Specialist Dietitian: Critical care

Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
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With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview

We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Band 7 Critical Care Dietitian, on a full-time, 1-year fixed-term contract. This role offers the opportunity to manage a complex, highly specialist caseload within the critical care setting, delivering high-quality, evidence-based nutritional care to critically ill patients in the ICU and across wider acute areas. The successful candidate will have advanced clinical knowledge of parenteral nutrition and complex enteral feeding, and will contribute to the ongoing development of both the critical care and broader dietetic service. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated clinician to deepen their expertise in a supportive and progressive environment.
You will be joining a well-established, forward-thinking dietetics department that values continuous professional development and collaborative working. The role provides access to a range of opportunities including structured involvement in clinical governance, student education, and quality improvement projects. If you are a knowledgeable and driven clinician who thrives in a busy multidisciplinary setting and is committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred nutritional care, we encourage your application.
Main duties of the job

To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including management of patients in your care and undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
To provide comprehensive and specialist therapy assessment and diagnosis for patients with a range of highly complex presentations, by utilising advanced clinical reasoning, evidence-based knowledge, investigative and analytical skills and specialist assessment techniques.
To plan and organise time efficiently and effectively with regard to patient management and use of time. To be accountable for the designated area of work.
To flexibly manage responsibilities for own complex caseload, service delivery and teaching commitments. To decide priorities for own work, balancing other patient related and professional demands and ensure that these remain in accordance with those of the teams as a whole.
Promote a culture of research awareness, research preparedness and activity in the team
To take a lead in the development of the specialist clinical area/team and develop objectives and support prioritisation of projects for the team.To ensure own and direct reports’ Personal Development Plans (PDP) are in line with therapies and trust objectives.
To maintain, develop and update specialist knowledge and own competency to practice through Continuous Professional Development (CPD) activities.
Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
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 overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

State registration with the Health Professions Council
Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio, especially in the relevant clinical area
Clinical Educators course or equivalent
Membership of the Professional Organisation
Membership of Professional special interest groups relevant to speciality
Management skills or leadership training
Experience

Significant recent clinical experience in relevant clinical area
Evidence of a broad base of clinical experience at Band 6 level or equivalent
Significant experience of working as an integral member of a multidisciplinary team and inter-agency working
Experience of multidisciplinary goal planning, development of care pathways and using outcome measures
Experience of organising and implementing training programmes for therapists, MDT members, support workers, students and apprentices
Experience of service development/change management
Experience in implementing evidence based practice in speciality
Experience of on-call and weekend working in an acute hospital (if required for job role)
Previous Band 7 or equivalent experience in relevant post
Leadership of a therapy team
Recent, relevant work in an NHS environment
Experience of using clinical governance framework to monitor and improve quality of patient care
Clinical research experience
Experience of planning and managing service improvement activities
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

Advanced knowledge of assessment and treatment approaches for the effective management of relevant conditions
Advanced skills in the appropriate application of a range of techniques and approaches to the management of relevant conditions
Advanced clinical reasoning and problem solving skills
Advanced knowledge of relevant conditions
Advanced knowledge of the evidence base of the relevant therapy area
Knowledge of the influence of psychosocial and cultural factors health/illness behaviours
Ability to remain updated with professional practice and research and integrate this into daily patient management
Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate as appropriate and manage time effectively
Able to make sound judgments and reliable decisions in a variety of demanding situations
Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes
Understanding of clinical governance and the implications for therapy services including experience of quality issues and audit
Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust’s policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety and meet differing patient needs
Knowledge of recent NHS developments and their impact on service provision
Advanced computer skills for presentation and data analysis
Negotiation and conflict resolution skills
Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).
Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

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