Specialty Dietitian – UGI Surgery
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SOC 2259 (95% match) is an eligible occupation, and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
About the role
This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone with an interest in oesophagogastric (OG) surgery and wishes to work as part of a tumour-site specific multi-disciplinary team who values and respects the role of the Dietitian.
This post will support and work alongside the OG dietetic team to provide a comprehensive dietetic service to pre- and post-operative OG patients treated at the Churchill Hospital, part of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUHFT), Oxford.
The OUH is a regional centre for OG cancer management covering the Thames Valley and one of a few UK centres providing the surgical management of trachea-oesophageal fistula (TOF), end stage achalasia and other complex benign diseases of the oesophagus and stomach.
We encourage every Band 6 to protect 20% 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, such as reviewing the way the service is delivered and the patient pathway. This role therefore provides a great opportunity to develop clinical and leadership skills.
The Primary Focus Of This Post Will Be To Support The OG Cancer Patients Who Are Treated Surgically But Also Those Who Have Complex Benign Disease And Require Pre- And Post-operative Dietetic Support. This Will Includes
This post will support and work alongside the OG dietetic team to provide a comprehensive dietetic service to pre- and post-operative OG patients treated at the Churchill Hospital, part of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUHFT), Oxford.
The OUH is a regional centre for OG cancer management covering the Thames Valley and one of a few UK centres providing the surgical management of trachea-oesophageal fistula (TOF), end stage achalasia and other complex benign diseases of the oesophagus and stomach.
We encourage every Band 6 to protect 20% 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, such as reviewing the way the service is delivered and the patient pathway. This role therefore provides a great opportunity to develop clinical and leadership skills.
The Primary Focus Of This Post Will Be To Support The OG Cancer Patients Who Are Treated Surgically But Also Those Who Have Complex Benign Disease And Require Pre- And Post-operative Dietetic Support. This Will Includes
- Provide screening and assessments of patients at all stages of treatment
- Manage weekly telephone/video clinics +/- face to face clinics
- Liaise with the OG MDT with regards to the nutritional management of patients (e.g. feeding tube insertions, treatment decisions, hospital admissions).
- Provide short and long-term follow-up and management of treatment side effects of surgery and systemic anticancer treatments
- Work alongside the ERAS and Prehab nursing team to run OG specific virtual prehabilitation group sessions
- Run a pre surgery, virtual education group session for patients
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: Liz.Ward@ouh.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01865 235421
Alison Howard - Dietetic Team Lead (Oncology & Haematology)
Alison.Howard@ouh.nhs.uk
01865 235421
Sonia Garcia - Divisional PA
sonia.garcia@ouh.nhs.uk
01865 234620
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Where this offer sits in the market
SOC 2259 · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · ~68k in sampleP25 £34kP75 £49k
£29kmedian £42k£49k
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