Band 7 Dietitian - Neurosciences/Neurocritical Care
| Posting date: | 15 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £51,883 - £58,544 Per Annum Inclusive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 June 2025 |
| Location: | Romford, RM7 0AG |
| Company: | Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7213445/162-7058-AV |
Summary
A Vacancy at Barking Havering and Redbridge Univ Hospitals NHS Trust.
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced dietitian to lead the dietetic management and provision of nutrition support to patients in the area of neurosciences (neurology, neurosurgery, neuro critical care and stroke services). The post-holder will manage a clinical caseload on the neuro critical care in addition to line managing and supporting junior dietitians in your team. The role involves working across both neurosciences and critical care specialties to deliver high quality nutritional care and contribute to service development across these areas. The dietetics team is well embedded and respected as part of the MDT, providing excellent opportunities for collaborative working, training, audit and research. Our department is actively involved in the education of other health care professionals and student dietitians, and as an expert resource on nutrition in neuroscience, you will be expected to participate in this training as well as the supervision and development of junior team members.
We are committed to professional and personal development and you will benefit from many opportunities to develop and enhance the dietetic service whilst being supported in your own career development.
The ideal candidate will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and be a good team worker, with the ability to use their own initiative and take a flexible approach to day to day working.
To work as a specialist Dietitian within the Trust by providing expert assessment, monitoring and support for highly complex patients requiring nutritional intervention by using evidence based practice and conforming to Best Practice Guidelines.
To take the lead when required in the development and provision of teaching programmes for Health Care Professionals across the Trust and be involved in the provision of nutrition support, in particular the key area of neurosciences (neurology, neurosurgery and neuro critical care). The post-holder will also support education strategies and initiatives to all Health Care Professionals throughout the Trust to raise the standards of care in the provision of adequate nutrition for hospitalised patients.
To manage a clinical caseload of patients on the neuro critical care in addition to line managing and supporting junior dietitians in the areas of stroke, neurosurgery, neurology and general medicine
Multidisciplinary team working, close liaison between acute and community teams, and highly developed skills in communicating with patients, carers, and other service users is essential.
We’re an organisation that is getting better and betterand ourimprovements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer inspecial measures; we’ve openedtwo new theatresat our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been namedthe top CEOby the Health Service Journal.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need totransform the A&E at Queen’sand get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from ourWomen’s Health Hubin Ilford; anAgeing Well Centrein Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) atBarking Community Hospitaland atSt George’s Health and Wellbeing Hubin Hornchurch.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 88,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many canwork flexiblyand more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accreditedapprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be aLondon Living Wageemployer.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
Comprehensive clinical knowledge and experience in nutrition support is essential.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Amanda Vickers, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5926. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
This advert closes on Thursday 29 May 2025
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced dietitian to lead the dietetic management and provision of nutrition support to patients in the area of neurosciences (neurology, neurosurgery, neuro critical care and stroke services). The post-holder will manage a clinical caseload on the neuro critical care in addition to line managing and supporting junior dietitians in your team. The role involves working across both neurosciences and critical care specialties to deliver high quality nutritional care and contribute to service development across these areas. The dietetics team is well embedded and respected as part of the MDT, providing excellent opportunities for collaborative working, training, audit and research. Our department is actively involved in the education of other health care professionals and student dietitians, and as an expert resource on nutrition in neuroscience, you will be expected to participate in this training as well as the supervision and development of junior team members.
We are committed to professional and personal development and you will benefit from many opportunities to develop and enhance the dietetic service whilst being supported in your own career development.
The ideal candidate will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and be a good team worker, with the ability to use their own initiative and take a flexible approach to day to day working.
To work as a specialist Dietitian within the Trust by providing expert assessment, monitoring and support for highly complex patients requiring nutritional intervention by using evidence based practice and conforming to Best Practice Guidelines.
To take the lead when required in the development and provision of teaching programmes for Health Care Professionals across the Trust and be involved in the provision of nutrition support, in particular the key area of neurosciences (neurology, neurosurgery and neuro critical care). The post-holder will also support education strategies and initiatives to all Health Care Professionals throughout the Trust to raise the standards of care in the provision of adequate nutrition for hospitalised patients.
To manage a clinical caseload of patients on the neuro critical care in addition to line managing and supporting junior dietitians in the areas of stroke, neurosurgery, neurology and general medicine
Multidisciplinary team working, close liaison between acute and community teams, and highly developed skills in communicating with patients, carers, and other service users is essential.
We’re an organisation that is getting better and betterand ourimprovements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer inspecial measures; we’ve openedtwo new theatresat our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been namedthe top CEOby the Health Service Journal.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need totransform the A&E at Queen’sand get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from ourWomen’s Health Hubin Ilford; anAgeing Well Centrein Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) atBarking Community Hospitaland atSt George’s Health and Wellbeing Hubin Hornchurch.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 88,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many canwork flexiblyand more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accreditedapprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be aLondon Living Wageemployer.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
Comprehensive clinical knowledge and experience in nutrition support is essential.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Amanda Vickers, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5926. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
This advert closes on Thursday 29 May 2025
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