Job summary
This post will involve covering oncology outpatients, alongside the Band 7 Macmillan Dietitian. The post holder will carry their own caseload of oncology and haematology patients, including those being treated for pancreatic, lung and colo-rectal cancers. There will be MDT working with oncologists, clinical nurse specialists, Macmillan cancer support workers and the community teams, such as the Dorothy House Dietitian.
The post holder would be expected to support more junior members of the team with supervision. Support will also be provided in developing competencies as part of this post. This post would suit a Band 5 Dietitian looking to specialize, or a Band 6 Dietitian interested in working in different areas.
You will work, learn and develop alongside our therapy colleagues in speech and language, physiotherapy and occupational therapy, based within a new, purpose built building.
Main duties of the job
The successful post holder will provide a Dietetic service for oncology and haematology outpatients; this may involve face to face reviews, telephone reviews, virtual reviews, or joint reviews with other health professionals.
This will involve independently covering and prioritising a caseload, requiring good time management skills. You will work together with the Band 7 Macmillan Dietitian and the rest of the MDT team, to deliver effective, patient centred care, and should have good communication skills.
We train student Dietitians from the University of Plymouth and the University of Winchester, and this post will be actively involved in student training.
About us
At the RUH we're proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.
We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.
A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.
We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool!
We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information, in relation to roles and responsibilities, please see attached job description.
We encourage all candidates to discuss the post before applying.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information, in relation to roles and responsibilities, please see attached job description.
We encourage all candidates to discuss the post before applying.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or post graduate or other qualification acceptable to HCPC for registration as a dietitian in the UK
- Evidence of further postgraduate study and continuous professional development in relevant areas
Other
Essential
- Post-registration relevant clinical dietetic experience in oncology
- Experience in oral nutritional support and enteral nutrition support
- Experience of planning, delivering and evaluating education
- Experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams
- Experience of working with palliative patients
- Evidence of participation in clinical governance issues in relation to dietetic practice.
- Evidence of participation in audit activities in relation to dietetic practice.
- Working knowledge of professional ethics and their application in practice.
- Awareness of risk, clinical incidents, safe guarding and Health & Safety issues.
- Experience of working with pancreatic cancer patients, including advising on pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills. Computer literacy must be familiar with Microsoft Office including Power Point. Presentation skills. Report writing skills Problem solving skills. Organisational skills
Desirable
- British Dietetic Association and relevant specialist group membership
- Post registration training in communication and behaviour change skills.
- Behaviour change/motivational interviewing
- Experience of evaluating Dietetic services
- Familiar with dietary analysis packages. Involvement in Service Evaluation. Personal experience of data collection, analysis and reporting.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or post graduate or other qualification acceptable to HCPC for registration as a dietitian in the UK
- Evidence of further postgraduate study and continuous professional development in relevant areas
Other
Essential
- Post-registration relevant clinical dietetic experience in oncology
- Experience in oral nutritional support and enteral nutrition support
- Experience of planning, delivering and evaluating education
- Experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams
- Experience of working with palliative patients
- Evidence of participation in clinical governance issues in relation to dietetic practice.
- Evidence of participation in audit activities in relation to dietetic practice.
- Working knowledge of professional ethics and their application in practice.
- Awareness of risk, clinical incidents, safe guarding and Health & Safety issues.
- Experience of working with pancreatic cancer patients, including advising on pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills. Computer literacy must be familiar with Microsoft Office including Power Point. Presentation skills. Report writing skills Problem solving skills. Organisational skills
Desirable
- British Dietetic Association and relevant specialist group membership
- Post registration training in communication and behaviour change skills.
- Behaviour change/motivational interviewing
- Experience of evaluating Dietetic services
- Familiar with dietary analysis packages. Involvement in Service Evaluation. Personal experience of data collection, analysis and reporting.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
