Specialty Dietitian (Cystic Fibrosis)

Do you have a passion for supporting people with long term health conditions and are looking to expand your clinical skills and develop your leadership skills in a well-established adult cystic Fibrosis service?

Due to the current post holder successfully securing a NIHR Clinical Doctoral Fellowship an opportunity has arisen for a dietitian to take on a fixed term Band 7 service lead role from February 2025 (45 months duration). Our supportive Cystic Fibrosis (CF) MDT comprises of consultants, specialist nurses, pharmacist, psychologist and physiotherapists. The current post holder will still be providing some supernumerary care and therefore available for clinical supervision

Working within CF is highly varied and will allow you to maintain and develop skills in managing PERT, GI issues, nutrition support, weight management, insulin management of CF-diabetes, CF-related bone disease and vitamin replacement. You will work closely with a cohort of 180 patients aged from 16-80 to help them manage their condition and optimise life outcomes

As a valued member of our team, you will receive:

Flexible working, including opportunities for home working.

Clinical supervision

Dedicated time development.

Regular appraisals

Active involvement in an MDT QI programme and access to QI training

Active research involvement including delivery of clinical trials.

Opportunity to attend educational events both nationally and internationally and support for further academic study.

Main duties of the job

To have responsibility for providing a comprehensive dietetic service to adult CF patients treated within the OUH NHS Trust at the Oxford Adult CF Centre. This involves working as an integral member of both the Dietetic team and the multidisciplinary team to provide a flexible, prioritised service based on clinical need

To lead the Adult CF Dietetic provision including agreeing annual leave, cover arrangements and undertaking appraisals for the other Adult CF dietitians in conjunction with the Acute Diabetes Team lead

To be an active part of the broader dietetic team and specifically the adult diabetes dietetic team

To educate and counsel young people and adults with CF, their parents, family and carers on the management of CF

To offer long term support to adults with CF and their families particularly at times of treatment change and other events.

To maximise clinical outcomes for all adults with diabetes by matching dietetic management with optimisation of insulin therapy and PERT and practical skills for each individual.

To act as a source of expertise for local dietetic, nursing and medical colleagues and nationally regarding the nutritional management of CF. To educate, train and disseminate information to HCPs and students.

To participate in departmental audits and initiate audit within own clinical area in order to monitor and evaluate whether local/ national standards are being met and make recommendations for change.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.