Highly Specialist Dietitian

Main area Clinical Services Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Fixed term: 13 months (Until 30th September 2026) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 282-SA716

Employer The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site The Royal Marsden Sutton Town Sutton Salary £53,751 - £60,651 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 13/08/:59

Job overview

This is an opportunity for a dietitian with innovation and drive to continue to deliver and develop the specialist dietetic service for the paediatrics and teenage and young adults (TYA) . We are looking for an enthusiastic dietitian with oncology and/or paediatric experience and a specialist interest in adolescents and young people

Your role:

• To continue to develop the high quality, specialist evidence based dietetic service for paediatrics, adolescents and young people working alongside existing staff
• Responsibility for provision of education, audit and research within the service in conjunction with senior staff and AHP colleagues.
• Management of own clinical caseload in both TYA and paediatrics.
Award-Winning Patient Care
We're world-renowned for our research and treatment of cancer and we have been awarded the Charter Mark for our commitment to excellence in patient care.

What can we offer you?

The opportunity to work within the largest cancer centre in Europe and to build on your existing skills and experience. The hospital encourages professional and personal development through an in-service education programme and support for study leave

Main duties of the job

Provide the Royal Marsden Hospital with an effective and flexible nutrition and dietetic service to Children, Teenage and young adults (TYA) in and out patients unit. The post holder will be expected to deliver diet and nutritional support, hold discussions regarding complementary therapies, help support children and young people with growth and development, and promoting health being after treatments. To manage own complex dietetic clinical caseload in Paediatric Oncology / Heamato-oncology and support the caseload management of the rotational Band 6 working in this specialist area of practise. The post holder will take part in clinics, mdt meetings, ward rounds and case conferences.

The unit is a JACIE accredited haematological transplant centre with the dietitians providing support to patients before, during and after transplant. The post has a remit to contribute to the delivery of education and training to nursing and medical staff in the service and across the South Thames and South East Network, to contribute to audit ( including MDT projects) and represent the unit at national and international meetings and conferences.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information please refer to the job description and personal specification

Work autonomously to provide expert advice to patients, carers and clinicians based on clinical evidence. This will involve

• nutritional diagnosis (interpretation of biochemistry, anthropometrics, clinical condition and analysis of diet history)

• the development of treatment plans (calculation of nutritional requirements and client centred goals)

• determining route of feeding i.e. oral, enteral or parenteral

• prescription of dietary treatment for conditions where there are limited professional guidelines

The post-holder should be a skilled practitioner, who is a source of knowledge and expertise for less experienced colleagues, patients, carers and members of the multidisciplinary team. They will supervise band 6 dietitians within the dietetic department. They will be part of a highly specialist oncology dietetic service. To provide clinical supervision and training to other dietitians and assistants working in the specialist area.

Person specification Qualifications

• HPC registered
• Evidence of further postgraduate study/training in specialist area e.g. oncology/ nutritional support and/or paediatric courses

Experience/Knowledge

• Ability to appreciate the broad scope of dietetics and be able to operate effectively within an NHS environment
• Appreciate the scope of oncology and understand the nutrition management for this
• Previous experience of conducting audits, evaluating evidence and/or research

Skills and abilities

• Evidence of professional development, commitment to lifelong learning
• Accurate keyboard skills - data inputting, word processing, internet and dietary analysis

Other

• Member of BDA oncology group and Paediatric Oncology Dietitians Interest Group (sub group of the BDA paediatric group)
• Teaching on higher education / professional courses
• Representative on working party e.g. internal/ external to trust
• Evidence of intermediate leadership skills

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.

Flu Vaccination - What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.

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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.