Specialist Oncology Dietitian (Head and Neck)

Job summary

Specialist Dietitian Head and Neck Cancer Band 6 (development opportunity for experienced Band 5s) Part-time | Based at Worcestershire Royal Hospital

Are you looking to develop your dietetic career within a specialist head and neck cancer service? If so, this could be the opportunity for you.

This role would suit either an experienced Band 5 Dietitian seeking to take the next step in their career, or an established Band 6 wishing to specialise in head and neck oncology.

As a key member of the Head and Neck multidisciplinary team (MDT), you will work closely with Speech and Language Therapists, Clinical Nurse Specialists, and other members of the wider Oncology team to provide high-quality, patient-centred nutritional care for both inpatients and outpatients with head and neck cancer.

You will join a supportive and friendly Nutrition & Dietetic Department comprising 26 staff across our two acute hospital sites. Based primarily at Worcestershire Royal Hospital, you will work part-time alongside two other specialist Head and Neck Dietitians, providing a total of 1.6 WTE dietetic support to the service.

You will also be part of our wider Oncology Dietetic team, which includes two Oncology Dietitians and a Dietetic Assistant, offering excellent opportunities for professional support, development, and collaboration.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be an experienced and autonomous dietetic practitioner responsible for delivering a high standard of patient-centred nutritional care to individuals with oncology conditions. They will provide specialist assessment, treatment planning, and evidence-based dietary interventions as part of the multidisciplinary team. The role includes contributing to the ongoing development, coordination, monitoring, and evaluation of the oncology dietetic service to ensure quality and efficiency. The post holder will also support the training and supervision of students and actively contribute to the Therapy Clinical Governance agenda to enhance service quality and professional standards.

About us

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Employer details

Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

Employer's website

https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

Employer's website

https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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