Specialist Dietitan

An opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Dietitian to join the growing Paediatric Oncology and Haematology service at UCLH. The post is 0.5 WTE.

The successful applicant will be based at University College Hospital, part of UCLH NHS Foundation Trust.

You will work as part of a specialist children’s cancer multidisciplinary team, and form part of a group of specialist allied healthcare professionals including Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists. You will contribute towards all areas of the service including working in the Proton Beam service.

You will work closely alongside two Band 7 paediatric Oncology and Haematology Dietitians. Effective communication and negotiation skills and an ability to work effectively within teams are essential. We are a forward-thinking department and committed to professional development. You will be involved in student training initiatives.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

- University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
- Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
- Eastman Dental Hospital
- Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
- University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
- The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
- University College Hospitals at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

At UCLH, we have a real ‘One Team’ ethos, and our values - safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.

We are a primary treatment centre for many children and young people diagnosed with cancers and blood disorders. The Oncology and Haematology service at UCLH consists of two inpatient wards, a teenage day-care unit, the UK’s largest paediatric and young adult centre for radiotherapy and our new Proton Beam Therapy (PBT) department which opened just over a year ago.

This service provides treatment for a wide range of child and teenage cancers and complex adult cancer and is part of the national NHS Proton Beam Therapy service along with The Christie in Manchester.

For more information regarding the main responsibilities of the role, please refer to the attached Job Description.