OG Dietitian Lead – Cancer & Surgical Care

The Methodist Church in Britain; Guildford; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellbeing programme

Career development support

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

The Royal Surrey Hospital is seeking a 12-month fixed-term specialist dietitian to join the oesophago-gastric team. You will provide specialist nutrition care for patients with benign and malignant OG disease, lead the acute OG team and help develop an early assessment pathway.

You will work across the OG MDT and the Surrey & Sussex Cancer Alliance, support student training with the University of Surrey, and contribute to service development while maintaining HCPC registration and attending

Qualifications

• BSc in Dietetics or equivalent.
• Masters degree or working towards, or equivalent qualification by experience.
• HCPC registration.
• Post-registration experience with surgical patients.
• Experience in clinical audit and/or research.
• Experience in planning, delivering and evaluating group education for patients.
• Experience in clinical supervision of dietetic students.

Responsibilities

• Provide a highly specialised nutrition and dietetics service for patients with benign and malignant oesophago-gastric disease.
• Lead and supervise the acute surgical OG team.
• Work with OG dietetic leads to support the expanding surgical service.
• Develop and deliver an early assessment and intervention pathway.
• Provide specialist dietetic support to patients referred to the centralised OG service for cancer treatment.
• Support a co-ordinated OG service across the Surrey & Sussex Cancer Alliance.
• Act as a source of expert nutritional knowledge for the OG MDT across Surrey, Sussex and Hampshire.
• Provide training to undergraduate dietitians, including supervising their clinical placements.
• Support students with dissertation projects.

Skills

Nutritional support

Oncology nutrition

CPD

Education & training

Education

BSc in Dietetics

Master's degree or equivalent (towards)

Job description

The Royal Surrey Hospital is seeking a 12-month fixed-term specialist dietitian to join the oesophago-gastric team. You will provide specialist nutrition care for patients with benign and malignant OG disease, lead the acute OG team and help develop an early assessment pathway.

You will work across the OG MDT and the Surrey & Sussex Cancer Alliance, support student training with the University of Surrey, and contribute to service development while maintaining HCPC registration and attending