Renal Dietitian

Job summary

This role offers the opportunity to work as a Band 5 Renal Dietitian in a very friendly and supportive renal dietetics team based at the Kent & Canterbury Hospital.

You will become a member of the renal multi-disciplinary team (MDT) and be responsible for the nutritional management of patients with kidney disease under the care of Kent Kidney Care Centre.

As a Band 5 Renal Dietitian, you will have access to training and be supervised by a senior renal dietitian enabling you to deliver care to kidney patients across East & West Kent, including in-patients at Kent & Canterbury Hospital, Home Therapies, Haemodialysis Units and Renal Out-Patient clinics (Advanced Kidney Care, General Nephrology, Transplant Clinic and community Conservative Management service).

You will provide specialist advice, education and support to patients, their family or carers and other healthcare professionals. In addition, you will be actively involved in the Trust's Clinical Governance Framework, including responsibility for continuing professional development (CPD) and audit activities within this specialist area.

Main duties of the job

Under the supervision of a senior renal dietitian, be responsible for delivering a comprehensive evidence-based and person-centred renal dietetic service to adults with kidney disease, including:

Delivering a comprehensive and effective regional renal nutrition service to adults with kidney disease, including pre-dialysis, haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, conservative management an transplant patients,

Providing evidence-based specialist advice to kidney patients, their family/carers and clinicians regarding the nutritional support of kidney patients,

Undertake diet and lifestyle assessments and formulate individualised patient management and care plans. This will involve the calculation of nutritional requirements based on the interpretation of biochemistry, anthropometry, clinical condition, dialysis modality and other physical parameters,

About us

The organisation is currently launching its new improvement focus in the form of an improvement system called We Care. The We Care System is a fundamentally new model that the organisation will be shifting to, it champions empowerment, promotes innovation and will bolster the connection and collaboration of staff throughout the organisation.

NHSEI have always been clear that staff have a professional duty to get vaccinated and it remains our best line of defence against COVID-19. As such NHS organisation including Primary Care, are encouraged to continue engaging with and supporting their staff to inform their decisions in order to drive vaccine confidence, protect themselves, patients, and everyone else. NHSEI has produced COVID-19 vaccine communication materials.

The Trust is committed to supporting flexible working to fulfil our pledge as part of The Trust's People Strategy to help staff to achieve a healthy work/life balance. Please speak with your Recruiting Manager for further information and opportunities.