[ref. d16182904] Dietitian (Band 6)

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Job overview

1. 0 WTE band 6 (12 month mat leave cover)

This post is a one year fixed term 1wte B6 renal dietitian based at Southmead, to cover a maternity leave within the renal team starting in June/July 2025. The Richard Bright renal service at NBT, Southmead is the largest renal unit in the South-West and we provide specialist dietetic support for patients with Stage 4 & 5 Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), including dialysis and transplant advice.

You should have gained at least 18 months experience as a B5 dietitian, either in an inpatient and outpatient setting.

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• This role is a primarily outpatient-based covering two offsite dialysis units in South Bristol and Bath, and general nephrology telephone clinics. The dialysis unit work would involve going out to the units monthly, and a car is desirable. The weekly telephone clinics are with pre-dialysis patients where you would be expected to provide advice on reduced salt, healthy eating and more specialist advice such as low potassium and low phosphate diets. The inpatient work would be helping to provide cover during busy periods or annual leave cover to our 28 bed renal ward and renal outliers.

We also encourage and support CPD, so there are opportunities to take part and present in our regular CPD and clinical supervision meetings. We have dietetic students on placement from Plymouth regularly throughout the year and you’d be expected to be involved in their supervision and training.

Working for our organisation

We are a large dietetic team based at Southmead, and over the past two years have embraced remote and flexible working. We are one of the largest NHS Trusts and provide a number of regional specialities including renal, major trauma, neurosciences.

The Trust supports evidence-based practice and all dietitians are expected to participate in aduit, research, projects or study related to their areas of work.

The renal team is a team of 9 dietitians and a B3 admin support, with a total wte of 5.86 (including this post), and we work both remotely from home and in the office. We have regular team meetings, and clinical peer supervision meetings, and we also meet jointly for CPD meetings with other renal dietitians who work in Somerset.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

please see attached Job Description

Person specification

Experience

• Have attained second gateway of Band 5 and have attained or be working towards first gateway of Band 6.
• Experience of a wide range of clinical conditions including renal

• Experience of support to renal pts

Knowledge

• Detailed knowledge of common clinical conditions and best dietetic management.
• Evidence of professional development plan and commitment to lifelong learning

• Experience of participating in audit or a research project

Personal Skills

• Evidence of ability to keep things in perspective and deal with unpredictable work patterns
• Self-motivating and willing to seek out learning opportunities.

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North Bristol NHS Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The successful applicant(s) will normally commence at the minimum of the scale unless they have previous NHS service at the same band. Progression through the scale is by annual increments.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented in NBT’s workforce at Band 8a and above. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQIA+ people.

Please note that stringent pre-employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement in post.