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Our CQC Outstanding hospital in Cambridge is seeking an Oncology Dietician to join their clinical team at the Nuffield Health hospital.
You will deliver a high quality Dietician service to our Oncology patients through clinical assessment and the planning, implementation and evaluation of treatment.
We are a well-established Oncology team and are passionate about ensuring excellence in clinical care, teaching, training and End of Life Care (EOLC). We’ve earned the Macmillan Quality Environment Mark (MQEM) and in October 2016 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated clinical service provision at The Nuffield Hospital Cambridge as ‘outstanding’.

As an Oncology Dietician, you will:

• Select appropriate assessment approaches, methods, techniques and equipment, in line with individual needs and characteristics, evidence of effectiveness, and resources available.
• Explain clearly to patients their own role, responsibilities and accountability, and the information that is needed from the assessment and who might have access, respecting peoples dignity, wishes and beliefs; involving them in shared decision making; and obtaining their consent.
• Prepare, conduct and monitor assessments in line with evidence based practice, and legislation, policies and procedures and/or established protocol/established theories and models.
• Monitor individuals during assessments and takes the appropriate action in relation to any significant changes or possible risks.
• Ensure accurate clinical records are maintained.
• Undertake discharge planning.
• Evaluate relevant information to plan the range and sequence of assessment required and determine the specific activities to be undertaken, the risks to be managed and the urgency with which assessments are needed.
• Evaluate assessment findings/results and takes appropriate action when there are issues.
• Consider and interpret all of information available using systematic processes of reasoning to reach a justifiable assessment, explaining the outcomes to those concerned.
• Determine and record diagnosis and treatment plans in accordance with professional guidelines.
• Identify individuals whose needs fall outside protocols/pathways/models and makes referrals to the appropriate practitioners with the necessary degree of urgency.
• Keep up to date on current and new developments, theories and reading.
• Ensure all equipment is in good working order an escalate if otherwise.
• Provide input to policy and procedural changes within department.
• Participate in departmental projects.

Please refer the Job description for details