About this role
Job summary
We are looking for a confident and motivated Dietitian to join our Dietetic and Speech Therapy Team at The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Our friendly team consists of 13 Dietitians, 9 Speech & Language Therapists and an administrator.
This is a fixed term maternity cover post until June 2027.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will provide high quality, evidence based dietetic service to the gastroenterology and medical wards and gastroenterology dietetic outpatient clinics. You will also provide a small dietetic service to the Mental Health Unit wards where you will be a valued member of the multidisciplinary team. The post-holder will also manage a caseload of patients requiring parenteral nutrition and be an integral member of the nutrition team.
In addition to a weekly gastro clinic, the post-holder will run several outpatient group education sessions for irritable bowel disease and coeliac disease and be involved in providing regular training to staff and patients on nutrition related issues.
The Dietetic and Speech Therapy team is committed to continuing professional development, providing monthly professional development sessions. We encourage staff as part of their annual appraisal to have active involvement in audit and service improvement projects. There will also be an opportunity to provide second line cover to other specialist dietitians in areas such as neurorehabilitation, diabetes, and critical care.
About us
The Hillingdon Hospital is a busy district general hospital in North West London and has a diverse patient population. It is situated close to Heathrow Airport and Brunel University and within a 10 minute commute by public transport to Uxbridge Town Centre which has excellent transport links to central London. The Trust has on-site accommodation and a crche.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to attached job description for the responsibilities of the band 6 Specialist Dietitian
Person Specification
Person Spec
Essential
- Degree or equivalent or post graduate qualification in Nutrition and Dietetics
- Evidence of current HCPC registration (State Registered Dietitian)
- Post graduate dietetic experience including a variety of outpatient and inpatient work including care of elderly, stroke, respiratory, medical, neuro-rehab, gastroenterology, oncology, diabetes, and surgical wards
- Experience of working with patients who require artificial nutrition
- Experience of working as part of an MDT in the acute and/or community setting
- Experience of conducting (patient & staff) teaching groups within an MDT setting
- Experience of working in multicultural environments and with different ethnic groups
- Writing and implementing policies/procedures/guidelines
- Experience of training student dietitians
- Effective team working
- Working knowledge of a range of clinical conditions and current best practice for dietetic management in particularly in diabetes, nutrition support, weight management, CVD, IBS, IBD and coeliac disease.
- Knowledge of medications commonly used in adult inpatients and their common side effects
- Knowledge of nutritional needs and nutritional assessment
- Competence in calculating nutritional requirements
- Competence to develop nutritional goals for individual patients
- Understanding of professional ethics and application in practice and awareness of regulatory bodies (HPC) and professional bodies (BDA) and code of practice and professional guidelines
Desirable
- Evidence of post graduate training or equivalent in British Dietetic Association (BDA) postgraduate courses equivalent to Masters level
- Member of the British Dietetic Association or covered by professional indemnity insurance.
- Member of BDA Specialist Interest Group
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
The Hillingdon Hospital
Pield Heath Road
Uxbridge
UB8 3NN
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.thh.nhs.uk/index.php (Opens in a new tab)