Senior Surgical Dietitian | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust; Slough; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

A regional health service provider is seeking a motivated and experienced Band 6 Senior Surgical Dietitian for a part-time, 7-month fixed-term position in Slough. This role involves managing complex medical and surgical patients, providing nutrition support, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Dietetics and experience in a related field. The position offers a supportive work environment focused on professional development.

Benefits

Access to internal and external learning opportunities

Supportive work environment

Focus on wellbeing and professional development

Qualifications

• Experience in surgical and medical dietetics.
• Ability to assess treatment and manage complex patients.
• Strong communication skills to deliver training.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment, treatment, and management of inpatients.
• Act as a specialist resource for the medical/surgical team.
• Undertake evidence-based projects for service development.

Skills

Management of complex medical and respiratory patients

Oral, enteral, and parenteral nutrition support

Collaboration within a multi-disciplinary team

Education

Degree in Dietetics

Job description

Frimley Health Foundation Trust is seeking a motivated and experienced Band 6 Senior Surgical Dietitian for a part-time, 7-month fixed-term position until March 2026. Based at Wexham Park Hospital, the post-holder will work within the acute adult team, covering surgical wards and managing a caseload of complex medical and respiratory patients.

Working alongside a Band 7 Surgical Dietitian, you will provide comprehensive oral, enteral, and parenteral nutrition support. This role offers an excellent opportunity to further develop your expertise in surgical and medical dietetics, particularly in areas such as parenteral nutrition.

You will be an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team, contributing to clinical governance, delivering training to healthcare professionals, and collaborating with dietetic colleagues across the Trust. The post also includes opportunities to raise the profile of dietetics within the surgical department and contribute to service development.

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

• To provide assessment, treatment, and management of surgical and complex medical inpatients.
• To provide an effective high-quality service to all in and outpatients.
• To act as a specialist resource for the medical/surgical team and Dietitians with Wexham Park Hospital.
• To be responsible for service development, implement policy and policy changes, and to set and monitor standards of practice.
• To undertake evidence-based projects, including recommendations, and to develop audit and research in this area.
• To be flexible in times of increased capacity to the service.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, and south Buckinghamshire.

In addition to general hospital services, we provide specialist services such as heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis, and plastic surgery across a wider area.

Our three main hospitals are Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot, and Wexham Park near Slough.

Our core values—Committed to Excellence, Working Together, and Facing the Future—guide our work and set expectations for staff in their interactions with patients, visitors, and colleagues.

We also host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park, where military surgical, medical, and nursing personnel work alongside NHS staff to provide comprehensive care.

This role involves advanced assessment, treatment, and management of complex patients within medical and surgical caseloads, as well as service development. Please refer to the attached job description for further details.

This advert closes on Thursday, 10 July 2025.