We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Dietitian with experience in acute Dietetics who wants to develop their clinical skills to cover 6 months of maternity cover . The post holder will be based at Ealing Hospital, a busy friendly general hospital situated in West London with a diverse patient population. We are looking for someone with strong communication, organizational, team working skills and a proactive approach. You will be responsible for delivery of a high quality, evidence based clinical service and will receive regular clinical supervision from a Band 7 Dietitian to support your ongoing development.

Main duties of the job

The Dietitian works as an autonomous practitioner to provide expert nutrition advice to patients, carers and other health professionals. . The post holder will actively participate in the development of dietetic service policies, procedures and standards and regularly undertake audit.

• To deliver and evaluate a clinical dietetic service to adult in-patients
• To provide theoretical and practical training, teaching and support for dietitians, student dietitians, medical and nursing staff, and allied health professionals in the specialist dietetic area
• To ensure work is in line with departmental, Trust and National Dietetic standards
• To participate in the organisation and development of the dietetic team.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A& E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Ealing Dietetic team is a small friendly team with good support staff . We are also part of a the larger London North West Dietetic team at Northwick Park and Central Middlesex Hospitals. The Trust is well established student trainer . We provide training for Placement 2 and 3 for London Metropolitan University . This post will involve supervision of students and support staff

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Education / qualifications

Essential

• HCPC registration

Desirable

• Worked in NHS hospital experience

Knowledge and experience

Essential

• Clinical knowledge , manage caseload , team working , audit , knowledge of different ethnic groups
• worked with multicultural population

Desirable

• Knowledge of acute hospital catering

Employer details

Employer name

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Ealing Hospital

Uxbridge road

Southall

UB1 3HW

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