Are you a registered dietitian looking for a new opportunity? Would you like to advance your career by working for and learning from one of the largest acute teaching hospital Trusts in the UK?
This is an exciting opportunity for a band 5 with experience or band 6 dietitian to develop knowledge and skills in renal dietetics, with training and support provided.
You will be welcomed into a friendly and supportive team of specialist renal dietitians working within The Oxford Kidney Unit. Based at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford we provide a regional renal service for Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Swindon.
As a valued member of our team, you will receive:
* Flexible working, including opportunities for home working
* Clinical supervision and support from experienced and specialist dietitians
* Dedicated time for professional and service development
* Regular appraisals and personalised development plan
* Access to a range of CPD opportunities, the Oxford AHPs Research & Innovation Unit, and Bodleian Library collection.
Your responsibilities will include:
* Shared responsibility for the renal dietetic care of peritoneal dialysis, haemodialysis and home haemodialysis patients
* Low clearance and general nephrology patients in outpatient clinics
* Inpatients on the renal ward and transplant ward at The Churchill Hospital, Oxford
* Provide a renal dietetic service to a satellite unit, including dialysis unit and outpatient clinics, once individualised training has been completed in Oxford
* Contribute to the dietetic service for patients who have had a kidney transplant, simultaneous kidney and pancreas transplant, pancreas alone transplant or pancreatic islet transplantation
* Working as a member of the renal dietitian team and large renal and transplant MDTs
* Taking the lead on corporate departmental projects
* Advising and teaching medical and nursing staff on the dietary management of renal disease and nutritional support
* Advising and teaching patients and carers how to manipulate their diet to best achieve acceptable biochemistry and good nutrition
* Furthering best practice by current clinical evidence and develop departmental guidelines and standards
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
Key Responsibilities:
* Work as part of a team of renal dietitians and as an integral member of the multidisciplinary team to ensure a holistic approach to patient care.
* Organise own workload, prioritising and balancing patient-related and professional demands and contributing to the effectiveness of the renal team.
* Assess patient’s diagnosis, medical care and biochemistry making decisions as to who needs dietary management.
* Obtain and analyse relevant information from different sources to make a comprehensive assessment of the patients condition, prognosis and treatment plans.
* Interpret and monitor biochemical data generally and specifically in renal disease.
* Assess patients’ nutritional status by calculating macro and micronutrient intake and then carry out a nutritional assessment using tools such as Subjective Global Assessment, anthropometrics and physical signs of deficiency.
* Calculate nutritional requirements using specific assessment tools and calculations.
Professional Requirements:
* Be accountable for own actions within the professional, ethical and legal framework for dietetics set out in the Health and Care Profession Councils code of practice for Dietitians and the British Dietetic Associations professional standards for Dietitians.
* Take responsibility for own continuing professional development and providing evidence for this by maintaining a CPD portfolio.
* Participate in annual appraisal, identifying own developmental and training needs and setting personal developmental objectives.
* Actively contribute to the dietetic student training program, facilitating the development of skills and knowledge, being involved in the assessment process and acting as a mentor to students.
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