About this role
Job summary
Frimley Health Foundation Trust is delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for a permanent Band 6 Macmillan Oncology Dietitian on a part-time basis (three days per week). This role provides a fantastic opportunity to develop experience across a broad range of oncology specialities, including mixed tumour groups, with key focus areas such as upper gastrointestinal, haematology, lung, and breast cancers.
You will play a key role within the MDT, supporting patients throughout their cancer journey--from diagnosis through to post-treatment. The role includes working across diverse clinical settings such as the chemotherapy day unit, acute oncology admissions, MDT meetings, and telephone clinics.
We may be able to consider offering this role as a Band 5-6 developmental role, so please do apply if you are a B5 Dietitian who has a keen interest in Oncology.
Our department is a dynamic and well-established team of dietitians specialising in areas including paediatrics, surgery, intensive care, respiratory, oncology, gastroenterology, stroke, and rehabilitation. We are a progressive service that actively contributes to both Trust and national clinical governance agendas.
We are strongly committed to professional development and continuous learning, supporting CPD and personal development for all staff. The service also plays a key role in education, including the training of students, junior colleagues, wider healthcare professionals, and patients and carers.
Main duties of the job
Clinical oncology speciality within in and outpatient settings such as; haematology ward, chemotherapy unit, consultant led clinics, telephone clinics. Be responsible for providing specialist dietetic advice for patients with complex clinical conditions within tumour groups, such as; breast as well as gynaecology, lung, colorectal, haematology, renal and upper gastro-intestinal cancers. Lead on patient related activity on haematology ward, cancer education and training Clinical skills in management of cancer and treatment related symptoms including oral and enteral feeding methods, and discharge processes. Co-ordinating discharges for oncology patients requiring home enteral nutrition Attendance at lung MDT meetings Establishing Macmillan Dietitian as a core member of cancer teams and be the expert resource within the multi-disciplinary team Attendance and contribution to oncology related meetings; cross-site oncology dietitians, CNS, AHP and Navigator meetings Development and provision of resources used within oncology speciality
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Job description Job responsibilities
Please refer to attached job description and person specification for further details, please note addendum to job description for further details on the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Recognised degree or post graduate diploma in nutrition and dietetics or equivalent HCPC registration Evidence of CPD
Desirable
Attendance at student supervision training Member of a special interest group Nutrition based course post qualification within specialty
Skills & Knowledge Essential
Good organisational skills Ability to work single-handedly with individuals and groups Excellent interpersonal skills including observation, listening and empathy skills Able to research evidence-based practice and apply to practice Evidence of effective multidisciplinary team working Able to prioritise workload and meet clinical needs of patients Excellent computer skills: Microsoft Office - Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel for data inputting
Desirable
Some basic management skills Group work skills
Experience Essential
Able to demonstrate a high level of expertise within a wide range of clinical dietetics Training and supervision to support staff and students Experience of audit Evidence of working as part of an MDT in clinic practice Experienced in all aspects of nutrition support - oral, nutrition support and enteral nutrition Experience of discharging patients from hospital on home enteral feeds
Desirable
Experience of research Leadership and first line management Management of complex outpatients
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address Frimley Park Hospital
Portsmouth Road
Frimley
GU16 7UJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)