Bank Dietician

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution is seeking an enthusiastic dietitian for its oncology team in a new hospital. The role involves managing diverse patient caseloads, delivering evidence-based dietary treatments, and working within a multidisciplinary team, enhancing skills in a top-ranked cancer center.

Benefits

Free shuttle service

Training opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum 18 months post-registration experience in nutrition and dietetics.
• Knowledge of dietetics in oncology.
• Evidence of professional development and commitment to lifelong learning.

Responsibilities

• Be accountable for all aspects of work including patient management.
• Conduct comprehensive assessments and formulate individual nutrition plans.
• Provide specialized advice in the oncology setting.

Skills

Professional development

Accurate keyboard skills

Education

BSc / Postgraduate Diploma Nutrition & Dietetics

HPC registered

Job description

Are you keen to enhance your nutritional support skills within a specialist oncology setting?

Do you want to work with state of the art facilities in a brand new hospital?

Do you enjoy multidisciplinary working?

Then this may be the job for you.

Main duties of the job

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, highly motivated dietitian to join our Sutton team. This post will allow you to gain experience in patients with a broad range of cancers and treatments. You will have a varied caseload of both inpatients and outpatient and there will be local induction and in-service training opportunities built in. Ideally you should have experience in nutritional support and have experience of working with cancer patients.

About us

The opportunity to work within one of the top 5 cancer centres in the world and to build on your existing skills and experience. Sutton has easy transport links with it being 25 minutes from Clapham junction. The hospital offers a free shuttle service to and from the station.

Sutton has easy transport links with it being 25 minutes from Clapham junction. The hospital offers a free shuttle service to and from the station.

Job responsibilities

To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work including themanagement of patients in your care.

2. To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients including those with diverse or complexpresentations/multi pathologies using advanced clinical reasoning skills particularly in oncology. Thismay include the use of complex calculations and/or anthropometric/other equipment.

3. Formulate and deliver an individual nutrition and dietetic treatment based on a sound knowledge ofevidence based practice and treatment options using clinical assessment, reasoning skills and analysis ofbiochemical results. To be responsible for providing specialised advice to clients within the oncologysetting including nutritional assessment, dietary counselling, motivational interviewing, negotiatingtargets, developing care plans and communicating these with relevant health and other care agencies.This may be on a one to one basis or to groups, both in an in and out-patient setting.

More details can be found in the job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BSc / Postgraduate Diploma Nutrition & Dietetics or equivalent
• HPC registered

Experience/Knowledge

• Minimum 18 months postregistration experience in nutrition and dietetics
• Knowledge of audit and research methodology
• Knowledge of dietetics in oncology

Skills and abilities

• Evidence of professional development, commitment to lifelong learning
• Accurate keyboard skills - data inputting, word processing, internet and dietary analysis

Other

• Member of BDA oncology group
• Teaching experience

Other

• Member of BDA oncology group
• Teaching experience

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.