Clinical Lead Oncology Dietitian in Sutton in Ashfield

Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals. Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.

Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

At Sherwood Forest Hospitals, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. As such, we particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, or Disabled. We believe that a diverse team better represents the communities we serve and brings a wealth of perspectives and experiences to our work.

Job overview: Sherwood Forest Hospitals have an exciting opportunity for an experienced dietitian to set up and establish a clinically effective and evidence-based dietetic service in the specialist area of oncology. We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated individual with experience in advanced nutritional assessment and support who has good organisational, communication and team working skills. You will develop a service which provides outstanding dietetic support to cancer patients at a variety of stages along the cancer pathway. The post is based at Kings Mill Hospital; however, you may be required to drive to our other hospital sites. Our department supports dietetic student training from Nottingham and Sheffield, therefore you will be required to support student training.

Main duties of the job: To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Working for our organisation: We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities: To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification:

• Knowledge: Excellent verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills including explaining, negotiating, motivating and training. Able to work as lead member of dietetic and multi-professional teams, building relationships with patients/carers, and other staff. Able to handle sensitive and confidential information. Able to overcome difficulties in communication, including language barriers, and adapt approach to varying situations. Able to overcome barriers to understanding. Able to make decisions within own work role guided by broad policies and guidelines, with support from multiprofessional team and Dietetic manager. Able to interpret and evaluate complex information from a variety of sources using professional judgement to solve problems and make decisions where there are a range of options, including both clinical and strategic issues. Able to plan and organise workload of self and others, including daily tasks and longer term strategic planning, despite interruptions and changing priorities. Provides supervision and support to other dietetic staff and students where required. Able to participate in audit and research activity. Demonstrates strong leadership skills.
• Qualifications: Qualified Dietitian (4 year degree, postgraduate diploma or equivalent). Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council. Member of relevant BDA specialist group.
• Further Training: Evidence of continuing professional development. Relevant post-graduate course or equivalent. Leadership/management training.
• Experience: Extensive experience of working as a registered dietitian within Oncology and nutrition support. Able to lead in the development, review and implementation of relevant policies and service development, recognising and responding to wider strategic concerns. Experience of multi-disciplinary/multiprofessional team working. Experience in training and supervision of student dietitians. Additional depth of theoretical knowledge to masters level or equivalent. Experience of other elements of management.
• Contractual: Flexibility to meet the demands of the service. Able to travel to required areas within and beyond the Trust. Able to use a computer keyboard and relevant computer programmes such as word, PowerPoint. Understands and uses hospital and other systems required to support patient care.

We support the use of AI and other tools to assist in writing your application. However, it is essential that personal statements and behaviour examples must be truthful and factually accurate. Your application should reflect your genuine experiences and qualifications to ensure authenticity and credibility.

Please note that we no longer accept handwritten/paper applications and that the email address given on your application will be used for all correspondence regarding this post. We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. Priority for vacancies at the Trust will be given to existing employees of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust whose roles are currently at risk of redundancy due to organisational change. Only applications received on or before the closing date will be considered for short listing. This is to ensure that the Trust meets its commitment to Equality of Opportunity.

In submitting an application, you authorise Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any current and previous NHS Service details and you agree to the Trust obtaining and transferring personal data held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be shared using the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and third party systems via an automated process and will only be used for the purposes of maintaining your employment record.

Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check. The Trust will pay for the check initially and then the money will be deducted from your first salary once you have commenced employment. The current price of a check is £26.40 for a standard check and £54.40 for an enhanced.

If you are asked to complete a DBS check and have a previous identity that you do not wish to be disclosed to your employer and/or on your DBS certificate, you should call or email the dedicated sensitive applications team before submitting your application. The team is experienced in dealing with sensitive cases and will advise you of the process and what you need to do.

Please note any genuine job offer letters will only be received if you have applied, interviewed, and received a verbal offer from the appointing manager for a vacancy within Sherwood Forest Hospitals.