Oncology/Surgery Specialist Dietitian

2 months ago

Ipswich, United Kingdom East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

We are looking for self-motivated, committed Dietitian to provide a quality dietetic service to the Ipswich and East Suffolk population. You will be a key player within the dietetic team working within the oncology service.

You will manage a caseload of nutritionally vulnerable patients in the oncology and surgery settings across Ipswich and East Suffolk including, but not limited to the oncology and surgery wards, home visits, outpatient clinics and the hospice. You will be working closely with the technical instructors in oncology to help deliver this service.

You will have the opportunity to gain some experience of working as part of multi-disciplinary team within oncology and from working with other specialist dietitians including, but not limited to, the areas of home enteral tube feeding and head and neck cancer.

A range of skills is required for this post, including excellent communication skills and the ability to manage a busy workload. The post-holder should be someone who enjoys working within a team and is eager to provide supportto others.

The Dietetic Team consists of 26 Dietitians with 8 Dietetic Support Staff providing a service to both acute and community settings with secretarial and administrative staff who support us. You will have access to regular supervision and have opportunities to undertake continuing professional development through work shadowing, tutorials and courses as identified by your training needs and objectives.

Main duties of the job

Lead clinical Dietitian for surgery providing a source of expertise to patients, carers, medical practitioners and allied health professionals and social care professionals as part of the multidisciplinary team. Oncology caseload of complex patients in both the acute, outpatient and community settings including home enteral tube feed To provide specialist input into the planning development and evaluation of dietetic services within surgery and oncology holding responsibility for defined projects. To provide nutritional support, education and advice to patients on the surgical wards and oncology wards as required as well as the community in respect to oncology Provide education and training for professional colleagues in all aspects of nutrition across East Suffolk, health and social care agencies.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

We are a well- recognised department for student training in partnership with the University of Hertfordshire, and you will have an active role in supporting this programme and we currently have 2 apprentice Dietitians within the department. The trust is also committed with AHP research and has recently gained resource to support this within the trust.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Person Specification

Essential

oSignificant post-registration experience in a range of clinical areas oExperience of working as a Dietitian on hospital wards including working with patients on enteral and parenteral nutrition oPortfolio of evidence of CPD

Desirable

oExperience of working with oncology patients oExperience of working on surgical wards

Qualifications

Essential

oDegree / Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics oRegistration with Health Professions Council oMember of British Dietetic Association

Desirable

oMember of Special Interest Group oLeadership qualifications LEO and Supervisory Skills oEvidence of other post registration education and training , counselling skills

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