10 Oct
Guy's Hospital
London
Main area
Dietetics
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Fixed term: 6 months (Subject to extension to 12 months due to maternity cover.)
Hours
Part time - 30 hours per week (Will need to work Monday and Fridays in the office)
Job ref
196-LIS8946
Employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Guy's Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£44,806 - £53,134 p.a inc HCA Pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
28/10/2024 23:59
Interview date
11/11/2024
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal,
orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success.
We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our team. . The post will be 0.8 WTE fixed term maternity cover for 6 months and may be extended to 12 months.
The post holder will provide an dietetic service for lung, breast and neurological cancers.
The role will provide dietetic support alongside a multi-disciplinary team to patients along their cancer pathway including from diagnosis, through treatment and for those in long term follow up or palliative care.
We are a well-established team of 8 specialist dietitians and 1 dietetic assistant working in the Cancer Centre at Guy’s Hospital. The oncology dietetic team is highly respected within the oncology-haematology directorate and regularly undertake service improvement work to ensure a high quality, effective, safe & patient-focussed service.
We are looking for a dynamic & enthusiastic dietitian with effective communication, team working and problem solving skills to join our friendly & forward-thinking team.
There will be leadership opportunities to support professional development and inhouse CPD opportunities.
Interviews will be held week commencing 11th November 2024.
We would welcome opportunities to discuss this post further. For an informal chat, please contact Saira Chowdhury (Principal Oncology Dietitian) at ***************@gstt.nh.uk.
Main duties of the job
To deliver a service that aligns with the national priorities outlined by the NHS Long Term Plan + NHS Cancer Programme. The successful candidates will require some prior knowledge and experience of nutrition support and palliative care. An understanding of current issues relating to cancer care is required.
Effective team working, organisational, time management and communication skills are essential to support their role in this busy post.
Working for our organisation
Guy’s Hospital is one of the U.K.’s leading cancer hospitals and the role of the dietitian is highly valued with in the oncology directorate. The state of the art Cancer Treatment Centre opened in 2016 and subsequently the Guy’s Cancer Academy in more recent years. We are a large Academic Health Sciences Centre with King’s College London and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. This is a unique opportunity to work alongside experienced clinicians and leading researchers in the Trust and at King’s College, London.
The post holder will be joining a team of over 100 dietitians working across Guy's, St Thomas’, the Evelina Children's Hospital, and Lambeth, Southwark community services.
The department has a strong commitment to research and teaching.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To be an effective member of the oncology dietetic team responsible for the nutrition and dietetic management of oncology patients receiving treatment by the oncology and haematology teams.
To be responsible for haematology and oncology patients’ receiving oral, enteral and parenteral nutrition support on the Guy’s Hospital site as in-patients as well as in outpatient clinics. Further outpatient support may also be provided to the chemotherapy day unit, radiotherapy department and at the acute oncology service department.
Duties and Responsibilities
CLINICAL.
1. To lead in the provision of a specialist dietetic service within their multidisciplinary team.
2. To be responsible for the provision of the dietetic input into Multidisciplinary outpatient Clinics.
3. To be responsible for the provision of a Dietetic Outpatient Clinic.
4. To take the lead in providing expert Dietetic input into agreed medical and surgical areas for both inpatients and outpatients.
5. To devise, monitor and review nutritional care plans against outcomes measures and adjust these care plans to enable the achievement of their goals.
6. To provide expert nutritional advice to patients, carers and clinicians regarding provision of nutritional support for patients based on clinical evidence. This requires detailed nutritional assessment; to include the calculation of nutritional requirements based on the interpretation of biochemistry, anthropometry and clinical condition
7. To ensure the safe and timely discharge of patients going home on artificial nutritional support liaising with and co-ordinating internal and external agencies.
8. To communicate and liaise with other agencies regarding nutrition related prescriptions and the nutritional management of patients within and outside the trust.
9. To be responsible for ensuring that patients and carers have consented prior to dietetic intervention in line with professional guidelines.
10. To directly prescribe nutritional, vitamin and mineral supplements.
11. To be responsible for the maintenance of adequate stock levels of feeds and supplements at ward level.
12. To be trained to trainer level in the use of enteral feeding pumps and associated equipment.
13. To be trained to trainer level in the use of anthropometric equipment for assessment of nutritional status such as bioelectrical impedance, callipers and hand grip dynamometer.
1. To provide cover for colleagues during periods of absence.
TRAINING & EDUCATION
1. To be able to utilise developed communication and teaching skills to educate the diverse and multicultural population with barriers to understanding both on a one to one basis and in groups.
2. To provide specialist Dietetic counselling to patient’s and relatives where training in post registration Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and use of reassurance and motivational skills are required to be used in an appropriate and sensitive manner.
3. To provide training for medical, allied health professionals, nurses, catering staff and dietetic students, as well as patients. This will take the form of lectures, tutorials and demonstrations.
4. To undertake the role of a mentor for junior members of staff.
5. To advise and liaise with catering staff concerning the dietary needs for patients under your care and to assist in instructing chefs on the preparation of therapeutic diets.
6. To participate in the training of student dietitians.
7. To maintain Continuing Professional Development and attend study days and training.
CLINICAL GOVERNANCE
1. To participate in the development, implementation and update of operational and professional standards and policies for the Dietetic Service.
2. To contribute to operational and strategic planning for the dietetic service within the trust.
3. To initiate and participate in research and audit within the area of specialism, in line with departmental research and audit procedures. This may include co-ordination and supervision of research projects for undergraduate dietetic students. It will be expected that any relevant findings should be published or presented at appropriate conferences.
4. To actively participate in the departmental evidence based group and others as appropriate
5. To be an active team member of the dietetic department at Guy’s and St Thomas’ participating in departmental developments and attending monthly staff and continuing professional development meetings.
6. To research, develop, audit and publish evidence based departmental literature for use within and outside the trust. These will be produced with the use of patient fora.
7. To participate fully in continuing professional development and appraisal through the use of portfolio based assessment in line with national frameworks.
8. To keep statistics and written records of all inpatient and outpatient contacts in accordance with trust and departmental standards for record keeping.
9. To comply with professional codes of practice, professional guidelines and departmental policies.
In consultation with the postholder, undertake any other duties appropriate to the grade as requested by the Dietetic Services Manager.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Further details / informal visits contact
Name Saira Chowdhury Job title Principal Oncology Dietitian Email address ***************@gstt.nhs.uk Telephone number 07598552028