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- Address
- Trust Offices
- St Thomas' Street
- London
- SE1 9RT
- Contact Number
- 020 7188 7188
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Consultant Dietitian
Closed for applications on: 28-Jan-2026 00:01
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 28-Jan-2026 00:01
Key details
Location
- Site
- GSTT Cross-site
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- SE1 9RT
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
Salary
- Salary
- £72,921 - £83,362 per annum inc. H.C.A.
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 8b)
Specialty
- Main area
- Dietetics
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
We are seeking an enthusiastic research-active dietitian to hold responsibilities across research, education, clinical and leadership in Nutrition and Dietetics (N&D) as a Consultant Dietitian (Clinical Academic).
The appointee will develop an independent research programme within their specialty and will also have a responsibility to support department wide research and audit linking in with the directorate and AHP research leads.
The post holders have a clinical caseload in their specialty area working at expert level and will have some leadership responsibilities within the specialty and more widely across dietetics. The clinical speciality must be a specialty delivered at GSTT.
The post holder will join 2 other Consultant Dietitian posts in the department (plus one at the Royal Brompton) who specialise in Gastroenterology , HIV and Obesity and Adult Allergy with this appointee expected to expand the breadth of specialities covered.
The academic side of the post will hopefully involve an honorary lectureship with the Department of Nutritional Sciences at King’s College London and will deliver regular teaching as well as supervising masters projects and PhD students. This may also involve leading relevant modules. The KCL component of the role is unable to be confirmed until after the appointment.
The N&D Department has around 200 staff made up of mainly dietitians, assistants and nutrition nurses. The post holders will report into the Head of N&D.
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To lead research and audit within their field of expertise ensuring dissemination of findings including in peer review publications. This will include acting as Chief/Principal Investigator, leading research applications e.g. NIHR applications, charity grants.
Research, audit and quality improvement (QI) lead for N&D department supporting all staff with research and audit activity.
With the other Consultant Dietitians to act as the clinical academic links to Kings College London (KCL) Department of Nutritional Sciences (and or other Higher Education Institutes (HEI)) for research collaboration and student supervision e.g. MSc and PhD students.
Supports the clinical leadership of a designated specialist area providing expert clinical opinion to managers which assists the strategic direction of the N&D service across the whole organisation.
Identifies clinical research, quality improvement and data collection priorities within N&D to drive departmental development strategy.
Uses professional and clinical leadership in the development and implementation of high-quality, evidence based training programmes
To support the Clinical and Operational Lead and Principal Dietitian with the strategic management of a specialist dietetic team.
Responsible, in conjunction with the N&D management team, for maintaining and improving all aspects of clinical governance, evidence based practice and quality assurance across the Trust.
Working for our organisation
You will working with a friendly, dynamic and forward-thinking team who provide a patient centred approach to care. We strive to deliver and contribute to evidence-based practice by conducting high level research, audit and service evaluation. We support individual personal and professional development and are passionate about health and wellbeing.
The department of Nutrition and Dietetics is made up of an Adult and Paediatric Nutrition workforce of over 150 staff, generating an income of over £10million. This is a highly complex service, delivering highly specialised Dietetics as part of clinical services across the Trust, and into the Community, including providing professional guidance for our catering services and ensuring our compliance with Nutrition Standards for the Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description, person specification and role descriptor for detailed job description and main responsibilities.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
Due to recent changes in the UK immigration rules which affect Skilled Worker Visas, Global Business Mobility, Higher Skill Level and Increased Salary Thresholds, please ensure that you are able to meet the requirements to live and work in the UK before applying. Further information about eligibility is available on the UK Government website.
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Applicant requirements
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree in dietetics/equivalent
- Registered Member HCPC
- Relevant PhD
- Evidence of ongoing professional development – e.g. specialist training short courses, etc.
Desirable criteria
- BDA member
Previous exp
Essential criteria
- Extensive advanced specialist experience in an area of dietetics
- Significant experience of working as an integrated member of an MDT
- Previous experience of conducting research, quality improvement projects and implementing change 2
- Previous successful publication of articles in peer reviewed journals
- Experience of writing applications/bids for research grants
Skills and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Evidence of advanced independent management of complex dietetic issues
- Knowledge of current national initiatives in N&D
- Comprehensive research skills including: literature review, research design methodology, governance, data collection and data analysis.
- Evidence of advanced autonomous management of patients with complex conditions
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rhys White
- Job title
- Head of Nutrition and Dietetics
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Alternative contact:
Prof Miranda Lomer, Senior Consultant Dietitian - Gastroenterology [email protected]
Dr Alastair Duncan - Consultant Dietitian - HIV and Obesity [email protected]
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
- 200 Great Dover Street
- London
- Se1 7YB
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