Job summary
Employer heading
Senior Specialist Oncology Dietitian Hepatobiliary
Band 7
Job overview
Due to new funding we have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and driven HPB oncology dietitian to join our Hepatobiliary team (band 7, 37.5hrs/week), as part of the Christie nutrition and dietetic team in our world class cancer centre.
If you are you passionate and have experience working within in HPB cancer, leadership and want to develop your skills further in oncology and research then this is the post for you. Clinical supervision experience skills will enable you to support the band 6 dietitians and students. Excellent presentation skills will be required to carry out training and education to the HCPs on a regular basis
Main duties of the job
As a senior specialist HPB oncology dietitian, you will
- Be clinically responsible for the nutritional care and management of HPB patients and independently plan organise and prioritise patient related and professional demands daily.
- Provide an expert nutritional support and dietary education service for HPB oncology outpatients attending the Christie Hospital.
- To act as a specialised resource on nutrition and cancer for HPB patients, carers, medical staff, nursing staff, and other health care professionals associated with the Christie Hospital and at regional and national level.
- To provide education and training to medical staff, nursing staff and other health care professionals in the Trust.
- To provide support and supervision to band 6 rotation dietitians
- To take an active role in the research and audit.
Working for our organisation
We are a supportive and dynamic department of 25 dietitians and 3 nutrition specialist nurses who work closely together, daily. The teamwork in line with the Core values and behaviours of the trust.
The team’s vision is to be an expert leader in oncology nutrition and dietetics putting patients at the centre of everything we do through innovation, education, and research. We aspire to be the best department to work in by valuing and respecting each other, working as one team, and supporting and developing the current and future workforce through experience, education, opportunities and positive learning environment.
We provide a service to inpatients and outpatient areas and engage in and support research and audit. We encourage and support professional development with regular CPD, inhouse courses and training programmes on leadership, different disease groups and advanced communication skills with the support of the School of Oncology. The trust supports and is currently developing career pathways for AHP’s.
The department engages in student training, education, and networking at a local and national level.
We encourage continuous professional development with professional update sessions, journal clubs, and offer inhouse / external courses and training programmes on leadership, different disease groups / treatments and advanced communication skills with the support of The Christie’s School of Oncology.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- To be clinically responsible for a complex area of work, as agreed with the dietetic manager and independently plan, organise, and prioritise patient related and professional demands
- To develop the HPB dietetic service alongside the HPB team with the support of the dietetic manager.
- To nutritionally assess HPB oncology patients by interpreting and evaluating anthropometric, biochemical, clinical, and dietary data, whilst considering the patients social and ethnic circumstances, prognosis, and treatment.
- To convey complex specialised dietary advice and lifestyle changes to patients and carers using advanced counselling and communication skills. This may involve implementation of nutrition support advice and supporting patients on Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy, advising the HPB Oncology team to required changes in dosing as appropriate.
- To attend appropriate multidisciplinary meetings and outpatient clinics to provide expert advice to clinicians regarding provision of nutritional support to pancreatic oncology patients and carers based on clinical evidence.
- To diagnose malnutrition and to liaise with the appropriate consultant, with an aim of optimising treatment outcome, by recommending the appropriate method of nutrition intervention and reducing risk of Refeeding Syndrome.
- To communicate, liaise and advise the HPB team, key workers, nursing staff, AHP’s and other health care professionals on the appropriate evidence based nutrition care plan.
- To prescribe the appropriate dietary regimen for HPB oncology patients using evidence-based practice and to manage, monitor and revaluate the treatment plan as necessary.
- To refer patients to other services for monitoring and therapeutic support following discharge.
- To work with the catering department to ensure suitable meal provision to meet the special needs of the oncology patient in line with national standards.
- To initiate, facilitate and coordinate the setting up of a home enteral feed to ensure a safe discharge.
- To be responsible for the ordering, delivery and monitoring of specialist nutritional supplements (ACBS endorsed) for individual client needs.
- To write, deliver and evaluate internal and external education and training sessions nutrition and specialist dietetics in relation to oncology to medical staff, nursing staff, AHP’s, dietitians, other health care professionals, patients, and carers.
- To act as a clinical educator by participating in student dietetic placements.
- To provide supervision to allocated band 6 dietitians daily, carrying out regular one to one meeting, and carrying out annual PDR process.
- To take an active role in the research and audit.
- To maintain accurate, comprehensive and up to date documentation on individual patients in line with local and national standards and be responsible for the appropriate storage of d with the Health Care Professions Council (H.C.P.C) and trust policy on confidentiality.
- To record and submit patient data and statistics as required by the manager and provide information for annual reports and service development and planning.
- To attend and participate in departmental, professional update meetings and trust nutrition related meetings leading them when required.
- To attend and contribute to the trust nutrition steering committee.
- To be responsible for own clinical professional development (CPD) to maintain competency and to ensure best practice
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc Nutrition & Dietetics or BSc degree in relevant science subject plus Post Graduate Diploma in Nutrition & Dietetics.
- HCPC registration
- Clinical supervision training
- Master’s level or equivalent course e.g. Advanced course in nutritional support (e.g., BDA PEN course), masters modules.
Desirable criteria
- Teaching qualification course
- Evidence of post-graduate specialist counselling skills course in oncology, bereavement counselling or breaking bad news.
- BDA oncology group member
Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent experience of working in pancreatic oncology and palliative care and knowledge of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy
- Evidence of multidisciplinary team working.
- Evidence of recent CPD
- Evidence of recent audit/ research experience and ability to critique research papers.
- Experience of enteral feeding
- Experience in home enteral feed discharges
- Presentations/ talks to large groups
- Clinical supervision
- Leadership
- Experience in setting up patient pathways /service.
- Student training
Desirable criteria
- Experience of undertaking annual appraisals and absence management
- Experience of leading or co-ordinating audit or research work
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Good presentation skills and evidence of presentations to large groups.
- Standard keyboard skills
- Ability to work effectively single-handed with individuals and groups
- Good organisational and time management skills.
- Accurate anthropometrics measurement skills.
- Ability to interpret complex information.
- Evidence of leadership skills
- Supervision skills
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding the complex effects of cancer and treatments on nutritional status of patients.
- Conversant with enteral feeding systems.
- Excellent up to date knowledge in HPB cancer and treatments
- Sound knowledge of current issues relating to cancer and nutrition support.
- Knowledge of clinical governance
- Knowledge of national HPB oncology strategies/ polices/ guidance / pathways.
- Evidence of oncology / nutrition support courses
Values
Essential criteria
- Ability to demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours
Other
Essential criteria
- Self-motivated, reliable
- Able to recognise own limitations.
- Positive mindset in respect of supporting organisational change; learning, and continuous improvement.
- Effective interpersonal and intrapersonal skills including high degree of self -awareness and self-regulation.
- Willingness to support preregistration Students
- Demonstrate empathy, sensitivity and tact with patients and their families
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Loraine Gillespie
- Job title
- Manager Nutrition and Dietetics
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 918 7588
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