Senior Specialist Oncology Dietitian
| Posting date: | 23 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 February 2026 |
| Location: | Manchester, M20 4BX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9413-26-0060 |
Summary
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 1. To be clinically responsible for a highly complex area of work, as agreed with the dietetic manager and independently plan, organise and prioritise patient related and professional demands. 2. To develop the dietetic service alongside the surgical teams with the support of the dietetic manager. 3. To work closely with the other band 7 dietitians to support the service by cross covering when required and support the junior members of the team on a day to day basis. 4. To work closely with the multidisciplinary team to enhance the persons health, wellbeing and quality of life and contribute to the management of frailty syndromes, prior, during and post-treatment. 5. To nutritionally assess oncology patients by interpreting and evaluating anthropometric, biochemical, clinical, and dietary data, whilst considering the patients social and ethnic circumstances, prognosis, and treatment. 6. To convey complex specialised dietary advice and lifestyle changes to patients and carers using advanced counselling and communication skills. 7. To follow patients post operatively on critical care unit and support the critical care dietitian covering the unit as needed. 8. To attend appropriate multidisciplinary meetings and cover the CPOC outpatient clinics during absence.9. 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. 10. To communicate, liaise and advise the team, key workers, nursing staff, AHPs and other health care professionals on the appropriateevidence based nutrition care plan. 11. To prescribe the appropriate dietary regimen for surgical oncology patients using evidence-based practice and to manage, monitor and reevaluate the treatment plan as necessary. 12. To refer patients to other services for monitoring and therapeutic support following discharge. 13. 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. 14. To initiate, facilitate and coordinate the setting up of a home enteral feed to ensure a safe discharge. 15. To be responsible for the ordering, delivery and monitoring of specialist nutritional supplements (ACBS endorsed) for individual client needs. 16. To work alongside the other band 7 leads and support the wider inpatient service. 17. To write, deliver and evaluate internal and external education and training sessions on nutrition and specialist dietetics to medical staff, nursing staff, AHPs, dietitians, other health care professionals, patients, and carers. 18. To act as a clinical educator by participating in student dietetic placements. 19. To provide supervision to allocated band 6 dietitians daily, carrying out regular one to one meetings, and carrying out annual PDR process. 20. To take an active role in the research and audit. 21. 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. 22. To record and submit patient data and statistics as required by the manager and provide information for annual reports and service development and planning. 23. To attend and participate in departmental, professional update meetings and trust nutrition related meetings leading them when required. 24. To attend and contribute to the trust nutrition steering committee. 25. To be responsible for own clinical professional development (CPD) to maintain competency and to ensure best practice.