Cardiac Rehabilitation Dietitian

Job description

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

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced dietitian to become part of the dynamic and proactive Cardiac Health & Rehabilitation Service team at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust based in St Mary's Hospital Cardiac rehab team, which includes sites across North West London.

The Trust provides an internationally renowned tertiary cardiology and cardiothoracic clinical service and has a strong track record in both clinical and basic sciences research. The Service has been selected as one of the top ten programmes across the UK for the British Heart Foundation / British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation "Celebrating Cardiac Award"

For this challenging and fulfilling post we are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic individual with sound knowledge and understanding of the prevention and management of cardiovascular disease.

Our programme provides care to patients who have been discharged from hospital and are attending the cardiac health and rehabilitation programme. It includes patients with cardiac disease, heart failure as well as those with ICDs.

You will be a Registered Dietitian with relevant clinical experience within cardiology services. You will need to demonstrate experience in delivering cardiac prevention and rehabilitation, although you do not need to have worked within a cardiac rehabilitation service.

Main duties of the job

• To deliver specialist dietetic support to the Cardiac Rehabilitation Service at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, in liaison with the Lead Nurse. This post covers outpatient work and the individual must demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the management of patients in this specialist area.
• To work autonomously as a specialist dietitian within programme guidelines with responsibility for clinical excellence and manage own workload.
• To work closely with the Cardiac Rehabilitation Team and attend all relevant multidisciplinary meetings, case conferences and audit meetings.
• Actively participate in working groups and contribute to policy and service development in accordance with NSF's/NICE and Trust initiatives.
• To communicate highly complex information involving nutritional assessment and analysis and information which is sensitive to patients/carers and health professionals.
• To use developed motivational and negotiating skills to facilitate acceptance and on-going compliance with treatment programmes where there are complex barriers to acceptance and difficulties in understanding e.g. psychosocial factors, lifestyle dynamics, understanding and conceptualisation, behavioural issues and varied perception due to cultural background.

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.

Environmental sustainability
Climate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people's health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environme