Renal Specialist DietitianinCanterburyinCanterburyPUBLISHED FRI 14 FEB 2025
Candidates will be part of a multi-disciplinary team and responsible for educating patients, families, and healthcare professionals on complex nutritional information. The role emphasises compliance with professional standards and ongoing professional development within the field. No prior experience in renal dietetics is required, making it an excellent opportunity for those looking to grow in this specialty.
This role offers the opportunity to work as a Band 6 Renal Specialist Dietitian in a very friendly and supportive renal dietetics team based at the Kent & Canterbury Hospital.
You will become a member of the renal multi-disciplinary team (MDT) and be responsible for the nutritional management of adults living with kidney disease under the care of Kent Kidney Care Centre.
As a Band 6 Renal Specialist Dietitian, your role will be to deliver care to adults living with kidney disease across East & West Kent, including in-patients at Kent & Canterbury Hospital, Home Therapies, Haemodialysis Units and Renal Out-Patient clinics (Advanced Kidney Care, General Nephrology, Transplant Clinic and community Conservative Management service).
You will provide specialist advice, education and support to patients, their family or carers and other healthcare professionals. In addition, you will be actively involved in the Trust's Clinical Governance Framework, including responsibility for continuing professional development (CPD) and audit activities within this specialist area.
No previous experience of renal dietetics is required as training will be provided.
Deliver a comprehensive evidence-based and person-centred renal dietetic service to adults living with kidney disease, including:
Deliver a comprehensive and effective regional renal nutrition service to adults living with kidney disease, including pre-dialysis, haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, conservative management and transplant patients,
Provide evidence-based specialist advice to people living with kidney disease, their family/carers and clinicians regarding nutritional support,
Undertake diet and lifestyle assessments and formulate individualised patient management and care plans. This will involve the calculation of nutritional requirements based on the interpretation of biochemistry, anthropometry, clinical condition, dialysis modality and other physical parameters,
Use developed communication and teaching skills to deliver education on complex nutritional information, both in a one-to-one and group setting to a varied audience
Play an active role in the development, implementation and update of operational and professional standards/policies for the renal dietetic service,
Initiate and participate in research and audit within renal dietetics, in-line with EKHUFT/Renal research and audit procedures,
Participate fully in the appraisal process and develop a strategy for continuous professional development,
Comply with British Dietetic Association and Health Care Professions Council code of professional conduct, standards of proficiency and local policies.
About us
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download.
If you have further queries please dont hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Please wait...this will take a moment...
Stand by, we'll show you...