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King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

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Job Reference:

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75

Posted:

18.02.2025

Expiry Date:

04.04.2025

Job Description:

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a driven and dynamic Dietitian to join our team of over 60 Dietetic staff at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

This WTE Band 8a Clinical Lead Dietitian for Neuro Adults post will be based at the Denmark Hill site, and will have a primarily line management & clinical expert remit.

The Nutrition and Dietetic Department at KCH employs over 60 staff across three main sites; Denmark Hill, Princess Royal University Hospital, and Orpington Hospital. We are leaders in several areas of clinical care including gastroenterology, paediatrics, hepatology, diabetes, renal, cystic fibrosis, complex obesity and neurosciences.

King’s has a long and illustrious history with emerging works in the area of science and nutrition.

Main Duties of the Job:

The successful post holder will work closely with all members of the MDT to provide an expert Nutrition and Dietetic service for our patients.

1. Responsibility for dietetic service to neurology and neurosurgery inpatients, alongside providing dietetic input into the Regional Motor Neurone Disease outpatient service.
2. You will play an integral role in the large, supportive dietetic team at KCH. Our Nutrition and Dietetics department expects all staff to be involved in the 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.

Job Summary:

1. To be accountable for the strategic planning, performance management and provision of a timely, safe, cost effective and evidence based highly specialised service for the acute Neuro adult dietetic service at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
2. As dietetic lead, to manage a clinical caseload and provide expert opinion, advice and guidance to patients/carers, dietitians and other health professionals on all aspects of nutrition across the speciality area of the acute adult dietetic service at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
3. Responsibility for dietetic service to neurology and neurosurgery inpatients, alongside providing dietetic input into the Regional Motor Neurone Disease outpatient service.
4. To lead the team in the development of a research and audit portfolio, initiate, co-ordinate and evaluate research and audit within the specialist field.
5. To use expert knowledge, extensive clinical experience and professional judgement to evaluate regional and national policies relating to the specialist services and implement as appropriate.
6. To provide leadership and day-to-day operational management and be professionally accountable for a specialist dietetic team including highly specialised dietitians within the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics.
7. To use experience, leadership, management skills and specialist expertise to support the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics in delivering an effective and efficient service.

Working for Our Organisation:

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.