Senior Dietitian (Neurosciences and Oncology)

Job summary

Due to expansion and development within our dietetic service at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, we are offering an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, motivated and proactive dietitian to work within our team. This will be a split post offering the opportunity to enhance your nutritional support skills working with patients with complex medical and social needs.

You will work 3 days a week in the speciality of Neurosciences within our Acute and Rehab Team. This caseload includes both an acute high dependency and rehabilitation caseload working within Neurosurgery, Neuro HDU, Neurology and Neuro-rehab.

You will also work 2 days a week within our oncology team, which will include upper-GI pathways.

You should be a friendly and forward-thinking Dietitian with excellent communication skills and confident in organising and prioritising workload within a busy acute hospital. You will have experience of managing patients requiring enteral nutrition.

You will be involved in ward-based teaching and education and development of resources, working with dietetic colleagues, nutrition nurse specialists and practice education facilitators.

As part of this you will be involved in supporting training and audit and participation in Trust-wide nutrition and hydration improvement initiatives, with the opportunity to work within our Nutrition and Hydration councils which support the Trust Nutrition and Hydration Steering Group.

Main duties of the job

Working closely within the multi-disciplinary team to provide a dietetic service to all wards within the Neurosciences services.

Provide specialist dietetic support, particularly to those with complex nutritional needs (both oral and enteral) across a range of neurology conditions within the acute setting such as traumatic brain injury, neuro-oncology conditions, Gullian Barrie syndrome, Myasthenia Gravis, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson\’s Disease and Motor Neurone Disease.

Working with Oncology Dietetic colleagues to provide a service to cancer patients, including Upper-GI cancer, covering outpatient & inpatient areas,

Managing a predominantly enteral fed patient caseload including the preparation and organisation for discharge. Making appropriate onwards referrals for ongoing dietetic management/follow up.

Liaise with healthcare professions within & outside of the organisation to provide an holistic and patient centred approach to care such as specialist nurses, PEG MDT, enteral feeding company nurses, nutrition nurse specialists, respite care, district nurses, GPs, care home staff, community matrons/Macmillan nurses, palliative care team etc.

To use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients/ caregivers, who may have barriers to understanding or communicating, and health care professionals in a variety of situations on different levels.

About us

We have been trainers for student dietitians for many years, with the programmes shared across all of our localities.

We are a tertiary centre for many clinical specialities including major trauma, cardiothoracic surgery, regional spinal injuries unit, upper GI surgery, head and neck/Oro maxillofacial surgery and spinal cord injuries.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions

Your Leadership Impact

Leading your Team to Success

Leading Into the Future

Service Improvement for Beginners

Developing your Service Improvement Skills

Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

• Explore leadership within the NHS
• Promote Trust values and behaviours
• Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
• Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Evidence of audit and participation in service development
• Basic IT skills
• Membership of: British Dietetic Association (BDA)
• Skills with use of systmone and other electronic patient records

Desirable

• Membership of relevant BDA specialist groups

Qualifications & Training

Essential

• To hold a Degree in Dietetics or equivalent
• To be registered as a Dietitian and fit to practice by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• To demonstrate commitment to continuing professional development
• Leadership training
• Completion of HEI recognised clinical supervisory skills training

Experience

Essential

• Can demonstrate relevant and varied post graduate experience within an acute inpatient setting
• Can demonstrate relevant and varied post graduate experience. across a variety of clinical specialities, ideally including working with patients within oncology / neurosciences
• Experienced and competent with enteral feeding and the home enteral feeding discharge process

Person Specification
Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Evidence of audit and participation in service development
• Basic IT skills
• Membership of: British Dietetic Association (BDA)
• Skills with use of systmone and other electronic patient records

Desirable

• Membership of relevant BDA specialist groups

Qualifications & Training

Essential

• To hold a Degree in Dietetics or equivalent
• To be registered as a Dietitian and fit to practice by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• To demonstrate commitment to continuing professional development
• Leadership training
• Completion of HEI recognised clinical supervisory skills training

Experience

Essential

• Can demonstrate relevant and varied post graduate experience within an acute inpatient setting
• Can demonstrate relevant and varied post graduate experience. across a variety of clinical specialities, ideally including working with patients within oncology / neurosciences
• Experienced and competent with enteral feeding and the home enteral feeding discharge process

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.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
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.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

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