About this role
Job summary
This is a rotational Band 5 Dietitian role at St Georges Hospital. The role is part of a 6-month rotation scheme in the areas of community, cardiothoracic, gastroenterology, neurosciences/neurosurgery and senior health/acute medicine. This will provide an excellent opportunity for the postholder to further develop their clinical and professional skills.
The postholder would be responsible for providing a dietetic service to a variety of patient groups, following evidence-based practice, being an active multidisciplinary team member, being an educator, developing nutrition policy and guidelines, participating in audit and research in order to improve health outcomes and develop the role and service.
Main duties of the job
Deliver inpatient dietetic care to inpatients at St Georges Hospital in areas related to rotation including oral nutrition support and enteral tube feeding.
Deliver an outpatient service to patients under consultants at St Georges Hospital including nutrition support, hypercholesterolaemia, weight management, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, IBS and other conditions.
Deliver teaching about malnutrition screening and ward based nutritional interventions to staff as part of induction and adhoc on wards.
Deliver patient talks including cardiac rehab, pulmonary rehab and "healthy bones".
Participating in departmental audits and service development.
About us
The successful candidate will join a well-established, supportive dietetic department working alongside experienced dietitians across a range of specialties. The postholder will work within in team of 5 Band 5 Dietitians covering different rotations including GI, Neuro, Senior Health, T&O, Chronic Diseases and Community. Our team thrives on MDT collaboration, clinical innovation, and audit involvement. As a teaching hospital, we offer continuous learning, CPD support, shadowing of different specialities and student supervision opportunities.
The wider dietetic department consists of over 70 dietitians, who provide clinical inpatient and outpatient services to a variety of specialties including oncology, renal, neurology, haematology,paediatrics, cardiology, major trauma, gastro, surgical, diabetes, infectious diseases and HIV. The department is committed to training dietetic students and actively participates in the training programmes of clinical and non-clinical staff. There are numerous opportunities for professional and personal development.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role
- The vacancy may close earlier than the advised date, depending on the volume of applicants
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- BSc / Post graduate diploma in Nutrition & Dietetics
- HCPC registered
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Pre-registration placement completion.
Desirable
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Experience of working in acute and/or primary care
Skills
Essential
- Good oral and written communication skills with people from a wide variety of backgrounds
- Presentation skills and ability to work effectively single handily with individuals and groups
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to prioritise own workload
- Ability to work as part of a team and under own initiative
- Ability to liaise with professionals at all levels
- Computer literacy
- Motivation and counselling skills
Other
Essential
- Membership of British Dietetic Association or other body conferring professional indemnity insurance
- Confident and Self Motivated
- Able to respond to unpredictable work patterns and frequent interruptions
- Able to reflect and appraise own performance
- Able to maintain effective working relationships with relevant stakeholders
- Able to travel round Borough of Wandsworth
Desirable
- Own transport e.g. car/bike
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of dietetics within the NHS
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
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
St Georges Hospital
Blackshaw Rd
London
SW17 0QT
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)