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Specialist Critical Care Dietitian
Grade
Band 6
Contract
12 months (Fixed Term Contract ends 02/11/2026)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Working days: Monday - Friday)
Job ref
196-LIS9768
Employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Cross-site
Town
London
Salary
£46,419 - £55,046 p.a. inc HCA (pro rata)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
14/08/2025 23:59

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Specialist Critical Care Dietitian

Band 6

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions. 

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.



Job overview

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 2nd November 2026.

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 rotational with critical care dietetic team. Rotations will include the critical care unit at St Thomas’ Hospital and the other rotation working on 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.

Working for our organisation

The post holders will be joining a team of over 100 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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Broad post registration experience within Clinical Dietetics, especially with patients who are enterally fed
  • Working as part of a team
Desirable criteria
  • Conducting Audits and or research
  • Experience of training student dietitians
  • Experience in specialist area

Skills

Essential criteria
  • 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 criteria
  • 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 criteria
  • Computer Literacy
  • Demonstrate a flexible approach
  • Demonstrate understanding of equal opportunities

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Hayley Beckett
Job title
Principal Critical Care Dietitian
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02071889452
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