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Specialist Oncology Dietitian | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 13 October 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682 - £46,580 p.a. pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 14 November 2025 |
| Location: | Cambridge, CB2 0QQ |
| Company: | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7536249/180-B-253148 |
Summary
We have a fantastic opportunity to recruit a Band 6 to our developing Oncology Dietetic Team. We are looking for a suitably qualified Dietitian to support the Oncology Dietetic service on a 3 day per week basis for 9 months until 30.09.26.
You will be supported by our Senior Dietitians and be provided with training. You will be involved in providing a service to Upper GI cancer patients patients across the cancer pathway including Inpatients and Outpatients and all modes of treatment; Chemotherapy / Radiotherapy / Surgery.
Our Specialist Cancer SMDTs are very inclusive and supportive and we have a strong presence and professional profile within them. Many of the Oncology Dietetic Team also have regional and national involvement in their clinical areas.
Our department has 100+ Dietitians. Our Oncology team is currently 16 strong and we are involved in the planning and preparing of our new Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital. We currently provide services to specialities including Head and Neck, HPB, Haem-Oncology and Transplant, UGI, Colorectal and Lung.
To act as part of the Dietetic Team and in conjunction with the Oncology / Critical Care Team to contribute to the Dietetic Services to a variety of Oncology areas such as Lung, Head and Neck, Upper GI, HPB and Haemato-oncology patients, streamlining service and care regionally where appropriate in conjunction with the Band 7s and Band 8a Dietitians at Addenbrooke’s and other external Units / agencies as appropriate.
To work within a multi-professional framework and contribute to a first class service through evidence based clinical practice, management, education, research and audit.
To set and work towards individual and team objectives that reflect corporate plans and work within the clinical governance framework.
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Please note:- Internal applicants on permanent contracts can apply for this post as a secondment or fixed term contract. For secondments, you must have the approval of your line manager before applying. If you are an internal applicant currently on a fixed term contract, you are able to apply for this as a fixed term position.
For NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough based roles, all applicants from NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who have identified that they are at risk of redundancy will be prioritised over those not at risk. However, interviews cannot be guaranteed.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 20th October 2025
Interviews are due to be held on 27th October 2025
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
This advert closes on Monday 20 Oct 2025