• Job Description

  Req#: C9151-25-0793?language=en&page=514&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Are you looking to develop your skills and knowledge to build a career? Frimley Health Foundation Trust has an exciting vacancy for a Band 5 Community Dietitian on a part time basis of 18.75 hours per week. This is a fixed term role until the end of March 2026. Flexible work options can be considered.

  The responsibilities within this role include delivering a dietetic service to housebound patients and Care Home residents at risk of malnutrition in the Frimley South area.

  The post holder will work closely with the Senior Community B7 Dietitian and the wider relevant multi-disciplinary teams and provide support to Medicine Optimisation team.

  You will be involved in various projects such as Appropriate Prescribing of Sip Feeds and Quality Improvement projects in care homes.

  Our department is a well-established team of dietitians working across various specialities. Our department values every individual within the team, and is passionate about supporting wellbeing, personal development and regular supervision, in order to create a supportive team environment. We are keen to support continued professional development through access to internal and external opportunities for learning.

  Main duties of the job

  • To provide individualised nutrition assessments and review for patients requiring oral nutrition support in care homes and those who are housebound across Frimley South Place
  • To be a source of expertise for FHFT and Frimley ICB on issues relating to oral nutrition support in the community
  • To support team lead and Frimley ICB medicines optimisation team in ensuring appropriate use of oral nutritional supplements in the community to treat malnutrition
  • To educate, train and disseminate information to health and social care professionals including clinicians, nurses, allied health professionals, dietetic colleagues, care home staff and students about the dietetic management of malnutrition in the community
  • To undertake regular audit and service development projects

  About us

  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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  Details

  Date posted

  02 July 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 5

  Salary

  £31,469 to £38,307 a year per annum incl HCAS

  Contract

  Fixed term

  Duration

  9 months

  Working pattern

  Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

  Reference number

  151-NM87

  Job locations

  Frimley Park Hospital

  Portsmouth Road

  Frimley

  GU16 7UJ

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please refer to attached job description and person specification for further details about the role.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please refer to attached job description and person specification for further details about the role.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Recognised degree or post graduate diploma in nutrition and dietetics or equivalent
  • HCPC registration
  • Evidence of CPD

  Desirable

  • Nutrition based course post registration
  • Student supervision training
  • Member of BDA

  Experience

  Essential

  • Clinical dietetic experience including community oral nutrition support
  • Audit experience
  • Training and education of healthcare professionals and patients
  • Multidisciplinary team working

  Desirable

  • Leadership
  • Research

  Skills

  Essential

  • Organisational and prioritisation skills
  • Problem solving
  • Good communication skills
  • Computer skills

  Desirable

  • Presentation skills
  • Group skills

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Recognised degree or post graduate diploma in nutrition and dietetics or equivalent
  • HCPC registration
  • Evidence of CPD

  Desirable

  • Nutrition based course post registration
  • Student supervision training
  • Member of BDA

  Experience

  Essential

  • Clinical dietetic experience including community oral nutrition support
  • Audit experience
  • Training and education of healthcare professionals and patients
  • Multidisciplinary team working

  Desirable

  • Leadership
  • Research

  Skills

  Essential

  • Organisational and prioritisation skills
  • Problem solving
  • Good communication skills
  • Computer skills

  Desirable

  • Presentation skills
  • Group skills

  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

  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).

  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)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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