Job summary
Frimley Health Foundation Trust has an exciting fixed-term vacancy for Band 7 Specialist Dietitian in Critical Care and/or Surgery. This fixed term band 7 vacancy can be split into two roles, allowing flexibility for those who are interested to apply for one part-time or both roles to make up a full time role, as per interest and clinical experience. Please indicate on your application which of the roles you are applying for. This fixed term contract will be ending in September 2024.
Specialist Critical Care Dietitian - 3 days per week
The role will cover a 12 bedded intensive care unit and work as part of the MDT. The successful applicant will support the leadership of the department, attendance at clinical governance, training of other healthcare professionals and linking with the intensive care dietetic services across the Trust.
Specialist Surgical Dietitian - 2 days per week
This role will work alongside the surgical team lead to lead on specialist assessment, treatment and management of a complex clinical caseload in surgery, incorporating skills in oral, enteral and parenteral nutrition. The role will act as an expert resource for parenteral nutrition ensuring that we meet good quality standards for the patient group receiving this treatment.
Our department is a dynamic, well-established team with dietitians working in multiple specialities. The department has a focus on working together as a team and supporting colleagues in their training and development.
Main duties of the job
- To be responsible for developing and establishing dietetic services for critical care patients/unit within Wexham Park Hospital.
- To be responsible for service development, update and implement guidelines to set and monitor standards of practice
- To act as a specialist resource for the Critical Care multi-disciplinary team(s) and Dietitians within Frimley Health Foundation Trust
- To take a lead role and be responsible for the advanced assessment, treatment and management of patients on Critical Care and associated paperwork. These patients have highly complex and/or chronic presentation
- To undertake evidence based projects, including recommendations for changes in practice and to develop research and audit in this clinical area
- To provide an effective high quality service within the critical care speciality and take a lead role in supporting and teaching other department Dietitians as required.
- To provide an assessment, treatment and management of patients within other specialities during periods of annual leave and other specialities on a required basis.
- To contribute to continued development, efficiency and safety of dietetic department
- To deputise for the Dietetic leads in times of absence, providing supervision of Dietitians and facilitating team caseload management and staffing levels.
- To be flexible in times of increased capacity to the service
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire. We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our Trust three core 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, Working Together and Facing the Future. In the Therapies Directorate we have a strong EDI culture and welcome applicants who will continue to contribute to the power of diversity we want in our teams to help us deliver our best services to our population.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To take a lead role and be responsible for the advanced assessment, treatment and management of patients within Critical Care and Surgical specialties. Please refer to attached job description and addendums for further details and indicate on your application if you are interested in one or both of the roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To take a lead role and be responsible for the advanced assessment, treatment and management of patients within Critical Care and Surgical specialties. Please refer to attached job description and addendums for further details and indicate on your application if you are interested in one or both of the roles.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised degree in nutrition and dietetics or equivalent
- HCPC registration
- Communication course
- Evidence of further postgraduate study in specialisation up to MSc level or equivalent
- Member of British Dietetic Association
- Active member of specialist clinical interest group
Desirable
- Leadership/Supervisory course
Experience / Competencies
Essential
- Good time management and organisational skills
- Clinical leadership skills
- Ability to work autonomously and within teams
- Effective written and oral communication skills
- Keyboard skills and computer literacy
- General management skills including supervisory and appraisal skills
- Training skills including presentation and facilitation
- Use of dietary equipment such as; assessment software, skinfold calipers
- Negotiating, influencing and counselling skills
- Ability to problem solve innovatively
- Strategic thinking
Professional / Specialist / Functional experience
Essential
- Clinical specialist work post registration as a dietitian in Critical care and/or Surgical specialty
- Experience of audit and/or research
- Able to demonstrate a wide range of experience in all aspects of dietary assessment and treatment
- Leadership and supervisory
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised degree in nutrition and dietetics or equivalent
- HCPC registration
- Communication course
- Evidence of further postgraduate study in specialisation up to MSc level or equivalent
- Member of British Dietetic Association
- Active member of specialist clinical interest group
Desirable
- Leadership/Supervisory course
Experience / Competencies
Essential
- Good time management and organisational skills
- Clinical leadership skills
- Ability to work autonomously and within teams
- Effective written and oral communication skills
- Keyboard skills and computer literacy
- General management skills including supervisory and appraisal skills
- Training skills including presentation and facilitation
- Use of dietary equipment such as; assessment software, skinfold calipers
- Negotiating, influencing and counselling skills
- Ability to problem solve innovatively
- Strategic thinking
Professional / Specialist / Functional experience
Essential
- Clinical specialist work post registration as a dietitian in Critical care and/or Surgical specialty
- Experience of audit and/or research
- Able to demonstrate a wide range of experience in all aspects of dietary assessment and treatment
- Leadership and supervisory
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
