Job summary
- Main area
- Nutrition and Dietetics
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-MIC-1499
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Mary's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £44,806 - £53,134 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Rotational Specialist Dietitian – Bariatric services
Band 6
ÌýFulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.ÌýÌý
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.ÌýÌý
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.
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Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic full time band 6 Dietitian to join our Imperial multidisciplinary Bariatric services team based at St Marys Hospital. The post holder will be one of two rotational band 6 positions, working in both the inpatient and outpatient setting, throughout the Bariatric patient pathway.Ìý This rotation will focus on pre-operative behaviour change support and then rotate into providing post-operative advice. Both positions help manage a variable bariatric inpatient caseload including enteral tube feeding when indicated. You will be responsible for the delivery of a high quality, evidence-based clinical service and will receive regular clinical supervision from expert Band 7 dietitians.
We are a large, high profile, forward thinking and friendly department involved in dietetic student placements and supportive of continual professional development for all staff members.
Main duties of the job
- To provide a specialist dietetic service to the Bariatrics services at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
- To work in liaison with the Clinical Lead Dietitian in the development, delivery and evaluation of the post.
- This Band 6 Dietitian position is one of two rotational posts working in the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust specialist Bariatric Dietetic services.
- This post covers both in and outpatient work; the individual must demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the management of patients in the specialist area.
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. Ìý
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.Ìý Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.Ìý
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly,Ìý part time or job share.Ìý Please talk toÌý us at interview. .
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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 Ìýplease view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Recognised Degree and/or postgraduate diploma
- Eligible for HCPC registration (Dietitian)
- Evidence of on-going CPD
Desirable criteria
- Post registration validated professional course e.g. PENG
Experience
Essential criteria
- Clinical experience of working with complex patients in the acute NHS setting.
- Experience of being involved in audit
- Experience of clinical supervision of students and junior staff
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a teaching hospital
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential criteria
- Time management/Organisational skills
- Computer literacy including email, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Evidence of reflective practice
- Demonstrates highly developed training/teaching skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rhian Houghton
- Job title
- Specialist Dietitian - Bariatrics
- Email address
- [email protected]
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