Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Barts Health for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Senior Specialist Dietitian to cover 12 hours (Monday & Tuesday) per week part time fixed term maternity leave role within Critical Care at Whipps Cross University Hospital, until 31st March 2026. The postholder would work alongside another Band 7 Critical Care Dietitian and the wider MDT team, made up of consultants, CNS' and other AHPs.

We are looking forward to welcoming a motivated and dynamic individual to our Nutrition & Dietetic service at Whipps Cross Hospital which comprises of 9 Dietitians and 4 dietetic support workers. The post holder will maintain a strong professional presence within both the dietetic team and the critical care MDT, building the dietetic service and contributing to relevant research and audit projects. 

We are committed to work-based education and training to improve clinical skills and there is a robust system in place for staff supervision and CPD. 

Main duties of the job

    To be responsible for providing highly specialist nutritional care to complex patients on the Intensive Care Unit at Whipps Cross Hospital. 
    To both provide a service to and support more junior team members in the support of patients with complex nutrition support needs on other wards of the hospital. 
    To supervise more junior staff on a day to day basis.  
    To ensure that research and audit is undertaken on a regular basis to ensure that practice is evidence based.    
    To act as an expert resource on the nutritional management of patients during critical illness and educate and train dietetic students and other health care professionals within the trust
    To be actively involved in the trusts clinical governance programme by taking a leadership role in ensuring continuing professional development, audit, research and service development activities within this specialist area.

Working for our organisation

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.