# Cardiac Rehabilitation Dietitian

**Company**: Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
**Location**: London
**Salary**: £47951.00 to £56863.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

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.

**Benefits**

- Career development, flexible working and wellbeing

- Staff recognition scheme

- Optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities

**About us**

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.

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## Skills

### Required
- Registered Dietitian
- clinical experience within cardiology services
- cardiac prevention and rehabilitation
- communication skills
- motivational and negotiating skills

### Nice to have
- post registration validated professional course e.g. PENG
- experience of working in a teaching hospital
- experience in cardiac rehabilitation, cardiology or cardiothoracics
- organisation, administrative and management skills
- advanced computer skills

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