Specialist Dietitian - Head and Neck Cancer | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 18 Mehefin 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £37,338 - £44,962 per annum |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 18 Gorffennaf 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Nottingham, NG7 2UH |
| Cwmni: | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7273091/164-7273091 |
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Are you an enthusiastic dietitian looking for a new challenge who has experience in nutrition support and enteral feeding? We have an exciting opportunity to develop your experience by working as part of a dynamic and supportive team as 1.0 WTE Band 6 in Head and Neck Surgery.
Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is a tertiary head and neck centre and provides treatment and support to patients throughout their cancer journey from diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and into survivorship including late effects and palliation. Within the surgical pathway, this includes providing dietetic support to patients undergoing often complex and life-saving surgeries. This caseload may also include non-cancer ENT and maxillo-facial patients.
Effective MDT working is integral to good head and neck cancer care. The successful candidate should have excellent communication skills and work well within a team environment, while being self-motivated to provide a high level of specialist dietetic care. The role will also include being involved in audit, service improvement projects and research.
- To effectively manage and prioritise a busy clinical workload including both inpatients, outpatients and a home enteral feeding caseload with support of the clinic lead dietitian.
- To attend and provide dietetic support to weekly head and neck MDT outpatient clinics and ward rounds, including joint assessments with specialist speech and language therapy and nursing colleagues.
- To be actively involved in audit, service evaluation and service improvement projects with the aim of presenting these at national conference level.
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH
- To work as an integral part of the head and neck MDT including working closely with surgeons, oncologists, speech and language therapists and specialist nursing staff
- To independently provide specialist dietetic assessment, treatment and advice to patients across the breadth of the head and neck cancer pathway (including education to families, support staff and other healthcare professionals)
- To undertake detailed pre-treatment dietetic assessments and use this information to provide evidence-based advice, including advising the MDT on the need for prophylactic enteral feeding routes
- To be responsible for safely facilitating the discharge of patients with appropriate home enteral feeding regimens
- To be able to receive and communicate often complex and sensitive information and the impact this will have on a patient’s dietetic care
- To effectively and safely facilitate the transfer of patient care within NUH and between neighbouring Trusts within the wider head and neck MDT
- To support a dietetic service to head and neck patients from Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust (Kings Mill)
- To contribute to teaching and education for nursing staff and other healthcare providers
- To keep up to date with the latest evidence-based practice in head and neck cancer and apply this to clinical practice
- To provide clinical support to the wider dietetic team in line with departmental pressures
This advert closes on Monday 30 Jun 2025