Opportunity to develop specialized knowledge in areas such as gastroenterology and surgery through a structured learning program.
Supportive transition to the workplace with a 12-month preceptorship program, providing training, supervision, and networking.
Flexibility in working hours and patterns, promoting a healthy work-life balance.
Chance to contribute to the training of student dietitians and other healthcare professionals, enhancing teaching and presentation skills.
Access to a wide range of professional development opportunities, including management and clinical skills training.
Part of a well-respected and ambitious NHS Foundation Trust dedicated to improving health and care services in the community.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 5 Dietitian to join its acute team at Wexham Park Hospital in Slough. The role involves managing a clinical caseload, overseeing an outpatient clinic once a month, and contributing to the training of dietetic assistants and student Dietitians. The post is designed for newly qualified applicants or those nearing completion of their qualifications, with a structured learning program that allows for professional development in specialized dietetic areas like gastroenterology and surgery. The Trust offers a supportive transition into the workplace through a 12-month preceptorship program, which includes dedicated training and mentorship.
Ideal candidates will possess a recognized degree in nutrition and dietetics and HCPC registration, along with relevant clinical experience. Key responsibilities include effective communication, problem-solving, and organisational skills, with opportunities for participation in continued professional development. The Trust emphasises flexibility in working patterns to promote a healthy work-life balance and encourages applicants who can work in a supportive and inclusive environment.
Ideal candidates will possess a recognized degree in nutrition and dietetics and HCPC registration, along with relevant clinical experience. Key responsibilities include effective communication, problem-solving, and organisational skills, with opportunities for participation in continued professional development. The Trust emphasises flexibility in working patterns to promote a healthy work-life balance and encourages applicants who can work in a supportive and inclusive environment.
Job Overview
Frimley Health Foundation Trust has a exciting vacancy for a Band 5 Dietitian to join our acute team at Wexham Park Hospital.
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 Frimley Trust we provide a supportive transition to the workplace, through a 12-month multi-professional preceptorship program run by our Clinical education directorate in collaboration with our Therapies department. This provides protected training, supervision, networking and education to enable our staff to reach their full potential and adjust well into their new working environment.
Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
Main duties of the job
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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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment .
Our three core 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, Working Together and Facing the Future .
Apply online now
Frimley Health Foundation Trust has a exciting vacancy for a Band 5 Dietitian to join our acute team at Wexham Park Hospital.
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 Frimley Trust we provide a supportive transition to the workplace, through a 12-month multi-professional preceptorship program run by our Clinical education directorate in collaboration with our Therapies department. This provides protected training, supervision, networking and education to enable our staff to reach their full potential and adjust well into their new working environment.
Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
Main duties of the job
- To be responsible for the treatment of a designated clinical caseload and associated paperwork
- To autonomously run an outpatient clinic once a month
- 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, including in structured learning opportunities to gain experience in dietetic specialities.
- 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.
Frimley Health Trust benefits on Vimeo
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Recognised degree or post graduate diploma in nutrition and dietetics
- HCPC registration
- Member of BDA
Essential criteria
- Successful completion of clinical placement in an NHS setting or equivalent
- Recent relevant clinical experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to work single-handedly with individuals and groups
- Effective written and oral communication skills
- MDT working
- Organisational skills
- Problem solver
- Computer literacy and use of dietetic software
- Presentation skills
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment .
Our three core 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, Working Together and Facing the Future .
Apply online now
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