Job summary
- Main area
- Therapies
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-MIC-1854
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Mary’s Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £64,156 - £71,148 inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Adult Clinical Lead Dietitian
Band 8a
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
The Dietitians at St Mary’s collaborate daily with renowned medical, nursing, and AHP colleagues, including some of the UK’s leading national experts in fields such as Allergy, Bariatrics, HIV, Major Trauma, and Critical Care. As the Lead Dietitian for the St Mary's site, you will provide leadership and management to the adult team (14 dietitians and one dietetic assistant), oversee a clinical caseload, and be able to demonstrate advanced skills in parenteral nutrition and nutritional support. You will also lead the dietetic out-patient services.
This position is part of a wider dietetic leadership team, line managed by the Clinical Service Lead, and works closely with three other 8A Dietitians based at the Charing Cross and Hammersmith sites. You will benefit from regular training and development opportunities, both clinically and managerially.
In this role, you will develop expertise in business planning, demand and capacity management, staff engagement, performance and sickness management, procurement, quality improvement projects, and quality, safety, and risk management. Our team is dynamic, highly skilled, and committed to delivering expert patient care and advancing the profession.
Main duties of the job
- The Clinical Lead will provide clinical and managerial leadership which inspires motivates and empowers Therapists in the delivery of excellent patient experience
- They will be responsible for the day to day operational service planning and delivery of therapy services.
- They will be clinically accountable for delivery of the clinical service within area of responsibility and for the operational planning of a safe, effective service.
- They will support the clinical service lead with the development and delivery of innovative service improvement projects focussed on improving quality of care and patient outcomes.
- They will support the clinical service lead in the strategic development of the service
- They will support staff development from a clinical and non- clinical perspective acting as a good role model. In partnership with their clinical service leads, finance and human resources colleagues, they will deliver department plans which drive efficiency and quality initiatives across the Division.
- They will support the delivery of the Department’s business plan.
- They will provide the clinical service lead with assurance of proactive management of clinical and cost improvement plans, ensuring appropriate actions are taken to mitigate or respond to identified risks.
- The post holder will be an advanced specialist in their field fulfilling a specialist clinical role within their area of expertise.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma/ Degree in relevant AHP profession
- Health & Care Professions Council registration.
- Evidence of experience /post graduate training and education to Masters level or equivalent and CPD relevant to speciality area
- Evidence of structured training on appraisal and supervisory skills
- Evidence of continuous and current professional and academic development relevant to clinical field
- Leadership/ Management training
- Evidence of post graduate training in basic research skills e.g. literature reviews, critical appraisal.
Desirable criteria
- Masters or PhD degree in relevant subject
- Membership of relevant professional groups or Specialist interest group
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience post qualification with evidenced experience at a senior level within relevant speciality
- Experience of supervising qualified therapy staff and students
- Experience of managing staff on performance and other workforce policies
- Experience of incident investigation and implementation of change of practice as a result
- Significant success in multidisciplinary/multi agency working.
- Experience of leading an effective team
- Experience of using clinical governance framework to monitor and improve quality of patient care.
- Experience of supporting a culture of research awareness
Desirable criteria
- Experience at band 8a level
- Clinical leadership of other disciplines
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Alexi Adas
- Job title
- Clinical Service Lead for Nutrition & Dietetic
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8869 2666
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