Frimley Health Foundation Trust has an exciting vacancy for a 0.5 WTE Band 7 Specialist Critical Care Dietitian to join our Frimley Park Hospital team - this is an on-site role. The successful applicant will work alongside our ICU Dietitian as part of the MDT, have line management responsibilities, and support the leadership of the department by linking with the dietetic services across Frimley Health Foundation Trust. This is a great opportunity to develop and practice skills and knowledge within this expertise.
Our department is a dynamic, well-established team with dietitians working in specialities such as paediatrics, surgery, intensive care, respiratory, cardiac, oncology, gastroenterology, and stroke rehabilitation. The department has a focus on working together as a team and supporting colleagues in their training and development.
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 delivering dietetic services for critical care patients/unit within Frimley Park Hospital. To support service development, update and implement guidelines to set and monitor standards of practice as required. To act as a specialist resource for the Critical Care multi-disciplinary team and Dietitians within Frimley Health Foundation Trust. To take a lead role and be responsible for the advanced assessment, treatment, and management of patients on Critical Care and associated paperwork. These patients have highly complex and/or chronic presentation. To undertake evidence-based projects, including recommendations for changes in practice and to develop research and audit in this clinical area. To provide an effective high-quality service within the critical care specialty and take a lead role in supporting and teaching other department Dietitians as required. To provide an assessment, treatment, and management of patients within other specialties during periods of annual leave and other specialties on a required basis. To contribute to continued development, efficiency, and safety of the dietetic department. To be flexible in times of increased capacity to the service.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to attached job description, person specification, and job addendum for further details on the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Recognised degree in nutrition and dietetics HCPC registration
Desirable
Critical care nutrition courses BDA specialist group member
Experience
Essential
Post-registration clinical dietetic experience in oral, enteral, and parenteral nutrition in critical care Experience of audit/research Experience presenting and training
Skills
Essential
MDT working Good communication Organisation Problem solver
Desirable
Leadership experience
Employer details
Employer name
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Frimley Park Hospital
Portsmouth Road
Camberley
GU16 7UJ
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
151-RO166 #J-18808-Ljbffr
Our department is a dynamic, well-established team with dietitians working in specialities such as paediatrics, surgery, intensive care, respiratory, cardiac, oncology, gastroenterology, and stroke rehabilitation. The department has a focus on working together as a team and supporting colleagues in their training and development.
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 delivering dietetic services for critical care patients/unit within Frimley Park Hospital. To support service development, update and implement guidelines to set and monitor standards of practice as required. To act as a specialist resource for the Critical Care multi-disciplinary team and Dietitians within Frimley Health Foundation Trust. To take a lead role and be responsible for the advanced assessment, treatment, and management of patients on Critical Care and associated paperwork. These patients have highly complex and/or chronic presentation. To undertake evidence-based projects, including recommendations for changes in practice and to develop research and audit in this clinical area. To provide an effective high-quality service within the critical care specialty and take a lead role in supporting and teaching other department Dietitians as required. To provide an assessment, treatment, and management of patients within other specialties during periods of annual leave and other specialties on a required basis. To contribute to continued development, efficiency, and safety of the dietetic department. To be flexible in times of increased capacity to the service.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to attached job description, person specification, and job addendum for further details on the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Recognised degree in nutrition and dietetics HCPC registration
Desirable
Critical care nutrition courses BDA specialist group member
Experience
Essential
Post-registration clinical dietetic experience in oral, enteral, and parenteral nutrition in critical care Experience of audit/research Experience presenting and training
Skills
Essential
MDT working Good communication Organisation Problem solver
Desirable
Leadership experience
Employer details
Employer name
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Frimley Park Hospital
Portsmouth Road
Camberley
GU16 7UJ
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
151-RO166 #J-18808-Ljbffr
