Specialist Dietitian Oncology Prehab

The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

An NHS trust in Yorkshire is seeking a Specialist Dietitian in Prehab Oncology Services to join their acute team. In this Band 6, fixed-term role, you will provide comprehensive dietetic care to oncology patients while collaborating with various specialists. The ideal candidate must possess a B.Sc. in Nutrition and Dietetics, be registered with the HCPC, and have experience in oncology. This position offers opportunities for professional development and teamwork in a supportive environment.

Benefits

NHS pension plan

Generous holiday allowance

Employee health and wellbeing services

Qualifications

• Experience working as a dietitian across a range of specialties including oncology.
• Significant experience in working in Nutrition and Dietetics.
• Ability to communicate highly complex information.

Responsibilities

• Provide dietetic support to patients within Prehab Oncology services.
• Manage care including nutritional assessment and dietetic treatment.
• Educate and train patients and health professionals on nutrition.

Skills

Communication skills

Experience with oncology patients

Nutritional assessment

Teamwork

Clinical governance understanding

Education

B.Sc. Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent

Health and Care Professions Council Registered

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS trust for a Specialist Dietitian in Prehab Oncology Services to join our acute team in a 1.0WTE Band 6 position. The post is currently fixed term with an end date of 31st March 2027.

You should have experience working as dietitian across a range of specialities, including oncology and nutritional support. You will work alongside the Band 7 Clinical Specialist Oncology Prehab Dietitian covering cancer sites including (but not restricted to) Colorectal, Lung, Haematology and Urology. The post holder will also support the Clinical Specialist Dietitians for Upper GI and Head and Neck, as required.

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

The Active Together programme works with patients undergoing cancer treatments and runs alongside the existing diagnostic and 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.

For all relevant cancer pathways, patients will receive individual assessments and be triaged into a support pathway suitable to their needs.

Main duties of the job

To be a key member of the multi-disciplinary Prehab Oncology team and to personally provide dietetic support to patients within the Prehab Oncology services at the 3 hospital sites.

To provide full management of care including nutritional assessment, dietetic treatment and advice and monitoring of inpatients and outpatients in a variety of different settings/locations.

To educate and train patients/carers and health professionals including medical staff and external organisations e.g. CCGs, Care Homes, Voluntary Organisations, and Higher Education Institutions in Nutrition and Dietetics, related to Oncology conditions.

To jointly lead in departmental and multi-disciplinary team audits and research in this speciality.

To participate in the education and training of dietetic students during their clinical placements.

To undertake the measurement and evaluation of own work and current practices through the use and application of evidence based practice, audit, research and outcome measures, and lead others in doing so as required.

Make recommendations to changes in clinical practice and lead implementation of new working practices in nutrition and Oncology Prehabilitation.

To provide timely nutritional support via most appropriate route to patients identified as being at nutritional risk.

To provide dietetic advice for relief of treatment related symptoms, e.g. taste changes, dry mouth, nausea, diarrhoea, lethargy etc

About us

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield).

Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation.We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion.

As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Job responsibilities

• B.Sc. Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent
• Health and Care Professions Council Registered
• Significant experience in working in Nutrition and Dietetics
• Good experience of working with Nutritional Support patients
• Experience of working with oncology patients
• Understanding of clinical governance
• Health and Safety awareness
• Understanding of a wide range of communication skills and their application in a variety of clinical settings
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with individual patients and their carers, public groups, medical and other professional practitioners
• Communicates complex diagnosis gaining consent and understanding of treatment plans required
• Communicates highly complex information overcoming barriers to understanding
• Communicate specialised and sensitive information with empathy and understanding.
• Be able to get to different locations, including home visits
• Able to fulfil the Occupational Health requirements of the post
• Access to a vehicle with the ability to travel independently in line with requirements.

Person Specification

Qualifications

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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.