Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to provide you with doing something different and upskill. We are looking for an enthusiastic Dietitian to join our friendly and dynamic team at the Royal Free North Middlesex Health Unit site.

Main duties of the job
To provide service to the critical care services including the Trust Nutrition team at the Royal Free North Middlesex Health Unit site. If appropriately trained and competent to practice, to take on the extended role of non-medical prescribing. To develop and update policies and procedures. To take the lead role for the development and provision of education programmes for patients and staff within and out-with the Trust, and to develop critical care education resources.

To take the lead for producing, implementing, and updating critical care policies and procedures. To lead on and regularly participate in research and audit within critical care and the wider Dietetic Service. To participate and contribute to the Nutrition Team and provide cover for other specialist services areas as and when required. To participate in seven-day service on a Rota basis. Too undertake the planning, organisation, allocation, and training of student training for critical care.

Multidisciplinary team working, close liaison between acute and community teams, and highly developed skills in communicating with patients, carers, and other service users is essential. To be joint clinical team lead for critical care team. To be responsible for supervision of critical care and parenteral nutrition team.

About us
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out over 17million tests.Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the topFor more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Date posted: 03 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £58,133 to £65,261 a year Including Inner HCAS per annum pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 391-RFL-7990047
Job locations: Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, LONDON, NW3 2QG, United Kingdom

Job description
Please see the attached Job Description document which will provide a more detailed description of role and main responsibilities.

Person Specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values Positively Welcoming, Actively respectful, Visibly reassuring , Clearly Communicating

Education & professional Qualifications
Essential

• BSc in Dietetics 4 year degree course or equivalent degree
• Registered Dietitian with HCPC
• BDA member
• Additional qualification or BDA accredited courses or equivalent in-house training
• Evidence or portfolio of postgraduate continued development

Desirable

• BDA member of specialist group, critical care group network
• BDA post graduate diploma in advanced dietetic practice or equivalent in BDA postgraduate courses equivalent to Master's
• Non-medical prescribing qualification registered with HCPC

Experience
Essential

• Experience of audit
• Experience of training student dietitians
• Experience of working with different ethnic groups
• Significant experience of managing enteral tube feeding as part of complex dietetic care, including home enteral feeding discharges
• Experience working independently or as a sole practitioner, with the ability to recognise limitations and seek appropriate professional support
• Experience prioritising workload and managing competing demands within limited time and resources
• Experience delivering dietetic care to patients with complex needs in an acute hospital setting
• Experience contributing to service development or improvement initiatives as an individual practitioner or within small teams
• Understanding of the differences between NHS -funded and privately funded care, including patient expectations, access, and service boundaries

Desirable

• Experience of research
• Post graduate Courses on critical care, TPN, nutritional support

Skills and aptitudes
Essential

• Ability to provide highly specialised treatment packages, plan and provide appropriate monitoring
• Ability to analyse highly complex, conflicting information and deciding on the most appropriate treatment plan from a range of options
• Ability to supervise students, junior staff
• Ability to communicate highly complex, conflicting, sensitive information
• Ability to carry out nutritional assessments such as subjective global assessment, bioelectrical impedance analysis, and anthropometric measurements. Able to estimate dietary intake of macro/micronutrients
• Ability to treat others with compassion, dignity and respect, taking into account diversity considerations
• Ability to work effectively within different teams both multi and uni-disciplinary, with a willingness to be personally accountable for actions
• Proficient use of PC & working knowledge of Microsoft Office and nutritional analysis programs
• Understanding of personal accountability for governance, including confidentiality, health and safety, and risk management

Desirable

• Skills in motivational interviewing or behaviour change approaches.

Other Attributes
Essential

• Evidence of commitment to CPD
• Demonstrate an understanding of equal opportunities
• Effective interpersonal skills, including assertiveness & ability to negotiate
• Positive, self -motivated approach with a commitment to achieving high professional standards appropriate to the role.
• Confident, self -directed, and resilient approach to working as a sole practitioner, with the ability to make independent decisions within professional boundaries
• Flexible and adaptable, able to respond to changing service demands while maintaining agreed priorities
• Ability to recognise unacceptable behaviour and respond appropriately, escalating concerns in line with Trust policies and
• Professional, reflective, and committed to delivering high -quality, patient -centred care

Others
Essential

• Able to comply with trust manual handling guidelines

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, LONDON, NW3 2QG, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Lead for Therapies
Bianca Refualu
b.refrualu@nhs.net