Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Team Lead Dietitian - (Intestinal Failure & Transplant)
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Role Description
This position has arisen to backfill a staff member who has been successful in a predoctoral NIHR award for 12 months. If you are a Band 7 dietitian looking to gain more leadership experience, or an experienced Band 6 looking to advance your career, we would love to hear from you.
This post offers great MDT working and the ability to advance knowledge and skills in intestinal failure and transplantation. You will also lead the team of 3 dietitians with support from fellow Team Lead Dietitians and MDT members.
This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the best teaching hospitals in the UK and offers the successful candidates the opportunity to gain valuable training so that they can not only advance their careers but join a team that offers the very best in nutritional care.
We encourage every Band 7 to protect 30% of their time within the role to development, both individually and as a service. This can include quality improvement projects, clinical audit and CPD, as well as service development alongside the MDT.
Benefits
- Flexible working, including opportunities for home working
- Clinical supervision and support from experienced and specialist dietitians
- Dedicated time for professional and service development
- Regular appraisals and personalised development plan
- Access to a range of CPD opportunities, the Oxford AHPs Research & Innovation Unit, and Bodleian Library collection
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Responsibilities
- Provide a specialist, evidence-based dietetic service to patients with intestinal failure (IF) who are referred for intestinal transplant (ITx) including their assessment, acute transplant period, and long-term follow-up.
- Provide a specialist dietetic service to patients with IF who may require parenteral or complex nutrition support plans.
- Support colleagues to deliver dietetic care to patients at all phases of the intestinal failure patient pathway, within the trust, locally, nationally, or internationally.
- Lead, supervise, and support a team of dietitians in the areas of parenteral nutrition (PN), IF, and ITx. To initiate and lead discussions on organizational, professional, and clinical issues relevant to the team.
- Along with the Service Manager, be responsible for the dietetic service provided to their clinical area and its development. Along with the Nutrition Support Team medical, nursing, and pharmacy leads to be responsible for the IF service and its development.
- Working as an integral member of the multidisciplinary teams to provide a flexible, prioritized service based on clinical need. To act as a source of expertise for local and national dietetic and MDT colleagues and regarding the nutritional management of these patient groups.
- Participate in and initiate audits and research as appropriate for the clinical area, Dietetic, and NST services.
- Work closely with the other Dietetic Team Leads to support the running and development of the whole Dietetic Department.
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About Us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training, and research.
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington, and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards, and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues, and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement, and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits, contact:
- Name: Matt Newby
- Job Title: Dietetic Service Manager
- Email Address: Matt.Newby@ouh.nhs.uk
- Telephone Number: 01865221701
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