Specialist Dietitian (Band 6)

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust; Silsden; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Silsden seeks an experienced Dietitian to lead the dietetic component of the Active Together Programme. You'll own the implementation of cancer prehabilitation services, ensuring evidence-based practice for improved patient outcomes. The role offers strong collaborative opportunities with a multidisciplinary team and focuses on holistic patient support.

Benefits

Cycle to Work

Travel Scheme

Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice

Onsite Nursery

Buying and Selling Annual Leave

Qualifications

• Experience in dietetics, particularly with cancer patients.
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary team inputs.
• Strong leadership skills in developing clinical pathways.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of cancer prehabilitation services.
• Coordinate dietetic input for patients in the Active Together Service.
• Develop guidelines and protocols to ensure patient safety.

Skills

Dietetic expertise

Leadership

Evidence-based practice

Communication skills

Education

Registered Dietitian qualification

Job description

This is a very exciting opportunity for an experienced Dietitian to support the development, implementation, continuous monitoring, and improvement of the Active Together Programme. The overall purpose of this role is to lead, deliver, and sustain the success of the dietetic element of the Active Together Programme at Airedale. This role includes working under the guidance of the Therapy Operational Manager for the Active Together Programme to ensure Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and milestones are achieved. The Dietitian will also ensure the effectiveness and sustainability of the dietetic component of the service ensuring the delivery of evidence-based practice, and better outcomes for patients. The successful candidate will also be a part of the friendly and supportive wider Active Together service which includes Physiotherapists, and a Psychologist, with opportunities for peer support, CPD and provision of clinical supervision. Airedale NHS foundation trust are working collaboratively with Yorkshire Cancer Research to implement the Active Together model to individuals diagnosed with cancer in the Bradford district and Craven areas. The Active Together programme will run alongside the existing treatment pathways to ensure patients are optimally prepared for treatment and beyond. It aims to maximise resilience to treatment, improve longer term health, minimise side effects and empower patients to be partners in their healthcare. This is a funded 5-year programme which will have staged implementation into all relevant cancer pathways.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of the cancer prehabilitation services, in conjunction with the Active Together team, and service manager.
• Coordinate dietetic input to patients referred into the Active Together Service.
• Provide leadership for an evidence-based dietetic pathway for patients with a cancer diagnosis, with curative intent, across multiple cancer pathways.
• Provide highly specialist, evidence-based dietetic advice, teaching and supervision to other members of the Active Together Service and the wider MDT.
• Be responsible for the development of guidelines, protocols and procedures that ensure patient safety.

Benefits

• Cycle to Work
• Travel Scheme
• Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
• Onsite Nursery
• Buying and Selling Annual Leave