Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated Dietitian with experience in ICU to cover a period of maternity leave for a role within the Critical Care Therapy Team.
You would be working alongside another band 7 and band 6 critical care dietitian to deliver the dietetic service to our Intensive Care Therapy Unit, including a specialist Liver ICU. This role also involves active participation in the Parenteral Nutrition Team including regular PN ward rounds and representation at the weekly nutrition MDT. Experience of working with complex both enteral and parenteral nutrition patients in an acute setting is therefore essential. The successful post holder will also work alongside our specialist ICU technologists to undertake regular Indirect Calorimetry measurements.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for service development, quality improvement, and the implementation of best practice guidelines within critical care nutrition. The role involves regular teaching opportunities for all members of the MDT including ICU nurses, doctors and therapists. Close multi-disciplinary team working is a vital component of this role, and the successful candidate should thrive when working in a collaborative environment.
This role is also considered to be crucial to the wider dietetic team leadership structure and the post holder should have experience of leadership. This role provides clinical supervision to a rotational Band 6 dietitian as well as line management responsibility for Band 6 therapist.
The department undertakes regular training of dietetic students. We pride ourselves in being a forward-thinking department with a strong commitment to continuing professional development.
About us
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person Specification
Other
Essential
- Physically fit and able to comply with trust manual handling guidelines
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- oDemonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential
- oDegree in Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent
- oHealth Care Professions Council (HPC) registration
- oAdditional qualification or BDA accredited courses or equivalent in-house training
Desirable
- oMembership of the BDA Critical Care specialist group
- oEvidence or portfolio of post-graduate continued development
Experience
Essential
- oBroad range of clinical experience, across a variety of clinical areas including critical care.
- oExperience of working with complex nutrition support patients in the intensive care unit
- oSignificant experience of artificial nutrition support including parenteral nutrition
- oLectures/presentations to groups/teaching other Healthcare Professionals and patients
- oStudent training/ supervisory skills
- oLeadership in an audit or project, and knowledge of clinical standards in the management of nutrition
- oActive contribution to service improvement
Desirable
- oKnowledge or experience of carrying out indirect calorimetry
- oMotivational Interviewing/ Behaviour Change training (CBT or facilitation skills)
Skills
Essential
- oAble to work autonomously and use initiative
- oAbility to carry out nutritional assessments, such as anthropometry, subjective global assessment, bioelectrical impedance analysis, estimation of dietary intake of macro/micronutrients
- oGood time management and organisational skills
- oEffective clinical reasoning skills & ability to reflect on own practice
- oAppreciation of need for personal accountability for governance issues (to include confidentiality, Health & safety and risk management) and how these affect self and others
- oEffective verbal and written communication skills with a range of patients and healthcare professionals
- oAbility to treat others with compassion, dignity and respect, taking into account diversity considerations
- oAble to manage clinical caseload and prioritise effectively
- oAble to support junior staff to manage and prioritise their clinical caseload
- oAbility to work effectively within different teams both multi and uni-disciplinary, with a willingness to be personally accountable for actions
- oTo be proactive in service development, liaising closely with the MDT in order to promote clinical excellence
- oAbility to critically evaluate current research & apply to own practice
- oProficient use of PC & working knowledge of Microsoft Office and nutritional analysis
Personal qualities
Essential
- oMotivated to achieve personal and professional goals to an excellent standard as appropriate to the job role
Person Specification
Other
Essential
- Physically fit and able to comply with trust manual handling guidelines
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- oDemonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential
- oDegree in Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent
- oHealth Care Professions Council (HPC) registration
- oAdditional qualification or BDA accredited courses or equivalent in-house training
Desirable
- oMembership of the BDA Critical Care specialist group
- oEvidence or portfolio of post-graduate continued development
Experience
Essential
- oBroad range of clinical experience, across a variety of clinical areas including critical care.
- oExperience of working with complex nutrition support patients in the intensive care unit
- oSignificant experience of artificial nutrition support including parenteral nutrition
- oLectures/presentations to groups/teaching other Healthcare Professionals and patients
- oStudent training/ supervisory skills
- oLeadership in an audit or project, and knowledge of clinical standards in the management of nutrition
- oActive contribution to service improvement
Desirable
- oKnowledge or experience of carrying out indirect calorimetry
- oMotivational Interviewing/ Behaviour Change training (CBT or facilitation skills)
Skills
Essential
- oAble to work autonomously and use initiative
- oAbility to carry out nutritional assessments, such as anthropometry, subjective global assessment, bioelectrical impedance analysis, estimation of dietary intake of macro/micronutrients
- oGood time management and organisational skills
- oEffective clinical reasoning skills & ability to reflect on own practice
- oAppreciation of need for personal accountability for governance issues (to include confidentiality, Health & safety and risk management) and how these affect self and others
- oEffective verbal and written communication skills with a range of patients and healthcare professionals
- oAbility to treat others with compassion, dignity and respect, taking into account diversity considerations
- oAble to manage clinical caseload and prioritise effectively
- oAble to support junior staff to manage and prioritise their clinical caseload
- oAbility to work effectively within different teams both multi and uni-disciplinary, with a willingness to be personally accountable for actions
- oTo be proactive in service development, liaising closely with the MDT in order to promote clinical excellence
- oAbility to critically evaluate current research & apply to own practice
- oProficient use of PC & working knowledge of Microsoft Office and nutritional analysis
Personal qualities
Essential
- oMotivated to achieve personal and professional goals to an excellent standard as appropriate to the job role
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
