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Early CKD Lead: Kidney Dietitian Specialist Group

Help shape the future of nutritional care for people living with early chronic kidney disease. As Early CKD Lead, you will champion this important area of practice and help the Kidney Dietitians Specialist Group strengthen its support for patients and healthcare professionals.

This is a new role, giving you an exciting opportunity to help shape its priorities and future direction. You will work collaboratively with the committee to ensure that early CKD remains a key focus of the group’s work.

What the role offers
  • Influence on practice: help improve awareness and understanding of nutritional management in early CKD.
  • Leadership experience: shape a new role, identify priorities and coordinate activity with the wider committee.
  • Professional contribution: support the development of education, guidance and resources for patients and healthcare professionals.
  • Wider networks: develop links with renal dietitians, primary care colleagues and other relevant professionals.
  • Career development: gain practical experience in leadership, resource development and collaborative working.
Your role

You will lead the group’s work relating to early CKD, helping to identify where the KDSG can have the greatest impact and supporting the development of relevant activity.

As this is a new role, its focus will continue to develop in response to identified needs, emerging evidence and opportunities.

Key responsibilities may include:

  • Champion the importance of nutrition in the management of early CKD.
  • Work with the committee to identify priorities and develop a programme of activity.
  • Help identify gaps in education, guidance and support for patients and healthcare professionals.
  • Support the development and review of educational resources and initiatives relating to early CKD.
  • Develop links with primary care and other relevant professional networks.
  • Identify opportunities for the KDSG to contribute to national guidance, consultations and resources.
  • Encourage collaboration between renal dietitians, primary care colleagues and other healthcare professionals.
  • Keep the committee informed about relevant developments, emerging evidence and opportunities.
  • Coordinate agreed activities between meetings and provide progress updates to the committee.
  • Work with BDA staff, other specialist groups and external stakeholders where appropriate.
Support and development

You will be fully supported throughout your term, including:

  • Full induction with BDA staff and a detailed handover from the previous postholder
  • Committee leadership and governance training upon commencement of each term
  • Ongoing support from the BDA Volunteer Manager and key committee members including the Chair, Vice Chair and Treasurer
  • Workshops, webinars and the BDA annual Volunteer Support Day
  • Access to the volunteer handbook, hub and monthly newsletter
  • Networking with other volunteers through events, webinars and volunteer forums
Commitment

You will be elected for a two-year term of office, with the option to extend for an additional two years. We hope that reasonable notice would be given if you are no longer able to fulfil the role, as we appreciate that circumstances can change.

Committee meetings are held regularly throughout the year and can be attended virtually if required. There is a flexible amount of work between meetings, dependent on the strategy, workplans and projects agreed by the committee.

Aims and objectives of the group
  • To bring together members with an interest in Kidney nutrition
  • To provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, information and experience 
  • To provide expert nutritional advice and information to dietitians, other health professionals and carers working with people with renal disease
  • To promote research into the role of nutrition and renal disease
  • To promote appropriate resources
  • To liaise with other specialist groups within the BDA as appropriate and circulate and act upon information from BDA Board of Directors
  • To deliver the Kidney Dietitian Specialist Group strategic plan in conjunction with the BDA Strategic plan
How to get involved

To apply for this role please submit a nomination form. Nominees must be a member of the group and provide the names and signatories of two BDA members to support their nomination.

If you would like an informal, confidential discussion about the role and the nomination process, please contact Angeline at [email protected].


Members who support my application

First member

Second member


Declaring conflicts of interest

Council has decided that it is good practice for all members who represent the BDA on outside bodies, who are completing specific pieces of work for the BDA, are executive committee members of specialist groups or members of standing committees to register any interests which may be perceived as potentially generating a conflict of interests with BDA business.

The definition of what needs to be recorded is: the interests of a member which might reasonably be thought by others to influence their actions in their capacity as a BDA member acting on behalf of the BDA. This is consistent with our Members’ Charter and the way other councils work (including the Health Professions Council).

This form will be held confidentially by the BDA Chief Executive and the Honorary Secretary. It will be completed by anyone representing the BDA externally or taking on a distinct piece of work, where the BDA thinks it appropriate that the member complete it. It may be used if a conflict of interests arises and  Council or the Investigatory Committee decides that it needs to access it.

Please complete the following details as fully as possible and declare any possible conflict of interest you may have. Click on either ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to answer each question.

I confirm that the information given on this form is correct and understand that failure to disclose relevant information may result in my role representing the BDA being terminated.

I agree that the information I have provided may be disclosed to the Council or the Investigatory Committee if requested.

I acknowledge that, under the terms of my membership of the BDA, I must comply with the rules and policies of the BDA, professional Codes of Conduct and the Members’ Charter. In particular, I will ensure that:

  • I act in the best interests of the BDA
  • I uphold confidentiality and ensure that any information obtained during a visit is used solely for the purposes of the BDA and is not divulged to any person or third party.
  • I conduct myself appropriately and treat all present with equal respect.