Trainee Kidney Specialist Dietitian | East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 07 Tachwedd 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £38,682 - £46,580 per annum |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 07 Rhagfyr 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Canterbury, CT1 3NG |
| Cwmni: | East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7603501/344-1821KCH-A |
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We have an exciting opportunity for a newly qualified or experienced dietitian to join our very friendly renal dietetics team based at the Kent Kidney Care Centre, Kent and Canterbury Hospital.
Your role will be to deliver nutritional care aligned to the four pillars of practice to adults living with kidney disease under the care of the Kent Kidney Care Centre.
This post is offered subject to the completion of a structured competency frameworkover the period of up to 2 years.Failure to complete the competencies within the timescale may result in you remaining at the same pay point as offered on appointment without advancement. As this will also mean that you are unable to fulfil the full job description your case may need to be considered in line with the Trust Capability Procedure.
You will progress through the Trainee Band 6 increments annually according to the table below:
Up to 2 years training required: 70% of £46,580 = £32,606 pa
Less than 1 years' training required: 75% of £46,580 = £34,935 pa
The successful candidate can look forward to a warm welcome and a future of opportunities to develop personally and professionally in renal dietetics. If you are interested and would like to know more about the role, please contact Robert Fleming, Lead Kidney Dietitian. We look forward to hearing from you.
· Deliver patient centred nutritional care to adults living with kidney disease under the care of Kent Kidney Care Centre.
· Provide dietetic advice and support to multi-disciplinary colleagues within renal specialty.
· Be actively involved in monitoring standards of care and act on feedback from patients, their families and carers.
· Utilises evidence based clinical practice contributing to service development and pathways of care.
· Works collaboratively within the renal dietetic team and other multi-disciplinary colleagues within the renal service to deliver pre and post registration education and training.
· Teach and advise patients and their families/carers how to manage their condition and support the MDT in patient focused education.
· Maintain personal and professional development aligned to Trust policies, HCPC guidelines and revalidation requirements.
· Work collaboratively to contribute to the clinical audit programme within EKHUFT Renal Services.
· Support research projects within renal specialty and contribute to quality improvement projects.
· Contribute to the development and updating of practice protocols/guidelines and procedures in renal care.
· Be conversant with best practice including national and local reports and policies relating to renal dietetic care.
· Contribute to data collection to inform comprehensive quality reports.
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’.
If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
This advert closes on Thursday 13 Nov 2025