Bank Dietitian Band 6 | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 05 Awst 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £25.76 Hourly |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 04 Medi 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | London, NW3 2QG |
| Cwmni: | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7397695/391-3740-BANK |
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This is an exciting time to be working with us. The Royal Free is one of the biggest NHS Trusts in the UK, delivering care to over 1.6 million people a year through our 4 main hospitals: Barnet, Chase Farm, Royal Free and North Middlesex.
The Royal Free provides many tertiary surgical and acute services for the North Central London sector, which includes kidney and liver transplantation, surgery, oncology and NET, health serves for elderly people, stroke and neurology, renal, intensive care, respiratory and coronary care.
This post will enable you to develop clinical skills within an experienced and supportive environment covering a varied caseload. You will be supported by the team to provide high quality evidence based dietetic care to patients across various modalities, working as part of an MDT. Experience of working with enteral tube feeding as well as oral nutrition support is essential.
If you believe you meet these criteria of the person specification and would like to join the Royal Free bank at this time, we would be interested in receiving your application.
**VISA SPONSORSHIP DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS ROLE**
• As an autonomous practitioner, take responsibility for the provision of a specialist, evidence-based dietetic service to inpatients in conjunction with the Clinical Specialist Dietitians and designated Therapy team/s.
• Contribute to the nutritional management of in-patients in selected general clinical areas with sound clinical reasoning.
• Where needed, to take an active role in junior therapy staff development, student supervision and in own continuing professional development.
• Deliver education and training to patients, carers and other healthcare professionals including nursing staff, therapists and assistants.
• Undertake and present evidence-based projects and research, including quality improvement and audit. Suggesting practice changes and updating resources under supervision.
**For further information please refer to the attached JD/PS**
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
Royal Free World Class Values:
The post holder will offer World Class Care to service users, staff, colleagues, clients and patients alike.
CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES
1. To provide clinical dietetic service within designated areas and be actively involved in the development and provision of the nutritional service in those areas.
2. As an autonomous practitioner, to be responsible for safe and efficient management of a patient caseload through assessment of clinical need and effective prioritisation.
3. To provide complex nutritional advice to patients, carers and clinicians based on clinical evidence. This involves the collection and analysis of anthropometry and biochemistry, consideration of the financial/social implications and distress to the patient, their medical condition and individual dietary needs and preferences.
4. To interpret this information and apply clinical judgement and reasoning to assess, evaluate and monitor nutritional status and advise on appropriate, evidence-based dietary interventions.
RESPONSIBLITY FOR PATIENTS
1. To maintain accurate, comprehensive professional case notes for all direct and indirect patient contact
2. To communicate effectively with patients, carers and other professionals on an individual or group basis in order to maximise rehabilitation potential and ensure understanding of condition, which will frequently require flexible communication skills including:
-motivation
-persuasion;
-explanation of complex issues including physiology, pathology, biochemistry, anatomy and techniques
-gaining consent;
-negotiation
3. To occasionally convey information, particularly in highly complex, contentious and emotive situations which may be deemed inappropriate for more junior staff, which may require more developed communication skills.
4. To demonstrate flexibility in communication and interpersonal skills to overcome barriers to communication such as:
ü dysfunctional illness beliefs
ü altered perception and cognition
ü loss of hearing/sight
ü language and cultural barriers
ü distressing information eg. Victims of torture/abuse
ü environmental e.g., lack of privacy, excess noise
ü hostile, antagonistic and highly emotive situations
ü controversial and/or highly complex information
ü long-term illness/dysfunction and/or uncertain prognosis.
**For further information please refer to the attached JD/PS**
This advert closes on Sunday 17 Aug 2025