About this role
Job summary
Due to a vacancywithin our dietetic service at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, we are offering an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, motivated and proactive dietitian to work within our team. This will be a split post offering the opportunity to enhance your nutritional support skills working with patients with complex medical and social needs.
You will work 3 days a week in the speciality of upper GI oncologywithin an established dieteticand MDT based at The James Cook University Hospital. This caseload will support patients through the pathways frompre surgery assessment to post op follow up.
You will also spend two days per week working within our Adult Nutritional Support Team at The Friarage Hospital, Northallerton. The role includes both ward-based and community work, incorporating home visits (including care homes) and outpatient clinics.
You should be a friendly and forward-thinking Dietitian with excellent communication skills and confident in organising and prioritising workload within a busy acute hospital. You will have experience of managing patients requiring enteral nutrition.
You will be involved in ward-based teaching and education and development of resources, working with dietetic colleagues, nutrition nurse specialists and practice education facilitators.
Main duties of the job
Working with Oncology Dietetic colleagues to provide a service to cancer patients, including Upper-GI cancer, covering outpatient & inpatient areas
Working collaboratively with community dietetic colleagues to deliver a comprehensive dietetic service to inpatients at The Friarage Hospital, Northallerton, and to patients across the Hambleton and Richmondshire locality in their own homes and community clinic settings.
Managing a predominantly enteral fed patient caseload including the preparation and organisation for discharge. Making appropriate onwards referrals for ongoing dietetic management/follow up.
Liaise with healthcare professions within & outside of the organisation to provide a holistic and patient centred approach to care such as specialist nurses, PEG MDT, enteral feeding company nurses, nutrition nurse specialists, respite care, district nurses, GPs, care home staff, community matrons/Macmillan nurses, palliative care team etc
To use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients/ caregivers, who may have barriers to understanding or communicating, and health care professionals in a variety of situations on different levels.
About us
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.
Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.
We are committed to supporting our staff through an inclusive and supportive working environment, offering health and wellbeing initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.
We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Knowledge & Skills Essential
Knowledge of relevant national guidelines and standards Evidence of audit and participation in service development To demonstrate analytical skills and judgment Access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role Membership of: British Dietetic Association (BDA)
Qualifications & Training Essential
To hold a Degree in Dietetics or equivalent To be registered as a Dietitian and fit to practice by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) To be committed to continuing professional development To have achieved or willing to work towards relevant Post-graduate qualification Clinical supervisory skills training Membership of: British Dietetic Association (BDA)
Experience Essential
Can demonstrate relevant/varied post graduate experience across a variety of clinical areas ideally including working with patients within oncology Experience with enteral feeding and the home Enteral feeding Experience working in the community setting
Desirable
Experience with parenteral nutrition
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 South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address The James Cook University Hospital
Marton Road
Middlesbrough
TS4 3BW
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)