Specialist Dietitian Oncology - Rotational

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Acts as a source of expertise on Dietetics and Nutrition for staff, carers and patients including the provision of education and training. Works as a member of a departmental team with the support of the appropriate team leader and clinical leads. Please refer to the job description and personal specification attached

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• HCPC registered
• Qualified Dietitian ( degree, post-graduate diploma or equivalent)
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable criteria

• Member of the BDA
• Validated courses

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience as a dietitian
• Able to apply additional depth of knowledge gained through experience to specialist area

Desirable criteria

• Experience in any of the specialist areas

Analytical and judgement

Essential criteria

• Able to overcome barriers to understanding.
• Excellent verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills including explaining, negotiating, motivating and training.
• Able to work as an integral member of dietetic and multi-professional teams, building relationships with patients/carers, and other staff
• Able to handle sensitive and confidential information and respond to people who are distressed or anxious
• Able to overcome difficulties in communication, including language barriers, and adapt approach to varying situations.

Communication

Essential criteria

• Able to communicate with a range of individuals on complex matters
• using professional judgement to solve problems and make decisions where there are a range of options

Planning and organisation skills

Essential criteria

• Able to plan and organise own workload, including daily tasks and longer term strategic planning, despite interruptions and changing priorities.
• Able to plan and organise the work of allocated student dietitians

Physical

Essential criteria

• Able to carry out anthropometric measurements accurately and use relevant equipment
• Able to use a computer keyboard and relevant computer programmes.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process.

Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.

Easy read application: If you have a disability and find online job applications difficult, you can use an easy read application form instead.

To get this form, please email