Job summary
Frimley Health Foundation Trust has an exciting vacancy for a fixed term Band 7 Upper GI Oncology Specialist dietitian. We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, active team player with good communication skills to join our acute Dietetic team on a fixed term contract, ending at end of March 2026.
This role will lead on the development and day to day running of the UGI Oncology dietetic services within Frimley Health Foundation Trust.It will include team leader responsibilities within the department and direct line management. You will contribute to the development of the service, manage and understand specialist data, ensure clinical guidelines are up-to-date and implemented, lead on audit and quality improvement ensuring that the team's work contributes towards best care approach and in turn the Frimley Health Foundation Trust strategy.
Main duties of the job
- This role will lead on the development and day to day running of the UGI Oncology dietetic services within Frimley Health Foundation Trust and
- Provide advanced assessment and treatment of UGI oncology patients within the in and outpatient setting at Wexham Park Hospital.
- This role will be an expert resource within the department and oncology, be responsible for the UGI oncology dietetic services at Wexham Park Hospital and support the UGI dietetic service pathway cross-site.
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital servicesforaround 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our threecore values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other,Committed to Excellence,WorkingTogether and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnelworkingalongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties
Job description
Job responsibilities
Specialist clinical areas
- To manage, analyse and understand data for specialist area
- To utilise data to guide service development and quality improvement
- To be an autonomous practitioner in assessing and developing nutritional plans for a complex clinical caseload within inpatients and outpatients, with a focus on those with upper-gastrointestinal cancer
- To lead on the clinical dietetic service for UGI oncology cross-site, with the main clinical caseload based at Wexham Park Hospital
- To monitor incidents within your clinical specialty and assist with incident investigation when required
- To act as an expert resource, providing dietetic advice and support to health care professionals working within dietetics and the wider team
- To contribute to the education of multi-disciplinary groups, patients, families, carers and general public as appropriate e.g. Cancer Support Group, Health and Wellbeing day
Departmental roles and responsibilities
- Linking with the UGI team at Frimley Park Hospital to help support the development of UGI service cross-site. To help enable equity of service at both hospital sites
- To be flexible in times of increased demand to the service and be willing to cover other areas of the hospital and work on other sites within Frimley Health NHS Foundation trust
Job description
Job responsibilities
Specialist clinical areas
- To manage, analyse and understand data for specialist area
- To utilise data to guide service development and quality improvement
- To be an autonomous practitioner in assessing and developing nutritional plans for a complex clinical caseload within inpatients and outpatients, with a focus on those with upper-gastrointestinal cancer
- To lead on the clinical dietetic service for UGI oncology cross-site, with the main clinical caseload based at Wexham Park Hospital
- To monitor incidents within your clinical specialty and assist with incident investigation when required
- To act as an expert resource, providing dietetic advice and support to health care professionals working within dietetics and the wider team
- To contribute to the education of multi-disciplinary groups, patients, families, carers and general public as appropriate e.g. Cancer Support Group, Health and Wellbeing day
Departmental roles and responsibilities
- Linking with the UGI team at Frimley Park Hospital to help support the development of UGI service cross-site. To help enable equity of service at both hospital sites
- To be flexible in times of increased demand to the service and be willing to cover other areas of the hospital and work on other sites within Frimley Health NHS Foundation trust
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised degree in nutrition and dietetics or equivalent
- HCPC registration
- Advanced communication course
- Leadership or supervisory course
- Evidence of further postgraduate study in specialisation up to MSc level or equivalent
- In-depth knowledge of evidence-based practice
- In-depth knowledge of health legislation in current practice and clinical governance
- Knowledge of risk assessment
- Active member of oncology specialist group
Desirable
- Member of British Dietetic Association
Comptencies
Essential
- Ability to prioritise own and others workload
- Good time manager
- Clinical leadership skills
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to work singlehandedly with individuals and groups
- Multi-disciplinary team working
- Effective written and oral communication skills
- Keyboard skills and computer literacy
- Supervisory and appraisal skills
- General management skills
- Training and facilitation skills
- Analyse professional and ethical issues
- Use of dietary assessment software
- Negotiating, influencing and counselling skills
- Presentation skills - evidence of presenting to large groups
- Ability to utilise equipment e.g. skinfold calipers, bioimpedence equipment, insulin pump equipment
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Ability to problem solve innovatively
- Change management
- Strategic thinking
Professional / Functional / Specialist Skills
Essential
- Clinical specialist work post registration as a dietitian
- Documented evidence of CPD
- Training and supervisory support of staff and students
- Experience of audit and/or research
- Able to demonstrate a wide range of experience in all aspects of dietary assessment and treatment
- Leadership and line management
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised degree in nutrition and dietetics or equivalent
- HCPC registration
- Advanced communication course
- Leadership or supervisory course
- Evidence of further postgraduate study in specialisation up to MSc level or equivalent
- In-depth knowledge of evidence-based practice
- In-depth knowledge of health legislation in current practice and clinical governance
- Knowledge of risk assessment
- Active member of oncology specialist group
Desirable
- Member of British Dietetic Association
Comptencies
Essential
- Ability to prioritise own and others workload
- Good time manager
- Clinical leadership skills
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to work singlehandedly with individuals and groups
- Multi-disciplinary team working
- Effective written and oral communication skills
- Keyboard skills and computer literacy
- Supervisory and appraisal skills
- General management skills
- Training and facilitation skills
- Analyse professional and ethical issues
- Use of dietary assessment software
- Negotiating, influencing and counselling skills
- Presentation skills - evidence of presenting to large groups
- Ability to utilise equipment e.g. skinfold calipers, bioimpedence equipment, insulin pump equipment
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Ability to problem solve innovatively
- Change management
- Strategic thinking
Professional / Functional / Specialist Skills
Essential
- Clinical specialist work post registration as a dietitian
- Documented evidence of CPD
- Training and supervisory support of staff and students
- Experience of audit and/or research
- Able to demonstrate a wide range of experience in all aspects of dietary assessment and treatment
- Leadership and line management
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
