Band 7 Dietitian

Job Title: Macmillan Dietitian

Grade: Band 7

Trust: Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust

Location: Wigan and Leigh Hospice

Hours: 1 day per week/7.5hours

Pay rate: £22.76-36.42 (uplifts for nights and weekends)

End Date: 15/10/2024

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are currently seeking organised and motivated candidates to fulfil Band 7 Macmillan Dietitian opportunities within the team at Wigan and Leigh Hospice under a long-term placement contract. Are you a dynamic and enthusiastic individual with excellent communication skills looking to embark on a new opportunity within the NHS? If so, we would like to hear from you today!

The post holder will ideally have experience working within the community in a similar role, with cancer patients. They must be able to demonstrate initiative and prioritise a complex workload whilst working both as an autonomous practitioner and as part of a team.

High levels of both written and oral communication are essential to this post with the ability to deliver or discuss difficult diagnosis and prognosis with tact, empathy, managing distressed or aggressive patients or carers/relatives. The post holder must be able to communicate accurate and sensitive information to patients, carers, and relatives as well as within their own team & colleagues.

Role Details:

• This role will be purely clinical and patient facing - no service improvement tasks involved
• To be recognised as a highly specialist dietitian in the field of cancer and palliative care
• To assess nutritional status taking into account anthropometric data, clinical conditions/treatment, in-depth biochemical data and social/cultural factors
• To estimate the patients current nutritional intake and nutritional requirements using recognised validated techniques To manage a clinical caseload of patients with highly complex cancer/palliative care needs - monitoring, evaluating and reviewing dietetic treatment interventions, and to modify as necessary

The Successful Candidate Will:

• Maintain own competence to practice at a highly specialist level to meet professional and AHP requirements for registration i.e. British Dietetic Association (BDA) and Health Professions Council (HPCP)
• Hold a Degree in Dietetics or equivalent
• Have previous NHS experience
• Post registration experience in clinical paediatric dietetics (Band 5/6) is desirable
• Practice in accordance with the professional, ethical, and legal codes of the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC), and Trust and NHS protocols and guidelines

In addition to experience, all Qualified roles will be required to provide evidence of:

• Relevant Qualifications
• Registration with the relevant Registration Body if applicable

Who are NHS Professionals?

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Why NHS Professionals?

We value your skills, dedication, and commitment in supporting your local Trust and the NHS. We believe together we continue to deliver world-class healthcare service to our patients.

In return for your hard work commitment NHS Professionals (NHSP) can offer you some fantastic benefits: -

• Competitive Pay Rates - work this week, get paid next week!
• First choice of placements at over 50 NHS Trusts in England
• Dedicated consultants
• Flexible working options
• Free DBS and free training
• Build holiday allowance
• Stakeholder pension scheme