Band 7 Clinical Specialist Renal DietitianNHS

Job summary

The Royal Free has an exciting opportunity in our Renal Team. We are seeking a Clinical Specialist Renal Dietitian for a 0.5 WTE, 1-year FTC (Maternity Cover) to work in our multi-disciplinary therapy team led by a Clinical Lead Renal Occupational Therapist and Clinical Lead Renal Dietitian, the team is made of dietitians, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and therapy assistants - across inpatient and outpatient settings.

Our team supports people living with kidney disease and urological conditions across three wards based at The Royal Free Hospital site, and 5 outpatient centres for low clearance, dialysis and transplantation. The Royal Free is the provider for NCL for urological care (medical and surgical) as well as being the NCL tertiary centre for chronic kidney disease management including renal transplantation. This role is based predominantly in renal outpatients based on Dialysis units across NCL.

We are looking for an experienced and motivated dietitian who demonstrates exceptional understanding of the complexity of a person living with CKD. They would provide specialist nutritional care to our renal patients mostly within the Haemodialysis setting. Proven experience autonomously managing people with complex nutritional diagnoses is essential. Experience supporting the development of junior staff will be highly regarded, as will skills in quality improvement, service evaluation or audit.

Main duties of the job

Summary of detailed job description and main responsibilities outlined below:Clinical responsibilitiesResponsibility for patientsResponsibility for policy and Service DevelopmentResponsibility for Financial and Physical ResourcesResponsibility for leading and managingResponsibility for information resourcesResponsibility for Research and DevelopmentFor full details please refer to Job Description and Person specification attached.

Job description

Please see the attached Job Description document which will provide a more detailed description of role and main responsibilities.

About us

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top

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