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Dietician
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 27 hours per week
Job ref
151-NM278
Employer
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Frimley Park Hospital
Town
Frimley
Salary
£30,209 - £36,279 per annum incl HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/04/2026 23:59

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Senior Surgical Dietitian

Band 6

Job overview

Frimley Health Foundation Trust is seeking a dynamic and motivated  Band 6 Senior Surgical Dietitian to work with the team and MDT to support patient care and work towards improving service delivery. This role is currently 27 hours across the week and will be a permanent role within the surgical and adult dietetic team. 

You will work closely with the surgical team lead, nutrition team and multi-disciplinary team to deliver high-quality, patient-centred dietetic care across our surgical wards, including; upper and lower GI surgery, vascular surgery, colorectal, hepatobiliary, orthopaedic and ICU step-down patients. The role involves nutritional assessment and management of complex surgical patients including enteral and parenteral nutrition support. 

Frimley Health’s dietetic team is a supportive and well-established department covering 12 specialties. The Trust places high value on wellbeing, supervision, and professional development, offering a positive and collaborative work environment with access to internal and external learning opportunities.

Main duties of the job

  • To provide assessment, treatment and management of surgical and orthopaedic inpatients
  • Assess and manage patients requiring enteral and parenteral nutrition, including involvement of MDT and nutrition team in decision making
  • Liaise closely with MDT 
  • Support service development and audit initiatives within the surgical team
  • Deliver training and education to ward staff and students

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information regarding the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification documents.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Recognised degree or post graduate diploma in nutrition and dietetics or equivalent
  • HCPC registration
  • Attendance of relevant accredited courses
Desirable criteria
  • Attendance at student supervision training
  • Member of BDA

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Good time management, prioritisation and organisational skills
  • Problem solving
  • Evidence of training professionals in formal and informal settings
  • Good communications and interpersonal skills
  • Managing sensitive issues or communication
  • Apply evidence-based practice into clinical dietetics
  • Working autonomously and within a team
Desirable criteria
  • Some basic management skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerWe Work Flexibly

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Natasja Longo
Job title
Specialist Surgical Dietitian and team lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0300 6134053
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