Job summary
Band 6 Bank (flexible working opportunities)
Join our Renal Dietetics Team at Gloucestershire Hospitals as a Band 6 Bank Dietitian, supporting patients with complex kidney disease across inpatient wards, outpatient clinics, haemodialysis units and peritoneal dialysis services.
This flexible bank opportunity offers the chance to work within a well-established renal multidisciplinary team, alongside consultants, specialist nurses, pharmacists, psychologists and experienced renal dietitians. The role will involve providing specialist nutritional assessment and management for patients across the renal pathway, contributing to safe, effective and patient-centred care.
The post would suit a dietitian with renal experience seeking portfolio work or additional specialist practice. Applications from Band 6 dietitians with a strong interest in renal nutrition and relevant transferable experience will also be considered. Renal experience is desirable given the specialist nature of the service.
You will be joining a supportive team engaged in service development, quality improvement and renal research, maintaining high standards of care for patients with complex needs.
This is an opportunity to contribute to a specialist service while benefiting from flexible working arrangements within an established and collaborative team.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will provide specialist dietetic assessment and management for patients with complex renal needs across inpatient wards, outpatient clinics and dialysis services. This Band 6 bank role requires sound clinical reasoning, effective communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively within the renal multidisciplinary team. You will liaise with consultants, nurses and allied health professionals to support coordinated, patient-centred care.
You will be expected to manage and prioritise your own workload during allocated bank shifts, demonstrating flexibility, initiative and appropriate autonomy. Given the specialist nature of renal nutrition, previous experience in renal dietetics or relevant transferable clinical experience is desirable.
The role offers the opportunity to maintain or further develop renal dietetic skills within an established and supportive team. The service is engaged in audit, quality improvement and ongoing service development, and there may be opportunities to contribute to these activities where appropriate. Involvement in student training or peer support may also form part of the role, depending on experience.
Some cross-site working may be required in line with service needs. We welcome applications from candidates seeking flexible or part-time working arrangements within a bank contract.
About us
With a team of over 9,000 employees, we are proud to be the largest employer in Gloucestershire and rank among the top 10 largest Trusts in the South West region. Providing acute hospital services from two large district general hospitals, as well as outpatient clinics and some surgery services from community hospitals throughout Gloucestershire. Our department is a large, friendly team operating across two sites, Cheltenham General Hospital and Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. Our renal service is proud to serve approximately 250 haemodialysis patients across three centres (two in Gloucester and one in the Forest of Dean), 55 peritoneal dialysis patients, and nephrology clinics countywide.
We are proud to include a diverse range of specialists, including our Home Enteral Feeding Team. At Gloucester, our department consists of Acute Dietitians, Paediatric Dietitians, and the Home Enteral Feeding Team, while at Cheltenham, we have a dedicated Oncology Dietitian team alongside the Acute team. Across both sites, we also feature a Nutrition Support Team, a Specialist Gastroenterology Team, and Specialist Diabetes Dietitians. Our multidisciplinary teams are made up of dietitians, support workers, dietetic assistants, and nurses, all working collaboratively to provide exceptional care. Located in Gloucestershire, our hospitals are set in a beautiful part of the country, surrounded by areas of outstanding natural beauty. Gloucestershire offers both a great place to live and work!
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be professionally accountable to the GRH Dietetic Service Manager and will work closely with the renal team leads and wider renal dietetic team.
The role involves planning, implementing and monitoring high-quality nutritional care for patients with complex renal needs across inpatient wards, outpatient clinics and dialysis units.
You may support the supervision and development of Band 5 dietitians and contribute to the training of A, B and C placement students, in line with your experience and service requirements. Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.
For further information, please contact June Beharry, Dietetic Manager , GRH on 0300 422 5506.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be professionally accountable to the GRH Dietetic Service Manager and will work closely with the renal team leads and wider renal dietetic team.
The role involves planning, implementing and monitoring high-quality nutritional care for patients with complex renal needs across inpatient wards, outpatient clinics and dialysis units.
You may support the supervision and development of Band 5 dietitians and contribute to the training of A, B and C placement students, in line with your experience and service requirements. Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.
For further information, please contact June Beharry, Dietetic Manager , GRH on 0300 422 5506.
