Senior Specialist Oncology Dietitian - Leeds, United Kingdom - Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Description

Would you like to advance your career in one of the largest acute teaching hospitals in the UK?

Due to a review of skill mix and expansion of Intestinal Failure services, we have an opportunity for a full-time and part-time Specialist Dietitian to join our Intestinal Failure Dietetic team at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT).

The Intestinal Failure Dietetic team consists of a Clinical Specialist Dietetic post, Senior Specialist Dietitian, Specialist Dietitians, and a Dietetic assistant and works within the wider multi-disciplinary intestinal failure team.

The Intestinal Failure Multidisciplinary Team provide a service to over 200 patients within the Yorkshire and Humber region who require home parenteral support, as well as managing inpatients within LTHT, including patients located in the Centre for Intestinal Rehabilitation at Leeds.

Following a national review, the service is developing as part of the Yorkshire and Humber IF network which aims to facilitate the best surgical and nutritional care for patients at the right time and in the right location.

Please indicate if you would like to be considered for the full-time or part-time post or both

The post holder will provide highly specialised dietetic care to patients with Intestinal Failure at a local and regional level.

This will include advice to patients, their families and carers and all healthcare staff at local and regional level.

The post-holder will be involved in the day-to-day support of our Dietetic assistant as well as inputting into aspects of clinical training for students, dietetic staff and other health care professionals working within Intestinal Failure and complex artificial feeding.

The post-holder will also be actively involved in the development and implementation of guidelines and audit of patient care practices as part of the service quality assurance framework and will be encouraged to participate in dietetic working groups.

We have a strong focus on investing in the continued professional development of our people to ensure that they can achieve their full potential.

We lead the way in providing further training and career development opportunities in every department and at every level of our organisation.

We have a culture where people take a real pride in their work, respect each other and all work together to deliver the most exceptional standards of patient care.

The Nutrition and Dietetic Department provides regular professional development events, and hosts training to A, B and C placement students.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles.

As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed.

To provide part of a professional Nutrition and Dietetic care service within a

This includes advice to in-patients, out-patients, all healthcare staff and participation in the training of student dietitians.

Shows initiative in assisting and supporting the senior specialist dietitians and the Clinical Dietetic Manager in the day to day management of the department.

2 Be involved in the provision of education and training to healthcare staff, patients, care providers and students.

4 Shows initiative in assisting and supporting the senior specialist dietitians and the chief dietitian in the day to day management of the department.

5 Deliver training to healthcare staff, dietitians and students.

1 BSc (Hons) Nutrition & Dietetics or equivalent.

3 Experience of working within a Dietetic role within a healthcare setting

4 Willing to undergo any training as required to enable performance in the job.

5 Awareness of current issues in specialised areas of dietetics.

8 Good presentation skills in delivering training to large multidisciplinary groups of staff or members of the public (this may involve groups of more than 50 people).

1 Demonstrate good office practice in accordance with departmental policies and procedures.

2 Be a pro-active team member of the Dietetics department at LTHT by participating in departmental development projects, attending and participating in departmental meetings and clinical updates.

4 Demonstrate the ability to provide highly complex nutrition counselling to patients requiring cognitive behavioural therapy skills and use of advanced reassurance, motivational and negotiation skills to overcome barriers to change.

5 Demonstrate the ability to analyse clinical and non-clinical information to form accurate nutrition care plans in specialised areas.

6 Demonstrate analytical skills in prioritising the best course of dietetic treatment in patients with highly complex clinical conditions, where nutritional goals may conflict with other on-going physical, emotional, psychological and medical problems.

1 Ability to perform specialised nutritional assessments, interpret and plan relevant dietetic care programmes for patients with highly complex nutritional needs and multiple medical conditions.

2 Advanced knowledge of biochemistry, physiology and pharmacology.

This may include the prescription of dietary treatment, prescribable nutritional products and enteral nutrition.

6 Responsible for safe discharge planning including the discharges of patients receiving home enteral nutrition.

8 Ability to advise and suggest nutrition related medications.

9 Knowledge of clinical governance, quality of care and evidence based practice in specialist areas.

2 Responsible as a clinical practitioner in a specialist dietetic field, for delivering high quality specialist dietetic care. This will involve being guided by departmental standards, professional guidelines, broad occupational policies and procedures.

4 Responsible for providing highly specialised dietary advice within an in-patient and out-patient setting, to patients in a distinct specialist area e.g.

advice to renal dialysis patients on calcium and phosphate management. oncology patients on enteral feeding.

5 Communicate the nutrition and dietary treatment of patient to healthcare staff, other professionals and patient carers.

8 Responsible for developing and maintaining an agreed level of expertise by updating own specialised clinical knowledge and skills through attendance at post-graduate courses, clinical updates and in-service training.

9 Participate in the appraisal process as an appraise and develop a strategy for personal and continuous professional development, encompassing a portfolio-based assessment in line with national legislation.

10 Participate in audit within specialist areas, involving evaluation of research and audit projects to measure clinical effectiveness and promote evidence based practice.

2 Education and training

4 Develop resources used in the education and training of patients, health professionals and the public.

5 Deliver formal and informal talks on nutrition and dietetics to health care staff as required.

6 Plan and deliver student training as assigned after an appropriate induction period / supervisory training course.

8 Participate in providing specialised advice, teaching and training to other members of the multidisciplinary team regarding the nutritional managements of a specialist group of patients.

9 Be an active member of the in-service training programme through delivery of training sessions and tutorials at staff meetings and by attending external courses and demonstrating reflective practice.

1 Disseminate clinical information to other members of the multidisciplinary team by attendance and participation in ward rounds and case conference as required.

3 Involved in the planning, setting and monitoring of departmental objectives and standards as assigned. This will include contributing to the adaptation of national standards for use in the local setting.

4 Participate in surveys, research and audit as required. Help to recommend any changes to practice after discussion with supervisory / chief dietitian.

5 Participate in the collection of data for management information purposes as requested.

2 Co-ordinates discharge planning of patients with complex nutritional needs, liaising with community dietitians nursing staff, GPs and other health care professionals within the locality and region to ensure safe discharge e.g.

patients on home enteral nutrition.

Evidence of continuing professional development

Leadership skills training

Experience of working as a dietitian within a healthcare setting
Demonstrate an understanding of surgery and management of Enteral and Parenteral feeding

Experience of working as a dietitian within an acute NHS hospital
Demonstrate an understanding of clinical governance, risk assessment and continuing quality improvement.