Job Description

Are you enthusiastic and passionate about enhancing your specialist dietetic skills in HPB inpatients and general oncology? Do you want to be a part of the UK's first Academic Health Science Centre? If so then come and join our large friendly team of clinical and research Dietitians. We are looking for an experienced dietitian to provide a specialist dietetic service to these 2 clinical teams at Hammersmith and Charing Cross Hospitals as a split post.



You will be responsible for the delivery of a high quality, evidence-based service to predominately inpatients at Hammersmith (3 days) and supporting an in and outpatient caseload at Charing Cross (2 days). This Band 7 post will require skills to manage a nutritionally challenging clinical caseload and will require thorough understanding of complex nutrition support requirements including parenteral nutrition, jejunal feeding, PERT and understanding of the nutritional management of patients undergoing systemic anti-cancer therapy. Excellent motivational interviewing skills for the outpatient caseload will also be required.



We are a large, high profile, friendly department involved in undergraduate and post graduate medical training. We also provide placements for Dietetic students and are involved in teaching other health professionals such as nursing and therapy colleagues. You will be working closely with a range of multidisciplinary healthcare professionals.



To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including management of patients in your care and undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.



To provide comprehensive and specialist therapy assessment and diagnosis for patients with a range of highly complex presentations, by utilising advanced clinical reasoning, evidence-based knowledge, investigative and analytical skills and specialist assessment techniques.



To plan and organise time efficiently and effectively with regard to patient management and use of time. To be accountable for the designated area of work.



To flexibly manage responsibilities for own complex caseload, service delivery and teaching commitments. To decide priorities for own work, balancing other patient related and professional demands and ensure that these remain in accordance with those of the teams as a whole.



As a lead member of the department, ensure teaching programmes and clinical education / supervision meet the needs of more junior staff's education and development to ensure that a specialist knowledge of intervention is acquired at all levels. To develop and conduct local in-service and MDT training.



To take a lead in the development of the specialist clinical area/team and develop objectives and support prioritisation of projects for the team.



At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.



Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.



Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.



We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .



The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.



For both overviews, please view the attachment with the job advert.