Clinical Specialist Dietitian for Haematology Oncology
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre is looking to recruit a Clinical Specialist Haematology Oncology Dietitian (Band 7)
The post holder will be working alongside the dietetic team (11.2 WTE) including the existing Haematology Dietitians (job share), other specialist and band 6 dietitians and dietetic assistants as well as our nutrition nurses, AHPs, ward staff and Haematology MDT.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be an experienced clinician, who will work alongside our existing Haematology Dietitian (job share) to provide a high quality evidence-based dietetic service to the Haematology Oncology ward, Teenage and Young Adults inpatients and the Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Unit at Clatterbridge Liverpool.
You will be involved in helping to develop resources and as new treatments are introduced at Clatterbridge eg CAR-T.
You will expected to support Band 6 Dietitians and Dietetics Assistants and lead student training to P1 and P2 Students if required.
About us
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's leading cancer centres providing highly specialist cancer care to a population of 2.4m people across Cheshire and Merseyside, and the surrounding areas, including North Wales and the Isle of Man.
Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.
Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.
We are -
* Kind
* Empowered
* Responsible
* Inclusive
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this exciting role on offer at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre
Person Specification
Qualifications
* BSc in Nutrition and Dietetics/PhD Nutrition and Dietetics
* Current registration with HCPC
* Membership of BDA or equivalent professional indemnity insurance
* Supervisory skills training, minimum introductory leve
* Advanced BDA course in nutritional support, e.g. Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Group Course
* Evidence of postgraduate study in a specialist area to Masters level or equivalent Attended leadership/management training
Knowledge and Expertise
* Extensive clinical experience in a broad range of patients and settings
* Sound knowledge of current issues relating to complex enteral and parenteral nutrition.
* Ability to support patients being discharged home on a tube feed
* Evidence of service review/development
Experience
* Experience in oral and enteral nutritional support
* Experience in parenteral nutrition
* Experience in training junior members of staff and student dietitians
* Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
* Experience in conducting audits and research, including the ability to analyse and interpret statistics
* Experience and awareness of working in a multicultural population
* Experience in managing a haematology oncology caseload
* Experience in clinical supervision of others.
* Experience in influencing others to improve patient care
* Experience in training student dietitians
Key skills and attributes
* Ability to prioritise busy caseload
* accurate anthropometry skills
* interpersonal skills
* service development and audit skills
* ability to work autonomously within area of specialism
* demonstrates holistic patient-centred approach
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.
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Liverpool
£47,810 to £54,710 a yearper annum pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Part-time,Job share
Reference number
158-25-152-AHP
Job locations
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Liverpool
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