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We have an exciting opportunity for a Macmillan Dietetic Support Worker to join our dietetic team working in the Department of Therapies and Dietetics within a purpose-built cancer and surgical centre at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford.
This role will support the department to deliver high quality care to cancer patients being treated under the Upper Gastrointestinal (UGI) dietetic service. The post holder will work as an integral part of the oncology dietetic team.
We are very excited about this post, as it will positively contribute to the delivery of excellent dietetic care to this patient group. You will receive training and support in this new role to help develop the skills needed to support patients and the team.
If you are interested in this role and feel you meet the criteria, please take the time to contact us (contact details below) to discuss the role further.
To support the management and care of oesophagogastric cancer patients before and after surgery under the direction of a registered dietitian by
- Gathering patient information to support dietetic assessment
- Screening and review of patient’s nutritional status and intake
- Providing dietary counselling and education to patient and carers
- Completing administrative tasks including drafting clinical letters, registering patients for home enteral feeding service, onward referrals to other services
- Triaging calls and referrals to the OG dietetic service
- Signposting to appropriate services and supports
- Contributing to service development, audits, and quality improvement.
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.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Liz Ward Job title: Clinical Lead Dietitian – Upper GI Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 01865 228305
Jess Budd
Specialist Surgical Dietitian
[email protected]01865 235421
