Job summary
Employer heading
Band 5 Dietitian
Band 5
Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
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Job overview
Are you a Band 5 dietitian looking to expand your expertise in respiratory, surgery and critical care? Are you passionate about making a positive impact on people's lives? We are seeking enthusiastic and innovative Dietitians who value teamwork and are dedicated to ensuring patients receive timely assessment and compassionate care. This is for a fixed term period of 6 months, but with a possibility of extension. If you are eager to enhance your clinical and service development skills in this field of Dietetics this will be a great opportunity.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be expected to manage their own clinical caseload across the areas covered by the team: surgical, respiratory, acute medical, cardiology and critical care wards. They will also need to supervise dietetic students as required.
The successful candidate will thrive when working closely as part of a multi-disciplinary team and will be keen to develop their skills in service development and audit as well as their clinical knowledge. We pride ourselves in being a forward-thinking department with a strong commitment to continuing professional development.
They will be required to contribute to education for the MDT, patients and families as well as support student placements. They will also get the opportunity to participate in Quality Improvement projects and undertake and present evidence based projects. This can then contribute to their self-led professional development whilst representing the outcomes of the important work that we do.
The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, the ability to work well in a team, and a positive and flexible approach is essential.
Working for our organisation
The successful applicant will be joining an established Therapy Team of Physiotherapists, Dietitians, Speech & Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists and Therapy Support Workers supported by a Clinical Lead Therapist and a Professional Lead Dietitian. They will be encouraged to take an active role in current projects, including service development and evaluation; internal and external training; audit and research review.
The post holder will be working in a rewarding and challenging clinical environment. The Therapies department at Barnet Hospital is committed to ensuring staff feel supported with career progression through regular supervision, appraisal, in-house / external training and leadership development.
We are a very friendly and welcoming service where staff wellbeing is a high priority. The department fully supports the trust's aim to become an anti-racist organisation and the successful candidate will be expected to take an active role in this work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person specification
Trust Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education and professional qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree in nutrition and dietetics
- HCPC registration
Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Holistic dietetic assessments and treatment plans
- Working as part of a team
- Working with the public
Desirable criteria
- Presentation to groups
Skills and Aptitude
Essential criteria
- Effective written communication skills
- Proven organisational skills, time management, prioritise own caseload & meet deadlines
- Effective interpersonal skills, including assertiveness & ability to negotiate
- Effective clinical reasoning skills & ability to reflect on own practice
- Ability to critically evaluate current research & apply to own practice
Personal Qualities & attributes
Essential criteria
- A helpful, positive and flexible attitude
- Ability to use initiative
- Ability to recognise unacceptable behaviour and act on this appropriately
- Ability to treat others with compassion, dignity and respect, taking into account diversity considerations
- Motivated to achieve personal and professional goals to an excellent standard as appropriate to the job role
- Able to work effectively within different teams -multi and uni-disciplinary & willingness to be personally accountable for actions
- Appreciation of need for personal accountability for governance issues (to include confidentiality, Health & safety and risk management) and how these affect self and others.
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
- Ali Rhodes
- Job title
- Clinical Lead Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02082164508
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
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Recruitment Support
Open Monday to Friday
08:30 am to 17:30pm
- Telephone
- 01629 702338
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