Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Community Dietitian

The closing date is 08 July 2025

Job summary

Are you looking to develop your skills and knowledge to build a career? Frimley Health Foundation Trust has an exciting vacancy for a Band 5 Community Dietitian on a part time basis of 18.75 hours per week. This is a fixed term role until the end of March 2026. Flexible work options can be considered.

The responsibilities within this role include delivering a dietetic service to housebound patients and Care Home residents at risk of malnutrition in the Frimley South area.

The post holder will work closely with the Senior Community B7 Dietitian and the wider relevant multi-disciplinary teams and provide support to Medicine Optimisation team.

You will be involved in various projects such as Appropriate Prescribing of Sip Feeds and Quality Improvement projects in care homes.

Our department is a well-established team of dietitians working across various specialities. Our department values every individual within the team, and is passionate about supporting wellbeing, personal development and regular supervision, in order to create a supportive team environment. We are keen to support continued professional development through access to internal and external opportunities for learning.

Main duties of the job

  • To provide individualised nutrition assessments and review for patients requiring oral nutrition support in care homes and those who are housebound across Frimley South Place
  • To be a source of expertise for FHFT and Frimley ICB on issues relating to oral nutrition support in the community
  • To support team lead and Frimley ICB medicines optimisation team in ensuring appropriate use of oral nutritional supplements in the community to treat malnutrition
  • To educate, train and disseminate information to health and social care professionals including clinicians, nurses, allied health professionals, dietetic colleagues, care home staff and students about the dietetic management of malnutrition in the community
  • To undertake regular audit and service development projects

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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Details

Date posted

02 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,469 to £38,307 a year per annum incl HCAS

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

9 months

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

151-NM87

Job locations

Frimley Park Hospital

Portsmouth Road

Frimley

GU16 7UJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to attached job description and person specification for further details about the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to attached job description and person specification for further details about the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Recognised degree or post graduate diploma in nutrition and dietetics or equivalent
  • HCPC registration
  • Evidence of CPD

Desirable

  • Nutrition based course post registration
  • Student supervision training
  • Member of BDA

Experience

Essential

  • Clinical dietetic experience including community oral nutrition support
  • Audit experience
  • Training and education of healthcare professionals and patients
  • Multidisciplinary team working

Desirable

  • Leadership
  • Research

Skills

Essential

  • Organisational and prioritisation skills
  • Problem solving
  • Good communication skills
  • Computer skills

Desirable

  • Presentation skills
  • Group skills
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Recognised degree or post graduate diploma in nutrition and dietetics or equivalent
  • HCPC registration
  • Evidence of CPD

Desirable

  • Nutrition based course post registration
  • Student supervision training
  • Member of BDA

Experience

Essential

  • Clinical dietetic experience including community oral nutrition support
  • Audit experience
  • Training and education of healthcare professionals and patients
  • Multidisciplinary team working

Desirable

  • Leadership
  • Research

Skills

Essential

  • Organisational and prioritisation skills
  • Problem solving
  • Good communication skills
  • Computer skills

Desirable

  • Presentation skills
  • Group 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).

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Frimley Park Hospital

Portsmouth Road

Frimley

GU16 7UJ


Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Frimley Park Hospital

Portsmouth Road

Frimley

GU16 7UJ


Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Senior Community Dietitian

Ali Carr

a.carr@nhs.net

07342067927

Details

Date posted

02 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,469 to £38,307 a year per annum incl HCAS

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

9 months

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

151-NM87

Job locations

Frimley Park Hospital

Portsmouth Road

Frimley

GU16 7UJ


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