Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Surgical Dietitian

The closing date is 03 August 2025

Job summary

Frimley Health Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Senior Surgical Dietitian for a part-time, 10 month fixed-term position until July 2026 .

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 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 inpatients
To autonomously run a monthly outpatient clinic
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

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital servicesforaround 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

Our threecore 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,WorkingTogether and Facing the Future.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.

Date posted

25 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£40,617 to £48,778 a year per annum incl HCAS

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

10 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

151-NM111

Job locations

Frimley Park Hospital

Portsmouth Road

Frimley

GU16 7UJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

To be involved with the advanced assessment, treatment and management of complex patients on the surgical caseload and service development within this areas. Please refer to attached job description for further details.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oRecognised degree or post graduate diploma in nutrition and dietetics or equivalent
oHCPC registration

Desirable

oAttendance at student supervision training
oAttendance of relevant accredited courses
oMember of BDA

Experience

Essential

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

Some basic management skills

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

Relevant clinical experience in dietetics
Audit or quality improvement work
Experienced in all aspects of adult nutrition support - oral nutrition support, enteral and parenteral nutrition
Training of student, junior colleagues and health care professionals
Working in a multi-disciplinary team
Ability to demonstrate a high level of expertise within a wide range of clinical dietetics

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oRecognised degree or post graduate diploma in nutrition and dietetics or equivalent
oHCPC registration

Desirable

oAttendance at student supervision training
oAttendance of relevant accredited courses
oMember of BDA

Experience

Essential

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

Some basic management skills

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

Relevant clinical experience in dietetics
Audit or quality improvement work
Experienced in all aspects of adult nutrition support - oral nutrition support, enteral and parenteral nutrition
Training of student, junior colleagues and health care professionals
Working in a multi-disciplinary team
Ability to demonstrate a high level of expertise within a wide range of clinical dietetics

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

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)