Band 6 Cancer Services Rotation Dietitian
St George's University Hospitals, Tooting Graveney, Wandsworth
Band 6 Cancer Services Rotation Dietitian
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St George's University Hospitals, Tooting Graveney, Wandsworth
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
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Job ref: 694ec71ce7804896afdf59c63584fdb8
Location ref: Tooting Graveney, Wandsworth
Full Job Description
To work as a Band 6 Dietitian within the Cancer Services team at St Georges Hospital. To be responsible for providing a specialist dietetic service to Head and Neck, Oncology and Haematology patients on rotation; following evidence based practice, being anactive multidisciplinary team member, educator, developing nutrition policies and guidelines, participating in audit and research related toHead and Neck, Oncology and Haematologyin order to improve health outcomes and develop the role and service.
The post holder will cover both in-patients on Oncology/Haematology or Head and Neck wards and out-patient clinics in a variety of settings including consultant led and telephone clinics.
Will work closely with the wider MDT within each speciality. The post-holder will also be expected to participate in MDT training and development related to this specialist area, and to participate in departmental audits, student training and supervision of Band 4 or 5 posts.
The wider dietetic department consists of over 70 dietitians, who provide clinical inpatient and outpatient services to a variety of specialties including oncology, renal, neurology, haematology, paediatrics, cardiology, major trauma, intensive care, gastro, surgical, diabetes, infectious diseases and HIV. We also work closely with our community colleagues.
The department is committed to training dietetic students and actively participates in the training programs of clinical and non-clinical staff. There are numerous opportunities for professional and personal development.
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust - being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful - and behave in a way that reflects these.
St George's has very good public transport links by tube, train, bus and is on the CS7 cycle superhighway. Tooting is a great place to live and work. It has a wide range of excellent restaurants, cafes and bars, shops and markets, and is particularly well known for its authentic Southeast Asian cuisine and stores.