MacMillan Cancer services Dietitian

To provide specialist nutritional advice alongside the band 7 Macmillan dietitian's and support to patients with a diagnosis of cancer within South Devon Healthcare NHS Trust as part of the multi-professional Cancer Support Team. To be a source of expertise on nutrition and cancer issues within the Trust and South Devon. We are committed to supporting our teams and the individuals that join cancer services to develop and to thrive within their career pathways offering excellent opportunities for professional and personal development., To work alongside the Macmillan dietitians to deliver a nutrition service and provide support and advice to patients with cancer.
This is a patient facing post with daily presence within the acute ward setting.
To assist in the formulation and integration of specialist dietetic care into overall cancer care as required by the clinical need of the patient.

Working for our organisation
Torbay and South Devon Healthcare NHS Trust provides a service to a population of approximately 250,000 people, of which there are 1,500 new cases of cancer diagnosed annually.
Patients with a diagnosis of cancer will be seen by this service in any of the following settings: Turner ward (18 bed Oncology/ Haematology ward), any other hospital wards at Torbay (approximately 300 beds), Ricky Grant Day Unit, Radiotherapy treatment, clinics (Oncology, Haematology, Surgical, Heart & Lung), Endoscopy, Dietetic clinic and by telephone contact. Occasionally a visit to the hospice, peripheral hospitals (4 in SDHCT) or in the patient's own home may be required.
We are a forward thinking innovative service working closely with healthcare professionals as part of the Cancer service team at Torbay hospital.
https://view.pagetiger.com/why-work-with-us/1, To provide evidence based, comprehensive and holistic nutritional and dietetic support to patients, carers and families who are referred to the service.
To be responsible for the assessment of the patient's current nutritional intake and status, calculation of the patient's nutritional intake and status, calculation of the patient's nutritional requirements and providing advice on achieving and maintaining optimum nutrition.
To be responsible in collaboration with the Specialist lead cancer dietitian for providing appropriate and continual follow up throughout the patient's cancer care pathway to ensure advice is followed and its aims are being achieved and that advice is altered according to the patients changing situation.
To be responsible for all aspects of the dietary treatment prescribed, which will be for enteral or parenteral nutrition as indicated by the patient's clinical condition.
To formulate feeding regimes and prescribe a wide range of artificial feeds based on medical condition, fluid management and biochemistry.
To write individual diet sheets, meal plans and recipes to support verbal advice and support change.
To provide appropriate emotional support to patients and their families/carers as required and to identify any other problems and issues (eg. symptoms, financial, mobility) an individual patient is experiencing and refer on to the appropriate cancer support team member.
To be responsible for communicating complex clinical and nutritional information to other members of the Cancer Support Team, Upper GI MDT, Haematology MDT and other relevant health care professionals.
To be responsible for the training, support and follow up of patients with cancer going home with enteral tube feeding after complex upper GI cancer surgery.
To identify patients are moving from active treatment to palliative care and change your dietetic aims and planned input accordingly.
To identify when a received dietetic referral may not be appropriate and to document reasons for not seeing patient.
You will be joining the organisation at an exciting time. As the first fully integrated care organisation in England, we are working to improve the way we deliver safe, high-quality health and social care. We have a positive and vibrant working atmosphere, we are proud of our investment in our staff both in terms of developing potential career skills and valuing people.
If you provide support to a family member or friend with health or care needs, we aim to be a Carer-friendly employer. We have a 'Staff Carers' policy which includes flexible working where possible and a Carer's Passport scheme that links you into support and discounts.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
+ We reserve the right to close vacancies early if we receive a high volume of applications. Please apply promptly
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+ Applicants with no previous NHS experience will ordinarily be appointed to the minimum of the band
+ If you have not received an invitation to interview within 28 days of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion
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The Trust is committed to preventing discrimination, valuing diversity and achieving equality of opportunity. No person (staff, patient or public) will receive less favourable treatment on the grounds of the nine protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. If you require support you can obtain this from our Equality Business Forum which has representatives from all protected groups.

A Band 5 developmental positional may be considered ( Band 5 £25,655-£31,534 per annum progressing to Band 6 £32,306 - £39,027 per annum).