Do you have a passion for parenteral nutrition (PN) and intestinal failure (IF) and rehabilitation and are looking for a change or new opportunity in your career?!
We are recruiting a new dietetic colleague to join our multidisciplinary nutrition support team comprising of nutrition nurses, dietitians, pharmacists, medics and supported by our dietetic department colleagues, specialist vascular access teams, community home parenteral nutrition providers, dedicated aseptic compounding unit and NST admin colleagues
. You may have an interest in PN and IF arising from past experience in gastroenterology, oncology, haematology, surgical or intensive care. You would provide care to patients on PN in hospital and at home on PN working within an integrated IF patient care team and we have an intestinal transplant program at OUH. We also support ward dietitians in areas we are closely involved with from our PN ward rounds
This exciting opportunity to join one of the best and largest acute teaching hospitals in the UK offers the successful candidate
- Flexible 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.
Support for further academic study
To have responsibility for providing a dietetic service to patients treated within the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (OUHT). This involves working as an integral member of the dietetic team to provide a flexible, prioritised service based on clinical need.
To provide a specialist dietetic service to patients with intestinal failure who may require intravenous feeding i.e. total parenteral nutrition (TPN) within the Oxford University Hospitals Trust (OUH).
To provide a specialist outpatient dietetic service for patients with intestinal failure, some of who require TPN at home (HPN).
To work as an integral member of the multidisciplinary nutrition support team to provide a safe, prioritised service based on clinical need.
To educate, train and disseminate information to healthcare professionals including clinicians, nurses, Allied Health Professionals, dietetic colleagues and students in aspects of nutrition and dietetics but particularly related to the care of patients with TPN and those in critical care.
To provide support to dietitians involved with TPN on 2 hospitals sites within the OUH Trust working along side the gastro and surgery dietitians and your team leader.
To participate and play a key role with other specialist dietitians in the development of evidence based Trust-wide multidisciplinary nutrition guidelines and policies.
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: Lisa Vokes Job title: Dietitian Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 01865 235421