This role offers the opportunity to work as a Band 5 Renal 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 patients with kidney disease under the care of Kent Kidney Care Centre.
As a Band 5 Renal Dietitian, you will have access to training and be supervised by a senior renal dietitian enabling you to deliver care to kidney patients 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).
Following training, you will provide specialist renal dietetic 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.
Under the supervision of a senior renal dietitian, be responsible for delivering a comprehensive evidence-based and person-centred renal dietetic service to adults with kidney disease, including:
Delivering a comprehensive and effective regional renal nutrition service to adults with kidney disease, including pre-dialysis, haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, conservative management an transplant patients,
Providing evidence-based specialist advice to kidney patients, their family/carers and clinicians regarding the nutritional support of kidney patients,
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,
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five
hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
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This advert closes on Wednesday 12 Mar 2025