly complex physical healthcare needs. This will include the calculation of nutritional requirements, interpretation of relevant biochemistry and consideration of anthropometry, physical and mental health parameters and clinical condition
- Provides specialist dietetic advice to the multidisciplinary team through attendance and participation in MDT meetings and ward rounds (MDT meetings when required)
- Takes into account the nutritional considerations of medications and interventions that are frequently used in the critical care setting, able to adapt nutrition care plans accordingly and make appropriate recommendations to the clinical team.
- Identifies patients at risk of re-feeding syndrome and provides advice to clinicians on appropriate actions to avoid and / or manage this potentially life-threatening condition
- Works alongside Pharmacy in the provision of appropriate parenteral and enteral nutrition regimes for individual patients and undertakes additional training as required in order to ensure that practice remains up to date in this specialist area of nutrition support
- Takes a lead in discussions with the patient, family / carers and MDT regarding advanced care planning relating to nutrition and hydration and on ethical issues regarding the management of nutrition and hydration
What we need from you?
- BSc (Hons) Nutrition and Dietetics or Postgraduate diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics
- Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council
- Evidence of ongoing professional development and training in specialist area
- Evidence of involvement in the facilitation of clinical Dietetic student placements (clinical supervisory skills training)
- Significant dietetic experience within a general dietetic setting and specialist experience in the nutritional management of patients within critical care and / or complex nutrition support
- Experience of utilising behaviour change and counselling skills within day-to-day work
- Education to Masters level or equivalent (desirable)
- Member of the British Dietetic Association (desirable)
- Advanced training in behaviour change / motivational interviewing (desirable)
What can we offer you?
As a private hospital with no shareholders, we reinvest profits back into our organisation. This means we can offer tailored support and development for caregivers, alongside benefits such as:
- Auto-Enrolment of 5% pension - Cleveland Clinic contributes 10% through Salary Exchange
- Priority shifts over agency workers
- Weekly pay
- Access to the LHQ Hub giving you discounts to local venues and restaurants
Who we are?
Cleveland Clinic is one of the leading providers of specialised medical care in the world, providing clinical excellence and superior patient outcomes for almost 6 million patient visits per year across more than 200 locations. We employ over 80,000 caregivers worldwide and continue to drive innovation in healthcare.
With over 100 years of history, our "Patients First" philosophy is at the heart of everything that we do.
If you would like to know more, please email .
Due to the volume of applications we are not always able to provide individual feedback.
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check
This role may be subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order (as amended) and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
"Let's deliver World Class care together!"
As an equal opportunities employer, we aspire to work together to promote a more inclusive work environment, which represents our commitment to celebrate diversity.
CCL is committed to applying its Equal Employment Opportunity/Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Policy at all stages of recruitment and privileging. Shortlisting, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to any Protected Characteristics. When aware of the need to do so and when required, CCL will make reasonable adjustments to its arrangements for interviews and to conditions of employment/engagement for disabled applicants to ensure, so far as practicable, that they do not place such applicants at a substantial disadvantage in comparison to non-disabled applicants.
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