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Specialist Oncology Dietitian

3 months ago


Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom Velindre Cancer Centre Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our friendly Therapies Team within the Integrated Care Directorate here at Velindre Cancer Centre, on a full-time basis ( hours per week). Part time hours / job shares would be considered.

Flexible working requests supported within this role. This is a great development opportunity and personal development within the role will be supported.

The successful candidate will work within the Dietetic service to deliver high quality care to their patient population. The work will involve working directly with cancer patients across inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory care, and radiotherapy services within the cancer centre. The post holder will see a specialist caseload of cancer patients, a large element of which will be head and neck cancer patients. Alongside their clinical duties, the successful candidate will undertake service development, best practice projects and audit.

Main duties of the job

The job role will involve working within the Dietetic Team, supported by the Therapies Management team. The post holder will work with nursing and other allied health professional colleagues in a well-developed multi-disciplinary team.

The role will include seeing patients who require complex dietetic input to optimize their nutritional status through oral, enteral, and parenteral feeding, as well as managing their treatment side effects.

The post holder will be a qualified Dietitian, registered with the HCPC, with relevant CPD, postgraduate development and clinical experience. Strong clinical skills in nutrition support and an ability to demonstrate a good understanding of the challenges experienced by patients undergoing treatments for cancer is important. It is desirable to have experience of working within oncology. We are also looking for a good team player and an ability to manage a busy caseload, delivering on both clinical and non-clinical responsibilities. A high standard of personal organisation and time management are essential. You will be able to demonstrate advanced communication skills and have experience of MDT working. Skills to supervise and support junior staff and student dietitians are required.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in ourcutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and ouraward-winning Welsh Blood Service , as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.

Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to provide the key principles of prudent healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being accountable, bold, caring, and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.

If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities, then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job Description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

Degree/Diploma in Dietetics Professional registration as recognised by HCPC Registration with BDA

Desirable

Clinical Educator course Post registration / masters level qualification in oncology and palliative care or nutrition support PEN Group course

Experience

Essential

Has relevant experience that includes nutrition support Inter-professional and multi-agency team working Managing a caseload

Desirable

Experience of Oncology and Palliative Care

Aptitude

Essential

Autonomous practitioner with self-management skills Sound clinical reasoning/problem solving skills within clinical area Knowledge of current healthcare policies and application within oncology and palliative care Evidence of critical appraisal/analytical thought

Desirable

Advanced Communication skills Ability to speak Welsh Member of BDA specialist oncology group