Senior Specialist Oncology Dietitian Lung & Senior Adults | The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

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We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced oncology dietitian to develop and establish the new lung and SAO dietetic service. This provides the opportunity for MDT working as part of the lung cancer and SAO team. As part of a large dietetic department, you will be supported by dietetic managers and colleagues and will contribute to the overall dietetic service including clinical supervision, student training and CPD activities.

patient care. You will use your leadership skills and knowledge of evidence-based practice to develop and implement nutrition care pathways and evaluate service provision.

You will be encouraged to participate in research and audit and will be supported to share this work nationally to improve outcomes in lung cancer and SAO.

There will be the opportunity to collaborate with other specialist lung/ oncology dietitians in Greater Manchester to develop nutrition care pathways within the GM Cancer Alliance.

If you are passionate about improving outcomes for oncology patients and have experience working within oncology, and service development then this is the post for you.

As a senior specialist lung oncology dietitian, you will :-

To work with the multidisciplinary team to establish and evaluate a dietetic service for lung and frailty patients.

Provide an expert nutritional support and dietary education service for patients attending the lung outpatient clinics at the Christie Hospital.

Provide an expert nutritional support and dietary education service for frailty patients attending the senior adult clinic.

To provide education and training to medical staff, nursing staff and other health care professionals in the Trust.

To provide support and supervision to band 6 rotation dietitians.

To take an active role in the research and audit.

We are a supportive and dynamic department of 26 dietitians and 3 nutrition specialist nurses who work closely together, daily. The teamwork in line with the Core values and behaviours of the trust.

The team’s vision is to be an expert leader in oncology nutrition and dietetics putting patients at the centre of everything we do through innovation, education, and research. We aspire to be the best department to work in by valuing and respecting each other, working as one team, and supporting and developing the current and future workforce through experience, education, opportunities and positive learning environment.

We provide a service to inpatients and outpatient areas and engage in and support research and audit.

We encourage and support professional development with regular CPD, inhouse courses and training programmes on leadership, different disease groups and advanced communication skills with the support of the School of Oncology. The trust supports and is currently developing career pathways for AHP’s.

The department engages in student training, education, and networking at a local and national level.

1. To be clinically responsible for a highly complex area of work, as agreed with the dietetic manager and independently plan, organise and prioritise patient related and professional demands.
2. To develop the lung and SAO dietetic service alongside the lung teams with the support of the dietetic manager.
3. To work closely with the Senior Adult multidisciplinary oncology team to enhance the person’s health, wellbeing and quality of life and contribute to the management of frailty syndromes, prior, during and post-treatment.
4. To nutritionally assess lung / SAO oncology patients by interpreting and evaluating anthropometric, biochemical, clinical, and dietary data, whilst considering the patients social and ethnic circumstances, prognosis and treatment.
5. To convey complex specialised dietary advice and lifestyle changes to patients and carers using advanced counselling and communication skills.
6. To attend appropriate multidisciplinary meetings and outpatient clinics in order to provide expert advice to clinicians regarding provision of nutritional support to lung oncology patients and carers based on clinical evidence
7. To diagnose malnutrition and to liaise with the appropriate consultant, with an aim of optimising treatment outcome, by recommending the appropriate method of nutrition intervention and reducing risk of Refeeding Syndrome.
8. To communicate, liaise and advise the lung team, key workers,nursing staff, AHP’s and other health care professionals on the appropriateevidence based nutrition care plan.
9. To prescribe the appropriate dietary regimen for lung oncology patients using evidence-based practice and to manage, monitor and reevaluate the treatment plan as necessary.
10. To refer patients to other services for monitoring and therapeutic support following discharge.
11. To work with the catering department to ensure suitable meal provision to meet the special needs of the oncology patient in line with national standards.
12. To initiate, facilitate and coordinate the setting up of a home enteral feed to ensure a safe discharge.
13. To be responsible for the ordering, delivery and monitoring of specialist nutritional supplements (ACBS endorsed) for individual client needs.
14. To write, deliver and evaluate internal and external education and training sessions on nutrition and specialist dietetics in relation to lung and SAO to medical staff, nursing staff, AHP’s, dietitians, other health care professionals, patients, and carers.
15. To act as a clinical educator by participating in student dietetic placements.
16. To provide supervision to allocated band 6 dietitians daily, carrying out regular one to one meetings, and carrying out annual PDR process.
17. To take an active role in the research and audit.
18. To maintain accurate, comprehensive and up to date documentation on individual patients in line with local and national standards and be responsible for the appropriate storage of d with the Health Care Professions Council (H.C.P.C) and trust policy on confidentiality.
19. To record and submit patient data and statistics as required by the manager and provide information for annual reports and service development and planning.
20. To attend and participate in departmental, professional update meetings and trust nutrition related meetings leading them when required.
21. To attend and contribute to the trust nutrition steering committee.
22. To be responsible for own clinical professional development (CPD) to maintain competency and to ensure best practice.

This advert closes on Thursday 20 Mar 2025