Band 6 Senior Oncology Dietitian

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• *Evidence of relevant GCSE, NVQ, GNVQ, AS and A levels
• *Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent
• *Registration with HCPC

Desirable

• *MSc or equivalent experience e.g. advanced level of clinical practice / relevant postgraduate, professionally accredited courses

Experience

Essential

• *Relevant post registration experience relevant to clinical area.
• *In depth for nutritional assessment / nutritional screening tools.
• *Knowledge of all types of nutritional support.
• *Up to date with clinical developments, with evidence of contributions to clinical meetings / journal clubs.
• *Working knowledge of computer programmes e.g. word processing, spreadsheets, power point, dietary analysis, data collection and patient information programmes.
• *Evidence of clinical audit and/or research.
• *Evidence of multi-disciplinary team work.
• *Knowledge of standards of record keeping and medico-legal issues.
• *Experience of training Dietetic students.

Desirable

• *Evidence of teaching groups pf professionals and patients (D)
• *Evidence of ongoing regular attendance on post-graduate training courses and clinical development.
• *Evidence of attendance at national conferences.
• *Attendance at specialist group meetings of BDA and accredited specialist training course.
• *Attendance at relevant multi-disciplinary courses/conferences

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Organisational skills with the ability to organise own workload and work in a systematic way
• * Excellent time management
• * Excellent interpersonal and team working skills
• * Demonstrates interest and enthusiasm for nutrition
• * Motivated to develop the service
• * Flexibility in the approach to a day in the knowledge that pressure of demand and throughput of patients will impact on original aims of the day
• * Work onsite due to the clinical caseload
• *Enthusiasm and commitment to train student dietitians and others
• *Commitment to CPD

Desirable

• *Active member of relevant professional groups

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm