Job summary
- Main area
- Dietetics
- Grade
- AfC Band 6
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term Contract ending 30/06/2027)
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 384-JH-EMF20301-B6
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Surrey Foundation Trust
- Town
- Guildford
- Salary
- £41,957 - £50,387 per annum pro-rata includes high cost area supplements (HCAS)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist ICU Dietitian
AfC Band 6
Job overview
A part-time opportunity (0.6wte) has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated person to join our Dietetics Department at the Royal Surrey Hospital (RSH) on a fixed term for 12 months to be a part of our ICU dietetic Teams.
We are looking for somebody with excellent communication and organisational skills. You will be working alongside our multi-disciplinary team of dietitians, pharmacists, gastroenterologists, specialist nurses, and biochemists.
If you are an HCPC registered dietitian with experience and a strong interest in parenteral nutrition and intensive care, looking for an opportunity to develop your skills within a friendly and supportive team, we would love to hear from you.
We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and supportive recruitment process. If you would benefit from additional support—such as meeting the recruiting manager or visiting the interview environment in advance—please let us know when applying.
Interviews will be held face to face only.
Main duties of the job
This post is also provides some cover for the nutrition support service for patients at the RSH and supporting patients on ICU. You will also be involved in delivering education sessions to healthcare professionals.
You will join a forward thinking dietetic team which undertakes the training of dietetic students, and also focuses on research and audit in its areas of activity to promote clinical effectiveness in patient care. You will be encouraged to develop both personally and professionally, with the chance to shadow and learn from specialist dietitians.
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for providing specialist dietetic care to critically ill patients on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
The post holder will be an integral part of the ICU dietetic team to provide a nutrition and dietetic service for inpatients referred on ICU. The post holder will support the Specialist ICU and provide some cover for the NST Dietitians with critical care patients in ICU and higher dependency areas, and inpatient ward rounds, and associated meetings (including regular MDT meetings).
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc in Dietetics or equivalent and registration with HCPC
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Member of the British Dietetics Association
- Membership of BDA specialist group
- Driving license
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Post qualification experience including nutrition support and enteral feeding
- Evidence of MDT work
- Evidence of experience in parenteral nutrition
- Evidence of ability to manage complex clinical presentations
- Evidence of teaching/lecturing experience to a variety of health professionals.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of training/supporting others (including students) within specialist clinical area
- Experience of working in acute and community settings
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nicola Porter
- Job title
- Deputy Head of Dietetics
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
For further information please call Mary Phillips, Jess Zekavica or Alice Champion on 01483 571122 Ext. 3229.
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Royal Surrey Foundation Trust
- Telephone
- 01483 571122 Ext 2478
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