Specialist IBD Dietitian

We are looking for an experienced Dietitian to join the IBD team for a 1 year fixed term role.

The Adult IBD service at the Royal London is renowned for its expert knowledge and experience and has an outstanding team of 7 clinicians, 4 Adult and 2 Paediatric / Adolescent IBD specialist nurses and an IBD pharmacist who between them care for a cohort of 6,000 patients from all over East London and the South East. We have a pioneering transition service from paediatrics patients to adult services using a dedicated Adolescent clinic. In parallel to the clinical service is a world class research program in IBD based at the Blizard Institute, QMUL and includes dietary and nutritional research through collaborations with King's College London.

Main duties of the job

To provide a dietetic service to the Adult IBD team and meet the specification as detailed in the agreed SLA.

To provide a dietetic service to weekly consultant led IBD clinics, Adolescent transition clinic and inpatients

To provide specialist assessment, treatment and/or advice to in-patients

To work closely with all members of the multi-disciplinary team.

To actively contribute to the development of the IBD service and the acute dietetic service.

To manage a coeliac and functional gastrointestinal outpatient clinic

To support and supervise dietetic staff

To support and provide training as required to the MDT

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Qualification in area of specialisation or evidence of significant experience in speciality area
• HCPC registered
• Teaching Qualification

Experience

• Extensive experience in the area of complex nutrition support (to include significant experience within the area of IBD)
• Understanding of team dynamics and experience of working within a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience in developing a service and establishing/maintaining a dietetic presence within an MDT
• Experience in the management of patients with chronic health conditions including adolescent patients transitioning to adult services.
• Experience in taking part in project work that supports improvement in service or supports a change in practice
• Experience in working with other specialist Dietitians from other trusts to undertake service review/improvement

Skills

• Ability to work effectively single handedly with individuals and group and deliver complex nutritional information
• Ability to use behavioural change/ motivational interviewing techniques to facilitate change
• Ability to problem solve, analyse complex clinical problems and create practical solutions to provide best clinical care
• Able to demonstrate and effectively utilise leadership skills
• Experience of delivering undergraduate student supervision and clinical education to postgraduate standard in area of speciality
• Experience of supervision and line management of junior members of clinical staff
• Able to undertake accurate anthropometric measurements eg. weights, heights, skinfold thickness to support the assessment of patients nutritional status
• Able to interpret a variety of complex clinical information to make dietetic diagnosis in area of speciality
• Regularly undertakes R&D activity eg. Critical Appraisal, Audit and is confident in the audit process
• Ability to take own initiative and to be the lead for clinical speciality
• Able to work with young adults and the understanding of their needs and priorities
• Experience working with patients with long term health conditions and understanding of how to support patients with these diagnoses

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.