Dietitian

Frimley Health Foundation Trust has an 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.

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.

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:

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 criteria: Recognised degree or post graduate diploma in nutrition and dietetics, HCPC registration.
• Desirable criteria: Member of BDA.

Experience:

• Essential criteria: Successful completion of clinical placement in an NHS setting or equivalent, recent relevant clinical experience.
• Desirable criteria: Experience of managing enteral feeding patients in an acute setting, nutrition support experience in a hospital, documented evidence of CPD.

Skills & Knowledge:

• Essential criteria: 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 criteria: Presentation skills, basic management skills.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities. Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.

We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state‑of‑the‑art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services. We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future‑proofed, featuring on‑site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helping us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations. Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, saving time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care. Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.