Job summary
- Main area
- 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
Employer heading
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
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
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
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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