Band 7 Stroke Specialist Dietitian

To work as a specialist dietitian within the Trust by providing expert assessment, monitoring and support for patients on the stroke unit requiring nutritional intervention by using evidence based practice and conforming to Best Practice Guidelines.

To take the lead in the development and provision of teaching programmes for Health Care Professionals across the Trust and be involved in the provision of nutrition support, in the key area of stroke.

To manage a clinical caseload of patients on the stroke unit in addition to line managing and supporting junior dietitians in the areas of stroke, neurosurgery, neurology and general medicine; and provide expert guidance and advice to other members of the MDT through attendance and participation in ward rounds and multidisciplinary meetings

Multidisciplinary team working, close liaison between acute and community teams, and highly developed skills in communicating with patients, carers, and other service users is essential.

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Sarah Wood, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 4188. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.

We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.

We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

Education / Qualifications

Essential: - HCPC Registration

Desirable: - Member of appropriate specialist interest group; - Leadership training

Experience / Knowledge

Essential: - To have acute clinical experience in the relevant field at band 6 level and have post-graduate experience

Desirable: - To have proven broad clinical experience during band 6 and junior experience

Skills / Ability

Desirable: - Evidence of developing service provision