Bank Dietician

Royal Marsden; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Marsden invites applications for a dietitian role within a specialist oncology setting. This position offers the opportunity to work with a diverse caseload and gain experience in managing patients with various cancers. Ideal candidates will have a relevant degree, HPC registration, and significant post-registration experience in dietetics. Join one of the top cancer centers globally and enhance your nutrition support skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum 18 months post-registration experience in nutrition and dietetics.
• Knowledge of dietetics in oncology.
• Commitment to lifelong learning.

Responsibilities

• Undertake comprehensive assessment of patients.
• Formulate and deliver individual nutrition treatment.
• Provide specialized advice in an oncology setting.

Skills

Professional development

Keyboard skills

Education

BSc / Postgraduate Diploma Nutrition & Dietetics

HPC registration

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.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

2. To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex
presentations/multi pathologies using advanced clinical reasoning skills particularly in oncology. This
may 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 of
evidence based practice and treatment options using clinical assessment, reasoning skills and analysis of
biochemical results. To be responsible for providing specialised advice to clients within the oncology
setting including nutritional assessment, dietary counselling, motivational interviewing, negotiating
targets, 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

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.

Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.