Senior Specialist Dietitian for Prehab Oncology

TN United Kingdom; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Specialist Dietitian in Prehab Oncology Services at a leading NHS Trust. The role involves providing advanced dietetic care for cancer patients, managing complex cases, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient outcomes. Join a dedicated team focused on improving health and resilience for individuals diagnosed with cancer. This part-time position offers a chance to make a significant impact in patient care within a supportive environment.

Benefits

Access to NHS pension

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

Employee health and wellbeing services

Flexible working

Qualifications

• Experience as a dietitian in oncology and nutritional support.
• Ability to manage complex patient caseloads.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialized dietetic care for cancer patients.
• Manage assessments and treatment plans for inpatients and outpatients.
• Educate healthcare staff and patients on nutrition.

Skills

Clinical Nutrition

Patient Education

Multidisciplinary Collaboration

Education

Registered Dietitian

Job description

Job Description:

Contact information

Service Lead for Nutrition and Dietetics

Senior Specialist Dietitian for Prehab Oncology - Active Together

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust for a Specialist Dietitian for Prehab Oncology Services to join our acute team in a part-time Band 7 position. This post is fixed-term until April 2027 but may be extended if funding continues.

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, Kirklees Active Leisure Trust, and Wakefield Councils are collaborating with Yorkshire Cancer Research and Sheffield Hallam University to implement the Active Together model for individuals diagnosed with cancer in Wakefield and North Kirklees.

The Active Together programme runs alongside existing diagnostic and treatment pathways to ensure patients are optimally prepared for treatment and beyond. It aims to maximize resilience to treatment, improve long-term health, minimize side effects, and empower patients as partners in their healthcare.

This funded 3-year programme will be staged into all relevant cancer pathways. Patients will receive assessments and be triaged into support pathways tailored to their needs, delivered at NHS hospitals, local council and leisure facilities, or through self-management.

The post holder will work at any location where the Trust provides services.

You should have experience working as a dietitian across various specialties, including oncology and nutritional support.

The post involves working as part of the Active Together, Yorkshire Cancer Alliance Prehabilitation team, supporting patients with cancer to prepare for treatment.

The role includes providing advanced, specialized dietetic care, advising patients, families, carers, and healthcare staff, and working closely with multidisciplinary teams.

You will manage a caseload of patients with complex needs, using evidence-based, client-centered principles to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate interventions to prevent admissions and optimize nutritional status prior to oncology treatment.

You will work as an autonomous practitioner and participate in training and supervising dietitian students and junior staff.

Key requirements:

• Be a key member of the multidisciplinary Prehab Oncology teams, providing dietetic support across three hospital sites.
• Manage care including assessment, treatment, advice, and monitoring of inpatients and outpatients.
• Educate and train patients, carers, health professionals, and external organizations about nutrition and oncology.
• Lead departmental and multidisciplinary audits and research.
• Participate in student education during clinical placements.
• Evaluate and improve practices through evidence-based approaches, audit, and research, leading changes as needed.
• Maintain and develop advanced skills, including CPD in oncological conditions.
• Collaborate with the oncology prehabilitation team to promote good nutritional practices.
• Possess highly specialist knowledge in clinical nutrition, including prescribing within scope and scope of practice.
• Provide timely nutritional support and advice for treatment-related symptoms.
• Offer evidence-based, unbiased advice considering patient beliefs and wishes.
• Develop personalized treatment plans based on comprehensive assessments.
• Coordinate with local cancer centers for continuity of care.
• Represent the Dietetic service in oncology forums and meetings.
• Create and review patient education resources.
• Provide complex nutritional counseling using behavioral techniques.
• Prioritize and develop treatment strategies for complex cases.
• Support supervision and mentoring of junior dietitians and students.
• Maintain accurate patient activity records for performance management.

Be part of MY team

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees, with 10,000 staff working across various settings. We value our staff and promote a diverse and inclusive environment, encouraging applications from underrepresented groups.

If you value high standards, caring, and improvement, join us to make a difference daily.

Application guidance:

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• Access to NHS pension
• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with service
• Employee health and wellbeing services
• Additional benefits including onsite nurseries, cycle schemes, car leasing, flexible working, and staff networks

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