Specialist Cardio-Respiratory Dietitian

Go back Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 21 January 2026

This role is the perfect opportunity to develop cardio‑respiratory dietetic knowledge and skills in a well‑renowned specialist centre. The post holder will be expected to cover critical care, including ECMO patients, cardiothoracic surgery and private patients.

The dietetics team is a small and friendly team, sitting within a larger multi‑professional AHP team.

With 10 days of study leave a year and well established research links we actively encourage learning, further education, research opportunities and QI.

The post holder will provide care to adult cardio‑respiratory patients in conjunction with another Band 7 Dietician as part of the Adult Heart Therapy Team. This post is primarily for providing a specialist dietetic service to private in‑ and out‑patients, but also includes providing a specialist dietetic service to NHS in and out‑patients and adults on critical care, attending relevant clinical meetings and participating in service developments.

The post is based primarily at the Royal Brompton Hospital.

• The post holder will have opportunities to lecture internally and externally and participate fully in relevant national meetings both verbally and through presentations of posters and abstracts.
• The post holder will also have an active role in student training.
• The post holder will be responsible for their own continuous professional development.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals – Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King's Health Partners – we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world‑class clinical services, teaching and research.

We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

Our integrated approach to caring for patients from before birth, through childhood, adolescence and into adulthood and old age has been replicated around the world and has gained Royal Brompton and Harefield an international reputation as a leader in heart and lung diagnosis, treatment and research.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

• Provide a highly specialist dietetic clinical service to designated private patient adult wards and outpatients referred to the service, in accordance with Trust Policy and Standards.
• Provide a highly specialist dietetic clinical service to adults on critical care with acute respiratory failure and post‑cardiothoracic surgery.
• Work autonomously to provide specialist expert advice and treatment plans to adult patients, their carers and clinicians. This involves nutritional diagnosis, development of treatment plans, prescription of dietary treatments and ACBS products where clinical guidelines are limited.
• Expand and establish the Private and NHS dietetics outpatients service by developing an innovative online outpatient follow‑up nutrition service for overseas inpatients.
• Involve in the development and implementation of Dietetic and Trust policy and protocols related to adult respiratory and critical care services.
• Implement Trust, Directorate Policy and Standards where appropriate and participate in their review.
• Undertake specific research and audit projects related to clinical specialism, and participate in other research and audit projects as appropriate.
• Collaborate with the Therapy Lead, Clinical Specialist and Nutrition Lead to develop dietetic services.
• Participate in Trust‑wide multidisciplinary policy groups, national dietetic interest…