Food Service CF Specialist Dietitian

As we are a specialist tertiary cardiothoracic centre, we provide nutrition support to patients with other lung conditions. Also, within the wider ward team there are always opportunities to cover the surgical and transplant wards during annual leave periods as well as other specialities.

This role is part time (30 hours per week) but flexible working will be considered and the opportunity for an informal visit can be arranged. The Role is a 0.4WTE CF Dietetic team / 0.4WTE Catering Lead role split., You will lead on the dietetic leadership for the Trust Catering team, support quarterly menu reviews, monthly catering meetings and helping to ensure the Trust Catering team works towards safe, inclusive menu availability that supports the patient groups our Trust caters for.

You will provide comprehensive dietetic input to the cystic fibrosis service at Royal Papworth Hospital as part of the Nutrition and Dietetics team.

The post holder will :

Assess and review inpatients on the CF Unit which sometimes include COPD, Pulmonary Hypertension and Chest Medical related concerns requiring nutrition support.

Complete yearly CF Dietetic Annual Reviews.

Provide a mix of face to face and virtual clinics throughout the week.

Take part in multidisciplinary meetings, peer reviews.

Lead / support Trust Catering service improvement projects.

Be able to lead / take part in audits and research projects.

Have the opportunity to develop line manager skills and support other band 3/4/5 staff members with senior advice as required.

Have the opportunity to attend relevant study days and conferences.

Provide cover for relevant hospital wide education programmes including for other members of the wider MDT.

Provide cross cover in the absence of other dietetic team members and learn about other specialist areas within a cardiothoracic centre.

Are you a pro-active, energetic dietitian who can work well in a team?

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our small, friendly Cystic Fibrosis dietetic team. You will be an integral part of the wider CF MDT who are supportive on the importance of nutrition and evidence-based care. This role also includes the exciting opportunity as the Lead Catering Dietitian for the Trust. Previous CF experience is desirable but not essential as in post training can be provided.

The care of CF patients is at an exciting time since the arrival of CFTR modulators and we would welcome anyone with experience in diabetes, weight management, gastro and/or liver disease as these skills will be useful for management of our patients with their changing needs, although none of these are essential. Experience with nutritional support is desirable, but again we can provide training on this as required.

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

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