Job summary An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our friendly Therapies team in the Integrated Care Directorate at Velindre Cancer Centre on a full-time basis ( hours per week).
Part time hours / job share opportunities would be considered.The Highly Specialist Upper Gastrointestinal Dietitian will work alongside the Dietetic team and the Upper Gastrointestinal multi-disciplinary team to deliver a high quality service to their patient population.
This will include working within the outpatient and multi-disciplinary clinic setting, in addition to ambulatory care and inpatients.
The post holder will be responsible for the configuration of dietetic service provision for the upper-gastrointestinal population served by Velindre Cancer Centre.
Alongside their clinical duties, the successful candidate will undertake service development, quality improvement projects and audit.
They will also be responsible for undertaking teaching of other health care professionals and supervision of other Dietitians and undergraduate students.
Main duties of the job We are seeking a motivated and organised individual who is an adaptive team player with excellent interpersonal skills.
Experience of working as a Dietitian in adult dietetic services at a senior level, experience relevant to upper gastro-intestinal cancer services, along with experience of working as a member of a specialist multi-disciplinary team, is a requirement of this post.
The successful candidate will need to be able to manage a complex clinical caseload, have excellent time management and prioritisation skills along with audit and research skills.The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in ourcutting-edgeVelindre Cancer Centre and ouraward-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together.
We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.
Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to provide the key principles of prudent healthcare through a wide array of roles.
We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver.
We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.
If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.
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Person Specification Qualifications Essential Degree, or equivalent, or post graduate qualification in dietetics MSc qualification or equivalent experience Evidence of current HCPC registration Desirable Member of a relevant specialist interest group Experience Essential Previous considerable clinical experience relevant to upper gastro-intestinal cancer services Experience as working as part of a specialist multidisciplinary team Experience of audit and service development Desirable Experience of staff / service management Aptitude and abilities Essential Ability to demonstrate specialist skills within the field of upper gastro-intestinal cancer Ability to manage a clinical caseload, clinical analytical skills Ability to communicate with healthcare professional and the public Desirable Ability to speak Welsh