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Specialist Critical Care Dietitian

£28.2 - £33.2 per hourEstimated
Full-time
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Critical Care Dietitian

Closing date: 20 July 2026

Job summary
Band 6 Critical Care Dietitian post.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Critical Care dietetic team at Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in a full time (1.0WTE) fixed term band 6 role with an end of 30th April 2027.

Critical care dietetics is a great opportunity to build expertise in managing complex nutrition needs, working closely with the MDT to support critically ill patients and enhance your clinical and communication skills.

The successful candidate will be part of the critical care team which includes 5 dietitians and an advanced dietetic assistant. The team consists of 1 x 8a, 3 x band 7's, 2 x band 6, and 1 x band 4. The team are highly regarded members of the critical care multi-disciplinary team.

Main duties of the job
  • The position is within the critical care dietetic team, who cover the critical care units, the critical care unit at Guy's Hospital and the Lane Fox Unit at St Thomas' Hospital.
  • The nutritional assessment, management and provision of nutrition support to patients on both the Intensive Care Unit and the High Dependency Units and the Lane Fox Unit. This will include a mix of enteral, parenteral and oral nutrition.
  • The development and updating of nutrition related guidelines and protocols for Critical Care (Intensive Care Unit and High Dependency Units).
  • To be involved in the assessment and discharge of patients requiring home enteral feeding (on the Lane Fox Unit).
  • To effectively communicate nutrition care plans to members of the MDT, including the nursing staff and consultant intensivists on a one to one basis and as part of the wider ward round.
  • To be involved and lead on projects including (but not limited to) the development of catering services to the Intensive Care Unit, training and education for health care professionals, and digital transformation.
  • To be actively involved in student training and education.
About us
The post holders will be joining a team of over100 Dietitians working across Guy's, St Thomas', the Evelina Children's Hospital, and Lambeth, Southwark community services. The department has a strong commitment to research and teaching

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

Job responsibilities
Please refer to person specification, job description and role descriptor for full details relating to the job.

Person Specification
Experience
Essential
  • Broad post registration experience within Clinical Dietetics, especially with patients who are enterally fed
  • Working as part of a team
  • Experience of training student dietitians
Desirable
  • Conducting Audits and or research
  • Experience in specialist area
  • Experience in parenteral nutrition
Skills
Essential
  • Good communication
  • Organisational Skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Time Management
  • Maintain confidentiality
  • Prioritise own work load
  • Able to work under own initiative
  • Able to achieve deadlines
  • Ability to liaise with professionals at all levels
Knowledge
Essential
  • Sound clinical knowledge, especially of nutrition support in the acute clinical setting
  • Evidence of CPD
  • Sound knowledge of current issues in dietetics/critical care
  • Advanced BDA course in nutrition support
  • BSc in Dietetics or equivalent
  • Current State Registration
Other
Essential
  • Computer Literacy
  • Demonstrate a flexible approach
  • Demonstrate understanding of EDI
Additional information
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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is an equal opportunities employer.
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