Specialist Oesophago-gastric Dietitian - Surgery B7

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust; Guildford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 57,000; Part time

Job summary

A regional NHS Trust in Guildford seeks a part-time Specialist Oesophago-gastric Dietitian to provide high-quality nutrition services for patients with oesophago-gastric diseases. The ideal candidate is an HCPC registered dietitian with a strong interest in oncology, responsible for supporting assessment and intervention programs. Join a dynamic team committed to professional development and high standards of patient care. This role offers a competitive salary range of £50,008 to £56,908 per annum, pro rata.

Benefits

Comprehensive health and wellbeing program

Support for professional development

Collaborative and supportive work environment

Qualifications

• HCPC registration as a dietitian is required.
• Experience managing surgical patients is essential.
• Understanding complex nutritional needs due to cancer treatment.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist dietetic support for oesophago-gastric cancer patients.
• Develop early assessment and intervention programmes.
• Train and supervise undergraduate dietitians.

Skills

Nutritional support management

Advanced knowledge of cancer nutrition

Clinical supervision of dietetic students

Education planning and delivery

Education

BSc in Dietetics

Master's degree or equivalent experience

Membership of the British Dietetics Association

Job description

Specialist Oesophago-gastric Dietitian - Surgery B7

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated person to join our team at The Royal Surrey Hospital (RSH) and be part of our growing oesophago-gastric (OG) team. This is a part-time post (0.6wte) for a fixed term of 22 months.

The RSH is an established regional unit for both oncology and benign surgical OG procedures, with chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments delivered onsite from Royal Surrey Cancer Centre. We are looking for somebody with experience in surgery and / or oncology with an interest in the speciality. We need a team player who takes pride in providing an efficient and effective dietetic service. The caseload will be very varied and will work closely within the OG MDT within RSH and the wider Surrey & Sussex Cancer Alliance.

The Dietetic Department at RSH has an active audit and research culture, promoting clinical effectiveness in patient care. You will join a forward thinking and innovative dietetic team, which undertakes student training and is involved in teaching at the University of Surrey as well as supporting students with dissertation projects. This is an excellent opportunity in a supportive environment where you will be encouraged to develop both personally and professionally.

If you are an HCPC registered dietitian with experience and a strong interest in surgery and oncology, looking for an opportunity to develop your skills within a friendly and supportive team, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

To provide a highly specialised nutrition and dietetics service for patients with both benign and malignant oesophago-gastric (OG) disease, at the Royal Surrey Foundation Trust (RSFT). To lead and supervise the acute surgical OG team and work with the OG dietetic leads to support the expanding surgical service and develop and deliver an early assessment and intervention pathway.

About us

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

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Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification

The post holder will provide a specialist dietetic support service for patients diagnosed with oesophago-gastric cancer who are referred for treatment at the centralised OG service based at RSFT, along with complex benign oesophago-gastric disease. The post holder will support the development of an early assessment and intervention programme along with a co-ordinated service for the wider Surrey & Sussex Cancer Alliance. The post holder will be a resource of expert nutritional knowledge for other members of the OG MDT across Surrey, Sussex and Hampshire. The post-holder will provide training to undergraduate dietitians including supervising their clinical placements.

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and supportive recruitment process. If you would benefit from additional supportsuch as meeting the recruiting manager or visiting the interview environment in advanceplease let us know when applying

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BSc in Dietetics or equivalent and registration with HCPC
• Hold, or be working towards a Master's degree or other post-grad course to masters level, or equivalent qualification by experience
• Student training course
• Member of the British Dietetics Association

Knowledge

• Post-registration experience of managing surgical patients
• Advanced knowledge of nutritional support and it's management (including enteral and parenteral nutrition)
• Understand of the complex effects of cancer and it's treatment on nutritional status
• Evidence of continuing professional development and advancement of knowledge
• Experience of planning, delivering and evaluating group education of patients
• Experience of clinical audit and/ or research
• Experience in clinical supervision of dietetic students and willingness to participate in student training
• Contribution to management of staff i.e. supervision/development of staff, recruitment
• Membership of relevant specialist groups such as PENG, AUGIS or BDA Oncology Group

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.

£50,008 to £56,908 a yearPer annum (pro rata) including High Cost Area Supplement