Job summary
- Main area
- Dietetics
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (maternity leave cover)
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 236-SCO-P355-25
- Employer
- Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Salford Care Organisation
- Town
- Salford
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Highly Specialist Oesophago-gastric Dietitian
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
We are delighted to advertise a temporary maternity leave cover Band 7 UGI Dietetic post working as a member of the Greater Manchester Oesophago-gastric Surgical Multi-Disciplinary.
The role will sit within our Gastro Dietetic Team with an ACP, 15 Dietitians, 3 dietetic assistants, and admin and clerical staff. The team assesses and manages patients with both foregut and hindgut diagnoses. You would form part of the wider Salford dietetic team, which consists of nearly 70 team members across acute and community including assistants and admin.
You will be working within the inpatient and outpatient clinical UGI team, assessing nutritional status and delivering dietetic care from diagnosis, through surgery and post-operatively. Your caseload will involve UGI out-patients and supporting the inpatient caseload on the surgical and critical care ward as needed applying your skills in managing enteral and parenteral nutrition. Considerable experience working in surgery, oncology or gastroenterology alongside a variety of nutritional support skills are required for this role.
Main duties of the job
You will work alongside the Greater Manchester Oesophago-gastric Multi-Disciplinary Team to provide holistic care and treatment planning for those patients diagnosed with an UGI cancer, plus those with benign UGI conditions. This role will support the establishment of early dietetic assessment for patients diagnosed with an UGI cancer in the East Cheshire region, optimising their nutritional status during diagnosis.
We require a dynamic leader to join our established UGI senior team who is adaptable, motivated and compassionate to work within this established service. It is essential that you are skilled in working as part of a multidisciplinary team specifically large scale MDTs in relevant oncological tumour groups. Experience of assessing and managing patients independently in an acute and outpatient setting is essential. You will be supporting patients throughout their early cancer diagnosis and treatment pathway and beyond so excellent communication skills and flexibility are essential qualities.
We are an innovative department so the role will include elements of research, service development, audit, and quality improvement. You will be expected to lead/co-lead in these areas and on the one stop clinic to ensure high quality care, collect and analyse outcomes and drive forward improvements.
Working for our organisation
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Person specification
Qualifications and experience
Essential criteria
- BSc. or MSc. in Nutrition and Dietetics or Post-graduate qualification in Dietetic
- State registration as a Dietitian with the HCPC
- Several years experience working at a senior level with responsibility of others/team or larger scale project
- Member of the British Dietetic Association
Desirable criteria
- Member of relevant British Dietetic Association Specialist Group
- Higher degree or additional qualification in nutrition related topic
- Experience of leading audit, service development or quality improvement project
Knowledge and skills
Essential criteria
- Expert clinical knowledge in UGI benign and cancer conditions
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels and work in MDT
- Knowledge of current best practice in clinical field
- Expertise in obtaining accurate anthropometric measurements
- Reflective practice and portfolio development skills
- High level of expertise in nutritional support including enteral and parenteral nutrition
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with bioelectrical impedance equipment
- High level of nutritional knowledge for the range of gastrointestinal conditions and/or benign UGI conditions
- Evidence of CPD activities within specialist field e.g. surgery, UGI, oncology
- Ability to interpret and analyse statistical data
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kellie Owen
- Job title
- Advanced Clinical Practitioner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01612064255
- Additional information
Kate Ford
01612064255
Helen Bennett
01612064255
Rachel Ribalta
01612064255
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