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 for a 1 year FTC.
King’s has a long and illustrious history with emerging works in the area of science and nutrition. The authors of the Composition of Foods, Elsie Widdowson and Robert McCance met at Denmark Hill in the 1930's.
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 paediatrics, hepatology, diabetes, renal, cystic fibrosis, complex obesity and neurosciences.
Dietetics within Critical Care is currently an expanding field of practice and a well-established service within King’s. King’s Critical Care is a world-class centre, the biggest in the country with 85-90 ventilated beds at the DH site. King’s Critical Care is a dynamic service with MDT patient care at the heart of its service. This is an exciting opportunity to join the King’s College Hospital Critical Care Dietetic team on a 1 year FTC basis, offering the successful candidate a unique workplace experience and the prospect to be part of a world-class service.
Main duties of the job
This Band 7 Critical Care Dietitian post for 1 year FTC will be based at the Denmark Hill site.
As a part of the Critical Care service at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust the successful candidate will have an opportunity to develop their clinical skills to provide specialist care for critically ill patients under the following specialties:
Major trauma
Neurosurgery, neurology, spinal injuries
Haematology & oncology
Liver/HPB
GI surgery
Cardiology & cardiothoracics
Renal medicine
General medicine
Dietetics within Critical Care is currently an expanding field of practice and a well-established service within King’s College NHS Foundation Trust.
The successful post holder will work closely with all members of the MDT to provide an expert Nutrition and Dietetic service to our patients.
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.
The department supports flexible working under the King’s Flex system.
If you have any queries about this post please contact:
Dr Liesl Wandrag, Clinical Lead Dietitian for Critical Care:
Niamh Hennessy, Head of Nutrition and Dietetics:
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 around 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in Bromley.
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.
The trust-wide strategy 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 can take Team King’s to another level.