Specialist Renal Dietitian

We are looking for an experienced part-time Renal Dietitian to join our team of Renal Dietitians at the Denmark Hill site of King's College Hospital. The successful applicant will have a strong clinical background within the specialist area and excellent behaviour change and interpersonal skills. You will be an integral member of our supportive multidisciplinary renal team delivering high quality, patient-centred renal dietetic care. This Band 7 post is part-time - 0.6WTE (22.5 hours per week).

At King's, we provide a specialist dietetic service to renal inpatients and outpatients, in areas including dialysis, advanced kidney care, nephrology and weight management. We regularly evaluate our practice, know our worth, and often present our work at conferences. You will be responsible for managing your own caseload, contributing to service development and providing support and guidance to dietetic and multidisciplinary team colleagues., You will be responsible for a clinical renal caseload and providing expert advice and guidance to other members of the team. You will be responsible for ensuring safe practice and contributing to the delivery, and evaluation of, an effective and efficient service. You will provide expertise and input into the planning and implementation of care pathways, protocols and support the leadership and management team.

Our large 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. We also undertake student training and you would play an active role in student supervision., 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, 1.5 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.