This is a fantastic opportunity for a dietitian with innovation and drive to continue to deliver the specialist dietetic service for the children, teenagers and young adults oncology unit. We are looking for an enthusiastic dietitian with oncology or paediatric experience and an interest in working with teenagers and young people to become part of this excellent clinical service.

o Be part of the dietetic team responsible for the provision of a comprehensive, high-quality dietetic service for both inpatients and outpatients receiving all types of oncology treatment (including transplant, radiotherapy, palliative care and clinical trials) at the Children, Teenager and Young Peoples Cancer unit (ages 1 -24 years).o Continue to develop the high quality, specialist dietetic service for this patient cohort.o Responsibility for provision of education, audit and research within the service with senior staff and AHP colleagues.o Management of your own clinical caseload in both paediatrics and TYA and work as part of the wider multi-disciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

Provide the Royal Marsden Hospital with an effective and flexible nutrition and dietetic service to paediatric in and out patients and to Teenage and young adults (TYA) in and out patients. The post-holder should be a skilled practitioner, who is a source of knowledge and expertise for less experienced colleagues, patients, carers and members of the multidisciplinary team.

About us

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification

• Work autonomously to provide expert advice to patients, carers and clinicians based on clinical evidence.
• This will involve nutritional diagnosis (interpretation of biochemistry, anthropometrics, clinical condition and analysis of diet history) the development of treatment plans (calculation of nutritional requirements and client centred goals)
• Determining route of feeding i.e. oral, enteral or parenteral
• Prescription of dietary treatment for conditions where there are limited professional guidelines and direct prescription of ACBS nutritional products
• Ordering biochemical tests as appropriate
• To monitor and review nutritional care plans against outcome measures and adjust care plans as appropriate to facilitate achievement of goals.
• Participate in multidisciplinary meetings and ward rounds to provide expert advice to facilitate treatment planning (e.g. gastroenterology, head and neck), rehabilitation and management of late effects following treatment for cancer
• Communicate a complex diagnosis using sensitivity, reassurance and empathy to gain consent and understanding of the treatment plans required prior to dietetic intervention. For example oral, enteral, parenteral nutrition where the appropriateness of feeding needs to be considered, taking into account : the aims of the treatment plan, physical and social circumstances, psychological factors and patient prognosis
• Using developed counselling skills, communicate unpleasant news sensitively including to those with advanced disease and their carers.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BSc / Postgraduate Diploma Nutrition & Dietetics
• HCPC registered
• Evidence of further postgraduate study/training in specialist area e.g. oncology/ nutritional support and/or paediatric courses

Other

Desirable

• Member of BDA oncology group and Paediatric Oncology Dietitians Interest Group (sub group of the BDA paediatric group)
• Teaching on higher education / professional courses
• Representative on working party e.g. internal/ external to trust
• Evidence of intermediate leadership skills

Experience

Essential

• Ability to appreciate the broad scope of dietetics and be able to operate effectively within an NHS environment
• Appreciate the scope of oncology and understand the nutrition management for this
• Health and safety risk awareness
• Understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice
• Understanding of team dynamics
• Detailed knowledge and understanding of clinical governance
• Previous experience of conducting audits, evaluating evidence and/or research
• Sound knowledge of current issues relating to cancer

Skills

Essential

• Evidence of professional development, commitment to lifelong learning
• Accurate keyboard skills - data inputting, word processing, internet and dietary analysis

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Maintain confidentiality

Employer details

Employer name

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Royal Marsden Hospital Sutton

Sutton

SM2 5PT

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