We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and driven Upper GI and Hepatobiliary (HPB) oncology dietitian to join our Cancer and Palliative Care (CAPC)Dietetic team. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to set up and lead on a newly funded UGI+HPB dietetic service including the management of both inpatients and outpatients from curative, surgical and palliative pathways as an integral member of the multidisciplinary team.

We are looking for a passionate and driven team lead with experience working within in UGI+HPB cancer, service development and leadership to apply for this newly funded 37.5 hour band 7 post. Alongside new investment for a band 7 Head and Neck Lead, this post will share team lead roles and responsibilities for the CAPC dietetic team.

Main duties of the job

As a senior specialist UGI+HPB oncology dietitian, you will

• Be clinically responsible for the nutritional care and management of UGI+HPB patients and independently plan organise and prioritise patient related and professional demands daily.
• Provide an expert nutritional support and dietary education service for UGI+HPB oncology patients in Cornwall.
• To act as a specialised resource on nutrition and cancer for UGI+HPB patients, carers, medical staff, nursing staff, and other health care professionals 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 team lead management responsibilities alongside the UGI+HPB clinical lead role
• To take an active role in the research, audit and monitoring of this new service

About us

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with

visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.

We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.

The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.

Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and specification attached for the full role details, including the main responsibilities

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics, or equivalent
• HCPC registered
• Evidence of further formal study e.g. Postgraduate qualifications, (Postgraduate certificate/Diploma, Masters modules, or equivalent management qualification) such as PENG course.
• Clinical Supervisory skills course for student training

Desirable

• Membership of British Dietetic Association including specialist group membership

Experience

Essential

• Significant post qualification experience in UGI and HBP at band 7 level
• Highly developed clinical skills and knowledge of cancer and cancer treatments.
• Comprehensive experience of enteral feeding including management of home enterally fed patients
• Ability to demonstrate highly developed leadership skills
• Proven experience of managing a service or change process
• Able to work and lead under externally applied pressures e.g. deadlines, competing demands and priorities
• Highly developed skills in managing staff, including managing challenging behaviours, emotive situations, (e.g. Attendance management, grief, illness, etc.)
• Highly developed communication and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate contentious or complex information effectively, including at times when there are barriers to communication e.g. When negotiating changes to working practices, managing patient/service delivery complaints, or during complex Human Resource situations e.g. Disciplinary/capability procedures
• Comprehensive experience as a clinical educator of undergraduate students
• Extensive experience of working within a multidisciplinary team, an in-depth understanding of their roles and respect for the other professionals within the team.

Desirable

• Experience of working as part of the nutrition support team managing patients on parenteral nutrition

Skills and Aptitude

Essential

• flexible, motivated, enthusiastic, innovative and visionary
• Able to work with complex information
• Able to work effectively with varying work patterns and to work effectively on several issues/projects at once
• Calm under pressure, high level of emotional intelligence e.g. empathy, insight
• Commitment to and understanding of teams and team working
• Excellent supervisory and appraisal skills, teaching/ presentation skills, organisation/ prioritisation skills
• Highly developed communication skills-empathy, negotiation, and motivation, presenting of complex facts in an understandable way, re-assurance, and support particularly to anxious, angry or depressed people or staff

Knowledge and Abilities

Essential

• Computer literate
• Ability to problem solve
• Experience in audit and QI of services, standard setting and guideline development
• Able to use initiative
• Awareness of National Agendas and have good working knowledge of national and local legislation policies and procedures

Desirable

• Extended role in enteral feeding tube management e.g. nasogastric/ nasojejunal tube placement

Other

Essential

• Demonstrates trust values/behaviours
• A full UK driving licence is required for this post
• Ability to travel independently where required
• Occupational health clearance satisfactory to the Trust

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust

Address

Royal Cornwall Hospital

Treliske

Truro

TR1 3LJ

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156-6702296