Employer King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill site
Town London
Salary £44,806 - £53,134 pro rata inclusive of HCAS
Salary period Yearly
Closing 02/12/2024 12:00
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.7 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.
Job overviewAn exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated band 6 dietitian, with excellent communication skills, to work within the Gastroenterology service at the Denmark Hill site of King's College Hospital. The dietetic gastroenterology team comprises of a Band 8a, two band 7 dietitians and this band 6 post.
The successful post holder will work closely with all members of the MDT to provide an expert Nutrition and Dietetic service to our patients.
Main duties of the jobThe successful candidate will deliver weekly gastroenterology outpatient clinics, providing dietary advice for a variety of functional bowel disorders, including education on the Low FODMAP diet. They will manage a dedicated gastrointestinal and colorectal surgical inpatient caseload, providing expert dietetic advice to patients peri and post-operatively. This includes effectively tailoring dietetic advice for patients who have had complex intestinal surgery, according to their current clinical status. You will integrate within the MDT and create robust links between the medical and dietetic teams.
You will play an integral role in the large, supportive dietetic team at King's College Hospital. Our dietetic department expects all staff to be involved in service development project work, audit, and teaching of other healthcare professionals, in line with our mission to provide excellence in clinical care, research and teaching in King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. We also undertake student training and you would play an active role in student supervision. The department supports flexible working under the King's Flex system.
Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesClinical Responsibilities To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of work in compliance with the ethical code of practice set out by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).To actively manage a caseload of outpatient and inpatient gastroenterology patients, assessing and managing their dietary needs while working closely with other members of the multi-disciplinary team.To attend appropriate clinics and multidisciplinary meetings to provide expert evidence-based nutritional support and advice to clinicians, patients and carers.To work with the dietetic and multi-disciplinary team responsible for the development and provision of evidence-based dietetic service to the patients, carers and staff of King's College Hospital in Gastroenterology.People Management and Performance Lead, coach and manage the performance of the team in line with good people management practices. Ensuring excellence is recognised and underperformance is addressed.Participate in regular performance appraisal meetings and ensure each member of the team has a clear set of objectives and development plans.Ensure the team is compliant with all statutory, mandatory training together with any professional training requirements, ensuring they are up to date and fully compliant.Person specificationEducation and QualificationsBSc/ Post graduate diploma in Nutrition and DieteticsHCPC RegisteredMember of BDA Gastroenterology GroupKnowledge and ExperienceSound experience of oral and enteral nutrition supportExperience of the management of functional disordersExperience of the management of patients who have undergone complex intestinal surgeryNHS experience in the acute settingLow FODMAP trainedCompetencies and attributesAble to set priorities and meet daily deadlinesAble to deal with distressed patients and their relativesIMPORTANT Check your email account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you.If you delete the job from any of your accounts, you may be prevented from accessing further communications.To enquire about your application or inform us of any changes in your circumstances, please contact the named person on this advert.Please provide email addresses for referees where possible.All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.Due to a high volume of applications, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. It is therefore recommended that you apply promptly.King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Annual Reports and Other Corporate Publications
King's College Hospital is part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC), a pioneering collaboration between King's College London, and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts. You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Barbara Holt
Job title Clinical Lead Dietitian - Gastroenterology
Email address ******
Telephone number 0203 299 4868
Working days - Tues/ Wed/Fri.
On other days, please speak with Niamh Brennan, Specialist Gastroenterology Dietitian.
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