We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and driven UGI oncology dietitian to join our UGI team (band 7, 37.5hrs/week), as part of the Christie nutrition and dietetic team in our world class cancer centre.

If you are you passionate and have experience working within in UGI cancer, leadership and want to develop your skills further in oncology and research then this is the post for you. Clinical supervision experience skills will enable you to support the band 6 dietitians and students. Excellent presentation skills will be required to carry out training and education to the HCPs on a regular basis.

Main duties of the job

As a senior specialist UGI oncology dietitian, you will

• Be clinically responsible for the nutritional care and management of UGI patients and independently plan organise and prioritise patient related and professional demands daily.
• Provide an expert nutritional support and dietary education service for UGI oncology outpatients attending the Christie Hospital.
• To act as a specialised resource on nutrition and cancer for UGI patients, carers, medical staff, nursing staff, and other health care professionals associated with the Christie Hospital and at regional and national level.
• To provide education and training to medical staff, nursing staff and other health care professionals in the Trust.
• To provide support and supervision to band 6 rotation dietitians
• To take an active role in the research and audit.

About us

We are a supportive and dynamic department of 26 dietitians and 3 nutrition specialist nurses who work closely together, daily. The teamwork in line with the Core values and behaviours of the trust.

The team's vision is to be an expert leader in oncology nutrition and dietetics putting patients at the centre of everything we do through innovation, education, and research. We aspire to be the best department to work in by valuing and respecting each other, working as one team, and supporting and developing the current and future workforce through experience, education, opportunities and positive learning environment.

We provide a service to inpatients and outpatient areas and engage in and support research and audit. We encourage and support professional development with regular CPD, inhouse courses and training programmes on leadership, different disease groups and advanced communication skills with the support of the School of Oncology. The trust supports and is currently developing career pathways for AHP's.

The department engages in student training, education, and networking at a local and national level.

We encourage continuous professional development with professional update sessions, journal clubs, and offer inhouse / external courses and training programmes on leadership, different disease groups / treatments and advanced communication skills with the support of The Christie's School of Oncology.

Job description

Job responsibilities

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. To have up to date knowledge on the nutritional management and treatments of UGI cancer patients and to use this knowledge to work closely with the UGI teams.

2. To lead the upper GI outpatient dietetic service with the support of the dietetic managers.

3. To work alongside the dietetic manager to develop models of care to support the UGI patient pathway.

4. As an oncology specialist to be clinically responsible for the nutritional care of upper GI outpatients and independently plan, organise, and prioritise patient related and professional demands.

5. To supervise band 6 dietitians daily, carrying out regular one to one meetings, annual PDRs and first stages of management of absence.

6. To nutritionally assess upper GI patients using the interpretation and evaluation of anthropometric, biochemical, clinical, and dietary data, whilst considering the patients social and ethnic circumstances, prognosis, and treatment.

7. To convey complex specialized, dietary advice and life -style changes to patients and carers using advanced counselling and communication skills.

8. To diagnose malnutrition and/or risk of Refeeding Syndrome and to liaise with the consultant with an aim of optimising treatment outcome by recommending the appropriate method of nutrition intervention.

9. To attend appropriate multidisciplinary meetings and outpatient clinics to provide expert advice to clinicians regarding provision of nutritional support upper GI oncology patients and carers based on clinical evidence.

10. To liaise with the UGI MDT, primary care and other health care professionals across Greater Manchester.

11. To prescribe the appropriate dietary regimen for clients using evidence-based practice and to manage, monitor and reevaluate the treatment plan as necessary.

12. To initiate, facilitate and coordinate the setting up of a home enteral feed as appropriate in the outpatient setting.

13. To refer patients to primary, secondary, or alternative tertiary care for monitoring and therapeutic support as appropriate.

14. To write, deliver and evaluate internal and external education and training sessions on nutrition and specialist dietetics in relation to oncology to medical staff, nursing staff, AHPs, dietitians, other health care professionals, patients, and carers.

15. To act as a clinical educator by participating in student dietetic placements.

16. To maintain accurate, comprehensive, and up to date documentation on individual patients in line with local and national standards and be responsible for the appropriate storage of dietetic records in line with the Health Care Professions Council (H.C.P.C) and trust policy on confidentiality.

17. To record and collate and analyse clinical and patient outcome measures to provide information for service evaluation and research projects.

18. To take an active/ lead role in research and audit generation, with UGI medical staff, nursing staff, and other AHP colleagues in UGI cancer and present findings locally, nationally, and internationally.

19. To attend and participate in departmental, professional update meetings and trust nutrition related meetings leading them when required.

20. To be responsible for own clinical professional development (CPD) to maintain competency and to ensure best practice.

21. To carry out any other duties relevant to the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BSc Nutrition & Dietetics or BSc degree in relevant science subject plus Post Graduate Diploma in Nutrition & Dietetics.
• HCPC registration.
• Clinical supervision training Masters level or equivalent course e.g. Advanced course in nutritional support (e.g., BDA PEN course).

Desirable

• Teaching qualification course.
• Evidence of post-graduate specialist counselling skills course in oncology, bereavement counselling or breaking bad news.

Experience

Essential

• Recent experience working in the NHS.
• Evidence of multidisciplinary team working.
• Evidence of recent CPD.
• Evidence of recent audit/ research experience and ability to critique research papers.
• Extensive and recent experience of working in UGI cancer, acute oncology, palliative care.
• Extensive experience of enteral
• Experience in home enteral feed discharges.
• Presentations/ talks to large groups
• Clinical supervision
• Leadership
• Experience in setting up patient pathways /service
• Student training

Desirable

• Experience of undertaking annual appraisals and absence management
• Experience of leading or co-ordinating audit or research work

Skills

Essential

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Good presentation skills and evidence of presentations to large groups.
• Ability to work effectively single-handed with individuals and groups.
• Good organisational and time management skills.
• Accurate anthropometrics measurement skills.
• Ability to interpret complex information.
• Supervision skills
• Evidence of Leadership skills and qualities, and ability to integrate well into teams.
• Ability to reflect and critically appraise own work and that of others

Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding the complex effects of cancer and treatments on nutritional status of patients.
• Conversant with enteral feeding systems.
• Excellent up to date knowledge in UGI cancer and treatments
• Sound knowledge of current issues relating to cancer and nutrition support.
• Knowledge of clinical governance
• Knowledge of national UGI oncology strategies/ polices/ guidance / pathways.
• Evidence of oncology / nutrition support courses
• Sound knowledge of current issues relating to cancer and Upper GI.

Employer details

Employer name

The Christie NHS FT

Address

Dietetics - E00274

Manchester

M20 4BX

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