Specialist Dietician

Job description

Job responsibilities

Specialist Dietician Harrogate, North Yorkshire (on-site)

About Us

Yorkshire Cancer Research is the largest independent regional cancer charity in England. With an ambitious goal of saving 2000 lives a year, it is an exciting time to be joining the charity. Every week in Yorkshire almost 600 people are told they have cancer, by working for Yorkshire Cancer Research you are helping to protect and save these lives.

Yorkshire is big, beautiful and diverse and, as an inclusive employer, our aim is that our workforce reflects the rich diversity of our region. We believe a diverse workforce is central to us achieving our strategic goal of saving more lives in our region. We offer equal opportunities regardless of race, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnerships.

Yorkshire Cancer Research is entering an exciting period in its development. As part of this we are expanding our team at our Head Office and a number of new roles are being created. As such, we are now looking for a Specialist Dietician to support our Research, Services and Policy team.

The Benefits

We offer all our employees a wide range of benefits including an enhanced contributory pension scheme, 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays (increasing to 30 days after 5 years service), flexible working arrangements, private medical insurance, enhanced maternity leave, career progression, learning and development, wellbeing initiatives, offices within walking distance of Harrogate train station, free onsite parking and a whole lot more.

Weve got a strong set of values that inform everything we do and were looking for people who are aligned with these. As our Specialist Dietician, you will strive for excellence in everything you do, have integrity, champion expertise through improvement and innovation and be a great team player. To find out more about our values and how important they are to us, please visit our website. The Role As our Specialist Dietician, you will play a key role as we embark on an exciting programme to transform and improve the outcome of people recently diagnosed with cancer. The charity will be delivering a rehabilitation programme from our new Yorkshire Cancer Research Centre at Hornbeam Park. The programme will help people with cancer prepare for and recover from treatment quickly and maintain healthy lifestyles after their cancer diagnosis.

Supporting the Head of Services, you will initially lead the development of the dietetic service offered as part of our new programme. Once the service is established, you will be responsible for leading on the delivery of the dietetic service for adults with a cancer diagnosis by working collaboratively to deliver a multidisciplinary, inclusive and responsive service, ensuring customer service excellence and responding to service user diversity.

Specifically, you will:

• Lead the development of the dietetic service offered as part of the prehabilitation and rehabilitation programme being delivered from the Yorkshire Cancer Research Centre by attending and contributing to multi-disciplinary team meetings and working groups, leading them as required, and contributing to the delivery of the wider rehabilitation programme.
• Support the development and operation of administrative systems relevant to the service for data collection and record keeping relevant for the dietetic service.
• Support the charity's vision within the Yorkshire Cancer Research Centre to create a healthy food environment for staff and visitors.
• Lead the provision of a high quality, evidence-based dietetic service to adults with a cancer diagnosis using a high level of skills and knowledge as an independent practitioner.
• Lead on dietetic assessments and determine dietetic requirements of service users taking into account medical, biochemical, social, cultural, and psychological factors.
• Use appropriate and suitable skills to establish rapport and a person-centred relationship in order to identify barriers to understanding and implications for change for service users.
• Use empathic, motivational, negotiating and cognitive behavioural management skills to support in formulating a plan to establish and maintain change that is relevant and suitable for the service user.
• Work collaboratively across the multidisciplinary service team to provide consistent and high-quality service provision; liaise with stakeholders and colleagues; share information and represent area in working groups and meetings.
• Contribute to service development and innovation; recommend improvements to systems/processes; prepare monitoring and management information; support participant engagement with formal feedback mechanisms and carry out evaluation to inform continuous improvement.

About You

To be considered for this role, you will need:

• A BSc in Nutrition and Dietetics (or equivalent).
• Current HPC registration.
• Extensive post-registration dietetic experience.
• The ability to manage a complex caseload with frequent changing priorities.
• In-depth knowledge of nutritional needs and nutritional assessment.
• In-depth knowledge of a range of clinical conditions and current best practice for dietetic management for people with a cancer diagnosis.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for delivering a service and working directly with service users.
• The ability to work with and assess service users living with or beyond cancer.
• An understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice.
• Physical and emotional stamina to deal with sensitive and difficult situations.
• An ability to travel across the Yorkshire region and flexibility to deliver weekend and evening classes as needed.
• Experience in nutritional management for people with a cancer diagnosis is desirable.

Before applying, please visit our Careers Page to view the full role profile and find out more about working for Yorkshire Cancer Research.

To apply please submit a CV and cover letter outlining your suitability for the role to Claire Wooldridge, Head of People, (recruitment@ycr.org.uk) before 04 October 2023. Please read ourprivacy noticebefore applying.

The charity is a responsible and flexible employer. We welcome any discussion for flexible working at the interview/offer stage where we will consider an individuals circumstances against the needs of the charity.

We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates from all backgrounds. If we can make any reasonable adjustments to support your application please contact us at recruitment@ycr.org.uk or call the People Team on 01423 642803.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• A BSc in Nutrition and Dietetics (or equivalent).
• Current HPC registration.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Yorkshire Cancer Research

Address

Yorkshire Cancer Research

7 Grove Park Court

Harrogate

North Yorkshire

HG1 4DP

Employer's website

https://yorkshirecancerresearch.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)