Advanced Specialist Critical Care Dietitian

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, dynamic, and motivated practitioner to join our critical care specialist team at Northwick Park Hospital as an Advanced Specialist Critical Care Dietitian.

We are an innovative and forward-thinking team seeking an enthusiastic dietitian to work within a busy teaching hospital, to help shape and deliver critical care dietetic services across our Level 2 and Level 3 ICU beds. The post-holder will manage highly complex nutritional cases, including gastroenterology, intestinal failure and head and neck surgeries, as well as a variety of other medical and surgical caseloads.

This role involves service development, audit, outcome evaluation and interprofessional teaching. As the clinical expert in critical care, you will work closely with ICU consultants, critical care matrons, and the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure our services align with GPICS standards, national and international guidelines.

Main duties of the job

• Clinical Leadership: Manage a complex specialist caseload across Level 2/3 Critical Care beds at Northwick Park Hospital, supporting gastroenterology (intestinal failure), vascular, surgical and medical admissions.
• Work autonomously to design, implement, and adjust highly specialised enteral feeding regimens and bespoke parenteral nutrition (PN) within the early daily deadlines.
• MDT Integration: Represent dietetics on daily ICU board rounds, consultant-led ward rounds, and strategic critical care governance groups.
• Audit & Research: Lead quality improvement projects, clinical audits, and research initiatives to benchmark outcomes against BDA and national standards.
• Education & Training: Deliver theoretical and clinical bedside training for multidisciplinary ICU staff, acting as a key source of nutritional knowledge for carers and families.

Benefits

• Salary: £55,524 to £62,652 a year per annum Inclusive of High Cost Area Supplement

Person Specification

• Education/qualifications: 4 Year Degree in Dietetics or equivalent, Current Health & Care Professionals Council State Registration
• Knowledge and experience: Demonstrable clinical knowledge in Critical Care dietetics, including comprehensive nutritional support and complex enteral/parenteral feeding, Practical ability to identify and troubleshoot complex issues associated with enteral and parenteral nutrition, Commitment to professional development, evidenced by an active CPD portfolio
• Skills, abilities and attributes: Exceptional oral and written communication skills, with the ability to liaise confidently with professionals at all levels, Strong organisational capabilities, with demonstrated expertise in workload prioritization and time management