Oncology Dietician (Bank)

Oncology Dietician

Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital | Clinical | Bank Contract | Part time

Up to £26.00 per hour, depending on experience

Working on the bank means you are not contracted to a set number of hours per week but instead work on an ad-hoc basis to suit the needs of the business and your availability.

At Nuffield Health, the UK's largest healthcare charity, everything we give our patients, members, and customers would not be possible without you. Your passion, your warmth, and your drive to make a difference are essential. Whether it's driving connected health, helping the nation, transforming experiences, or building the career you want - we give you the support to do it all. Join our journey. It starts with you.

Our CQC Outstanding hospital in Cambridge is seeking an Oncology Dietician to join their clinical team at the Nuffield Health hospital.

You will deliver a high-quality Dietician service to our Oncology patients through clinical assessment and the planning, implementation, and evaluation of treatment.

We are a well-established Oncology team, passionate about ensuring excellence in clinical care, teaching, training, and End of Life Care (EOLC). We've earned the Macmillan Quality Environment Mark (MQEM), and in October 2016, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated clinical service provision at The Nuffield Hospital Cambridge as 'outstanding'.

As an Oncology Dietician, you will:

1. Select appropriate assessment approaches, methods, techniques, and equipment, in line with individual needs and characteristics, evidence of effectiveness, and resources available.
2. Explain clearly to patients their own role, responsibilities and accountability, and the information that is needed from the assessment and who might have access, respecting people's dignity, wishes, and beliefs; involving them in shared decision-making; and obtaining their consent.
3. Prepare, conduct, and monitor assessments in line with evidence-based practice, legislation, policies and procedures, and/or established protocols/theories and models.
4. Monitor individuals during assessments and take appropriate action in relation to any significant changes or possible risks.
5. Ensure accurate clinical records are maintained.
6. Undertake discharge planning.
7. Evaluate relevant information to plan the range and sequence of assessments required and determine the specific activities to be undertaken, the risks to be managed, and the urgency with which assessments are needed.
8. Evaluate assessment findings/results and take appropriate action when there are issues.
9. Consider and interpret all available information using systematic processes of reasoning to reach a justifiable assessment, explaining the outcomes to those concerned.
10. Determine and record diagnosis and treatment plans in accordance with professional guidelines.
11. Identify individuals whose needs fall outside protocols/pathways/models and make referrals to the appropriate practitioners with the necessary degree of urgency.
12. Keep up to date on current and new developments, theories, and reading.
13. Ensure all equipment is in good working order and escalate if otherwise.
14. Provide input to policy and procedural changes within the department.
15. Participate in departmental projects.

The Person

1. Registered practitioner - Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
2. British Dietetic Association membership (BDA).

Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy, and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind. From Holiday in line with the Working Time Directive, Access to our Pension Scheme, and discounted gym membership at £15.00 a month.

Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital

Our state-of-the-art hospital is central Cambridge's premium private hospital, boasting an Outstanding CQC score and offering a full range of medical and surgical specialties. With expertise in Cancer care and Cancer surgery, Orthopaedic surgery (including robotic surgery), Neurosurgery, Cardiology, as well as specialist Paediatric services.

Backed by the latest diagnostic imaging facilities including wide bore MRI and CT scanning, we offer immediate assessment and expert diagnosis. Hospital facilities include 3 state-of-the-art digital theatres, 32 beds, Surgical Day Case theatre/endoscopy suite, Surgical Day PODs, private consultation rooms, close monitoring units, Chemotherapy suite, on-site registered pharmacy, Diagnostic scanning unit, and a Pathology laboratory.

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.

Applications will be considered as they are received, and interviews will be arranged accordingly. We reserve the right to close adverts early, for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications. Therefore, please apply early to ensure you are considered for the post.

It starts with you.