Job summary
- Main area
- Dietetics
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 153-SP03732-A
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Poole Hospital
- Town
- Poole
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Upper GI Oncology & Nutrition Support Dietitian
Band 6
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Dietitian with an interest in surgical oncology and nutrition support across both our Poole and Bournemouth sites of UHD
Base Location: Cross site - Poole Hospital and Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
The role is to provide specialist dietetic support to patients who have Upper GI cancers throughout their diagnosis, treatment and recovery. This will involve working with patients requiring radical and palliative treatment (chemo/radiotherapy/surgery) and also providing advice and support for patients requiring pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy.
The job will include close working with the wider multi-disciplinary team looking after this group of patients and attending consultant lead clinics. The role also includes the management of home enterally fed patients in liaison with the Home Enteral Feeding service and Dietitians at other local hospitals.
There is also the opportunity to provide support and cover to the Nutrition Support Team and Nutrition MDT, which can include PN management. You don't have to have direct experience of this to apply as we have a fantastic team who can provide training and support gaining skills in this area.
The successful applicant will receive clinical support and opportunities to develop their clinical expertise and knowledge regarding all aspects of the nutrition service settings through formal and informal training.
This role is autonomous and a genuine interest in oncology and a commitment to providing high standards of care for patients is essential as well as excellent communication skills with the ability to work to a high standard both independently and as part of a team.
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued team mates and colleagues.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To work as a member of the dietetic team providing a comprehensive, effective and evidence based dietetic service for patients at University Hospitals Dorset, including but not limited to UGI cancer and gastroenterology patients.
- To manage the caseload of the upper GI oncology patients who require radical treatment (chemo/radiotherapy), and or radiotherapy and patients having palliative treatment.
- To independently formulate safe, appropriate and accurate treatment plans for oral, enteral & parenteral nutrition as part of care plans with the multi-disciplinary team.
- To work with the UHD nutrition support MDT to provide a weekly service in nutrition support to those with complex feeding issues.
- To provide support to both the surgical and gastroenterology wards at UHD giving specialist advice to patients with a variety of clinical conditions.
- Deliver a fortnightly gastroenterology outpatient clinic with support from the specialist gastroenterology dietitian.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- BSc or equivalent/higher in Nutrition and Dietetics
- HCPC registration
- Clinical supervisory skills course
Desirable criteria
- Advanced diploma in dietetics
- Behavioral change skills training
- Member of BDA specialist group
- Training or experience in leadership and appraisal skills
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Comprehensive knowledge of issues related to wide range of clinical and dietetic practice areas (including but not limited to UGI, oncology, and nutrition support)
- Understanding of clinical governance and its implications for services
- Knowledge of the dietetic and medical management of patients with gastroenterology conditions and associated complications
- Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio, including attendance at post-graduate courses.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a range of different specialist clinical areas
- Experience of supporting and assessing student dietitians
- Experience in conducting clinical audit and how this can impact a service
- Experience of working as part of an MDT
- Experience in delivering clinical education to staff, students or assistants and giving constructive feedback
- Experience of managing enteral nutrition.
- Involvement in the supervision and / or appraisals of Dietitians/assistant staff.
Desirable criteria
- Involvement in research
- Involvement quality improvement
- Experience of working in oncology and nutritional support.
- Experience of managing parenteral nutrition
- Experience of advanced communication skills including negotiation, advocacy, counselling, motivational interviewing and encouraging behavioural change
Skills
Essential criteria
- Up- to-date with professional practice and new research
- Able to present information, written and verbal, in a clear, logical and concise manner
- Ability to organise, prioritise & delegate tasks.
- Able to cope in a stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients & carers
- Ability in data collation and analysis skills
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- To be able to work successfully within a team
- To be able to work autonomously within professional and trusts code of conducts
- To be self motivated, flexible and reliable
- To be empathetic and have the ability to have sensitive conversations.
- Excellent problem-solving skills.
- Able to reflect and appraise own performance
- Ability to respond positively to change.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Donna Garcia
- Job title
- Dietetics Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 019 4732
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