Specialist Renal Dietitian

Job summary

This exciting opportunity for two post in the renal dietetic team that would suit a band 5 dietitian who would like to specialise in an interesting and rewarding area of dietetics or a band 6 dietitian looking to further develop their skills and expertise.

We will also consider those wanting to consider a band 5 to band 6 development opportunity.

The post holder will be supported by an MDT who truly value dietetics and a dynamic, forward thinking dietetic team.

The post holder will provide a high quality, evidence based dietetic service as part of a specialist multidisciplinary renal team and be aspecialist clinician within dietetics

They will provide clinical expertise in renal services across Doncaster and Bassetlaw, managing their own caseload and working collaboratively with colleaguesto meet the needs of patients.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is responsible for:

• Providing a Dietetic Service to a caseload of patients, who require nutritional and dietetic support, using evidence based patient centred principles, to assess, plan, implement and evaluate dietetic interventions.
• Providing advice and ongoing support to patients who have clinical, emotional, psychological and social problems with support of other team members and direct clinical supervision.
• Overcomes barriers to communication and acceptance and plays a role in developing educational resources for patient use.
• Sharing the role of developing and delivering training packages to staff, other health professionals and group education for patients with renal disease
• Taking responsibility for ensuring own continuing professional development, and actively participating in the Trust's clinical governance programme through audit and research activities.

About us

DBTH is one of Yorkshire's Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.

At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions.

As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:o Extensive range of learning opportunitieso NHS Pension Schemeo Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditionso Comprehensive health and wellbeing supporto NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice schemeo Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.