Person Specification
Qualifications experience
Essential
- Appropriate NHS experience
- HCPC registered
- Degree in Dietetics
Desirable
- Attendance on relevant accredited courses
- Demonstrate contribution to developing strategy and outcomes that have resulted in improvements
- Training and /or demonstrated experience in Leadership and Development
- Demonstrate specialist clinical knowledge in renal dietetics
- Demonstrate specialist clinical knowledge in decision making all types of enteral/ parenteral feeding
- Demonstrate experience of involvement in service development
- Demonstrate contribution to treatment pathways and outcomes that have resulted in improvements
- Develop and deliver training materials to a variety of audiences
- Demonstrate a willingness to be flexible
- Experience of effective working relationship within a team/ teams
- Prioritise workloads
- Implement evidence-based practice.
- Be responsible for clinical supervision of junior staff and students
- Experience in implementing clinical governance
- Excellent interpersonal skills including observation, listening, caring and empathy skills and can relate well to staff and patients.
- Evidence of excellent verbal and written communication skills including active listening skills.
- Ability to assess individuals with complex medical problems and to plan their dietetic care
- Ability to make decision regarding change of practice based on clinical evidence and to disseminate same to other health professionals
- Able to implement research evidence based practice and apply to practice for continuous service improvement
- Ability to problem-solve.
- To demonstrate Trust required behaviours in working towards Individual, Department, Divisional and Trust Objectives/Goals.
- The ability to manage change and conflict to ensure resolutions with positive outcomes.
- Evidence of Continued CPD, including evidence of reflective practice, service evaluation and utilisation of best practice.
- Excellent computer literacy skills: email, data input, internet, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel
- Ability to work outside normal working hours, including occasional evenings if the service requires.
- Able to travel to other hospital sites and community locations.
- Can cope with working across sites in a busy and changing environment with ability to remain calm & in control during busy phases
- Willing to lead change.
- Desire to deliver a high-quality service.
- The ability to inspire, influence, persuade and negotiate.
- Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals
- Professional attitude to routine/non-routine tasks.
- To maintain professional appearance and behaviours in the workplace
- Experience of handling difficult & sensitive situations well
Person Specification
Qualifications experience
Essential
- Appropriate NHS experience
- HCPC registered
- Degree in Dietetics
Desirable
- Attendance on relevant accredited courses
- Demonstrate contribution to developing strategy and outcomes that have resulted in improvements
- Training and /or demonstrated experience in Leadership and Development
- Demonstrate specialist clinical knowledge in renal dietetics
- Demonstrate specialist clinical knowledge in decision making all types of enteral/ parenteral feeding
- Demonstrate experience of involvement in service development
- Demonstrate contribution to treatment pathways and outcomes that have resulted in improvements
- Develop and deliver training materials to a variety of audiences
- Demonstrate a willingness to be flexible
- Experience of effective working relationship within a team/ teams
- Prioritise workloads
- Implement evidence-based practice.
- Be responsible for clinical supervision of junior staff and students
- Experience in implementing clinical governance
- Excellent interpersonal skills including observation, listening, caring and empathy skills and can relate well to staff and patients.
- Evidence of excellent verbal and written communication skills including active listening skills.
- Ability to assess individuals with complex medical problems and to plan their dietetic care
- Ability to make decision regarding change of practice based on clinical evidence and to disseminate same to other health professionals
- Able to implement research evidence based practice and apply to practice for continuous service improvement
- Ability to problem-solve.
- To demonstrate Trust required behaviours in working towards Individual, Department, Divisional and Trust Objectives/Goals.
- The ability to manage change and conflict to ensure resolutions with positive outcomes.
- Evidence of Continued CPD, including evidence of reflective practice, service evaluation and utilisation of best practice.
- Excellent computer literacy skills: email, data input, internet, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel
- Ability to work outside normal working hours, including occasional evenings if the service requires.
- Able to travel to other hospital sites and community locations.
- Can cope with working across sites in a busy and changing environment with ability to remain calm & in control during busy phases
- Willing to lead change.
- Desire to deliver a high-quality service.
- The ability to inspire, influence, persuade and negotiate.
- Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals
- Professional attitude to routine/non-routine tasks.
- To maintain professional appearance and behaviours in the workplace
- Experience of handling difficult & sensitive situations well
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
