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Clinical Specialist Dietitian for Critical Care
Posted 2 days 19 hours ago by Guys & St Thomas Hospital
Permanent
Full Time
Academic Jobs
London, United Kingdom
Job Description
Clinical Specialist Dietitian for Critical Care NHS AfC: Band 8a Main area Dietitian Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Fixed term: 3 years (covering secondment for research fellowship) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Cross site role between Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals) Job ref 196-LIS9615
Employer Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Brompton Hospital Town London Salary £61,927 - £68,676 p.a. inc HCA Salary period Yearly Closing 23/06/:59 Interview date 07/07/2025
Guy's and St Thomas' is among the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy's is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas' has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children's Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King's Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King's College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of 'good'. Our adult community services achieved a rating of 'outstanding'.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview A fabulous opportunity to work as the clinical lead for dietetics within Critical Care at The Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals.
The postholder would be expected to independently co-ordinate and take responsibility for delivering a highly specialised dietetic service to all adult patients admitted to the Intensive Care unit (ICU) across Brompton and Harefield sites.The role will include the use of specialised equipment such as indirect calirometry.
The post holder would be expected to support other team members in delivering care to respiratory patients across the Royal Brompton and Harefield including the HDU's, cardio-respiratory wards and private patients. The postholder will work closely with other Allied Health Professionals as part of a multidisciplinary Therapy Team, and will need excellent communication and leadership skills.
As part of Guys and St Thomas Trust, we care about our staff. We offer:
Main duties of the job
Our integrated approach to caring for patients from before birth, through childhood, adolescence and into adulthood and old age has been replicated around the world and has gained Royal Brompton and Harefield an international reputation as a leader in heart and lung diagnosis, treatment and research.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities Communication
Employer Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Brompton Hospital Town London Salary £61,927 - £68,676 p.a. inc HCA Salary period Yearly Closing 23/06/:59 Interview date 07/07/2025
Guy's and St Thomas' is among the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy's is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas' has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children's Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King's Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King's College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of 'good'. Our adult community services achieved a rating of 'outstanding'.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview A fabulous opportunity to work as the clinical lead for dietetics within Critical Care at The Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals.
The postholder would be expected to independently co-ordinate and take responsibility for delivering a highly specialised dietetic service to all adult patients admitted to the Intensive Care unit (ICU) across Brompton and Harefield sites.The role will include the use of specialised equipment such as indirect calirometry.
The post holder would be expected to support other team members in delivering care to respiratory patients across the Royal Brompton and Harefield including the HDU's, cardio-respiratory wards and private patients. The postholder will work closely with other Allied Health Professionals as part of a multidisciplinary Therapy Team, and will need excellent communication and leadership skills.
As part of Guys and St Thomas Trust, we care about our staff. We offer:
- 10 days of study leave a year
- Access to funding for study leave and research
- excellent opportunities in research and quality improvement
- a comprehensive health and well-being service.
Main duties of the job
- Use advanced clinical reasoning skills to provide highly specialist support and advice to dietetic and other clinical staff within and outside the organisation whilst maintaining a caseload of highly complex patients as an autonomous practitioner.
- To use expert knowledge and extensive clinical experience to lead on the development and strategic planning of the dietetic critical care service across Brompton and Harefield utilising the principles of clinical governance.
- Identifies audit and service evaluation priorities within area of expertise to drive clinical development strategy.
- To be responsible for planning and delivering specialist training to medical staff, nurses, students and other health care professionals within the field of critical care.
Our integrated approach to caring for patients from before birth, through childhood, adolescence and into adulthood and old age has been replicated around the world and has gained Royal Brompton and Harefield an international reputation as a leader in heart and lung diagnosis, treatment and research.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities Communication
- To use highly advanced communication skills to negotiate dietetic interventions and communicate complex and sensitive information to patients, carers and staff
- To work closely and communicate effectively with MDT including-medical and nursing teams, therapy teams, catering teams, nutrition lead and senior management
- To demonstrate a high level of written and verbal communication to communicate complex and sensitive information
- To be able to motivate others and use advanced communication skills to persuade, negotiate and influence others when required
- To keep accurate and complete written records of all in-patient and out-patient consultations in accordance with Trust and departmental standards for record keeping
- To effectively articulate the specialist dietetic perspective on a patient's condition with medical colleagues and members of the multidisciplinary team and negotiate when various patient management options are available.
- To clearly convey complex knowledge of techniques, biomechanics, anatomy and physiology to patients and staff, where evidence underpinning practice may be conflicting and ensuring sensitivity to the audience's level of understanding and prior knowledge.
- To have accountability for the highly specialist independent clinical management of patients in intensive care requiring dietetic intervention.
- To demonstrate an advanced level of clinical decision making to assess, make a dietetic diagnosis, develop, implement, and evaluate highly complex and specialised treatment programmes.
- As a member of the critical care and nutrition multidisciplinary teams (MDT) to influence decision making regarding treatment planning and consequences for rehabilitation of patient's dietetic needs.
- As a core member of the critical care and nutrition MDT to participate in critical care team meetings/working parties and audit groups. To propose and assist in implementation of policy and service development in those groups.
- To take responsibility for planning service developments in critical care dietetics within the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals and Network wide.
- To represent the dietetic service at relevant critical care meetings, internally and externally to the hospitals.
- To interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts, which may be conflicting, to regularly provide specialist advice and second opinion to peers, medical colleagues and other health professionals . click apply for full job details
