Job Description

Frimley Health Foundation Trust has a 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. This program will ensure you are looked after by the trust and within your team.



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



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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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.