Job summary
Frimley Health Foundation Trust has a exciting vacancy for a Band 5 Dietitian to join our acute team at Wexham Park Hospital. The hours are 37.5 per week over 5 days.
The caseload will have allocated core wards within the hospital and include an outpatient clinic. This post is part of a Band 5 structured learning programme and the successful applicant will have the opportunity to develop knowledge in specialist dietetic areas such as; gastroenterology and surgery to name a few.
The post holder will be expected to contribute to the student training and training commitment to other healthcare professionals which will provide the opportunity to develop teaching and presentation skills.
This vacancy is open to newly qualified applicants or those who are in the final stages of completing their qualifications and are awaiting their HCPC registration.
At our trust we offer a preceptorship program to staff newly recruited into the NHS system. This will optimise your transition into the workplace, offering you regular mentorship and support through your first year working at Frimley Health. This program will ensure you are looked after by the trust and within your team.
Main duties of the job
- To be responsible for the treatment of a designated clinical caseload and associated paperwork
- To help supervise dietetic assistants and student Dietitians
- To contribute to the continued development, efficiency and safety in the dietetic department
- To participate in CPD and other departmental activity
- To be flexible at times of increased capacity to the service
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- To employ professional knowledge acquired through degree or relevant experience
- To utilise expertise within the specialism, underpinned by theory
- To be responsible for implementing the standards and policies in each speciality within your clinical practice and where applicable, propose changes to ways of working
- To be responsible as an autonomous practitioner and to undertake a significant clinical caseload
- To undertake comprehensive assessment of patients using investigative, analytical and clinical reasoning skills
This role will be responsible for the treatment of a designated clinical caseload and associated paperwork. Please refer to job description and person specification for further details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- To employ professional knowledge acquired through degree or relevant experience
- To utilise expertise within the specialism, underpinned by theory
- To be responsible for implementing the standards and policies in each speciality within your clinical practice and where applicable, propose changes to ways of working
- To be responsible as an autonomous practitioner and to undertake a significant clinical caseload
- To undertake comprehensive assessment of patients using investigative, analytical and clinical reasoning skills
This role will be responsible for the treatment of a designated clinical caseload and associated paperwork. Please refer to job description and person specification for further details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised degree or post graduate diploma in nutrition and dietetics
- HCPC registration
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Successful completion of clinical placement in an NHS setting or equivalent
- Recent relevant clinical experience
Desirable
- Experience of managing enteral feeding patients in an acute setting
- Nutrition support experience in a hospital
- Documented evidence of CPD
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to work single-handedly with individuals and groups
- Effective written and oral communication skills
- MDT working
- Organisational skills
- Keyboard skills and computer literacy
- Use of dietary assessment software
Desirable
- Presentation skills
- Basic management skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised degree or post graduate diploma in nutrition and dietetics
- HCPC registration
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Successful completion of clinical placement in an NHS setting or equivalent
- Recent relevant clinical experience
Desirable
- Experience of managing enteral feeding patients in an acute setting
- Nutrition support experience in a hospital
- Documented evidence of CPD
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to work single-handedly with individuals and groups
- Effective written and oral communication skills
- MDT working
- Organisational skills
- Keyboard skills and computer literacy
- Use of dietary assessment software
Desirable
- Presentation skills
- Basic management skills
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).
