Clinical Specialist Dietitian In Cancer Care

Job Purpose:

The Clinical specialist dietitian will apply their expert clinical dietetic knowledge across the range of Inherited Metabolic Disorders (IMD) that are treated by diet, due to disordered protein, fat or carbohydrate metabolism.

The Clinical Specialist will :

 Lead the development of the IMD nutrition care pathways and standards operating procedures including:

a) Provide an inpatient, outpatient and telehealth service in order to deliver measurable dietetic outcomes.

b) Supports management of patients admitted to external hospitals

 Develop and implement training pathways and frameworks for dietitian colleagues to support the delivery of evidence based care to IMD patients.

 Ensure that the service is organised to deliver high quality, efficient and effective care from all members of the IMD dietetic team.

 Participate in the strategic development of IMD nutrition by representing the service and working collaboratively with national and international colleagues on relevant projects/reports.

 Carry a clinical caseload that may include comanagement of patients for training and competence development.

 Undertake the duties outlined in the job description in a professional manner and adjust the area of focus as projects evaluated and embedded.

Please see full job description attached.

Informal Enquiries to Mary McKiernan, Dietetics Manager: Mmckiernan@mater.ie