The interview date for this post is 02/10/2024.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to develop and deliver prehabilitation and rehabilitation pathways across Barnsley and help thousands of patients across South Yorkshire.

Active Together is a prehabilitation and rehabilitation service supporting people following a cancer diagnosis with physical activity, nutrition, and wellbeing guidance. The service has been designed by Sheffield Hallam University who work in close collaboration with NHS teams to support the delivery and evaluation of the service.

The Active Together service launched in Sheffield in 2022 and is currently expanding to new sites across South Yorkshire in Barnsley, Rotherham and Doncaster. Active Together South Yorkshire will provide equitable, multi-modal and personalised prehabilitation and rehabilitation support that meets the needs of patients across the region and generates evidence for a commissioned service.

Barnsley Hospital Foundation Trust and Barnsley Premier Leisure are working in partnership to deliver this programme to the population of Barnsley.

Active Together is funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research, Yorkshires independent cancer charity, working so more people can live longer, healthier lives, free from cancer.

Main duties of the job

To have lead responsibility for the development and delivery of the Dietetic Active Together service.

Support service redesign and development of new cancer services taking into account the ambitions of national NHS long-term conditions and cancer strategies

Demonstrate the impact of the defined services on the local healthcare system and people affected by cancer.

To provide expert clinical practice to a complex caseload of people affected by cancer within the defined services.

To benchmark and research best practice to develop and maintain professional therapy services which would be of benefit to patients on defined cancer pathways.

Demonstrate the impact of the defined services on the local healthcare system and people affected by cancer.

About us

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close a position early.

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing Trust achieving a Good rating in our most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) assessment and achieving significant progress in the delivery of our strategic objectives. We are proud of the commitment of our staff to ensuring a strong and sustainable future for this organisation which is highly valued by our local communities.

There has never been a better time to join Barnsley Hospital. It is moving at pace and a we can do this attitude is evident right through the organisation, where staff are engaged for change and committed to being part of the journey to sustainability and growth.

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity and fair treatment to all applicants regardless of race, nationality, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, mental or physical disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, age or offending history.

The cost of the DBS (criminal records check) for Band 6 and above roles only will be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

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Supporting Documents

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Person Specification

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Able to work independently.
• Able to make informed clinical and non-clinical judgments under pressure.
• Demonstrate excellent time management and interpersonal skills.
• Able to plan, deliver and evaluate training/education programmes for staff.

Experience

Essential

• Significant post-graduate dietetic experience in a variety of clinical areas. including Oncology.
• Evidence of MDT working.
• Evidence of dietetic student training.
• Evidence of audit work.

Desirable

• Previous experience of supervision of staff.
• Experience of Access and Excel packages.

Knowledge & Awareness

Essential

• Knowledge of Health and Safety.
• Knowledge of Confidentiality.

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or Post graduate Diploma in Dietetics.
• Able to work at Masters level.
• Current HCPC registration.
• Clinical Supervisory Skills training.

Desirable

• Validated post registration qualification in nutritional support.
• Attended Clinical Supervisory Skills course.

Trust Values

Essential

• In around 100 words please describe what Equality & Diversity means to you and why they are important.
• In around 100 words please describe how you lead/manage a well-functioning team?

Employer details

Employer name

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Pogmoor Road

Barnsley

South Yorkshire

S75 2EP

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