Job overview

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dynamic and motivated Band 6 Senior Dietitian to join our acute adult dietetic team in a permanent role across surgical and gastroenterology specialties. This is an exciting opportunity to develop specialist skills while supporting high-quality, patient-centred care across a varied inpatient caseload.

Working closely with the surgical team lead, nutrition team and wider MDT, the post holder will provide specialist nutritional assessment, treatment and management for complex surgical, orthopaedic, gastroenterology and medical patients, including those requiring enteral or parenteral nutrition.

The caseload includes upper and lower GI surgery, vascular, colorectal, hepatobiliary, ICU step-down patients and a range of gastrointestinal conditions such as IBD, liver disease, IBS, functional gut disorders and pancreatic insufficiency. The role is primarily inpatient focused, with some outpatient clinic work and opportunities to contribute to audit, service development and research.

Frimley Health’s dietetic team is a supportive, well-established department covering 12 specialties. The Trust values wellbeing, supervision and professional development, offering a collaborative working environment with access to internal and external learning opportunities.

Main duties of the job

• Provide specialist dietetic assessment, treatment and management for surgical, orthopaedic, gastroenterology and complex medical patients across inpatient and outpatient settings
• Independently manage a clinical caseload, including patients requiring enteral or parenteral nutrition, using behavioural change techniques and motivational interviewing to support self-management
• Work as an integral member of the MDT, representing dietetics in meetings, clinical governance and collaborative care planning
• Contribute to audit, quality improvement, research and service development, including ongoing work within IBD, eating disorders and hepatology
• Support education and training for ward staff, junior staff, students and assistants as appropriate

Working for our organisation

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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