An exciting opportunity has arisen within Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust for a 0.6 WTE Band 7 Specialist Community Dietitian and Team Lead.

The post holder will primarily focus on managing malnutrition in the community setting, working closely with Frimley ICB Medicines Optimisation Team and other partners within the Frimley Health and Care ICS. This role will be the lead specialist for the community nutrition support team who will oversee:

• provision and development of the clinical community service currently provided by FHFT, managing housebound patients requiring nutrition support

• relevant medicines optimisation activities/projects around appropriate prescribing of nutrition-related products in primary care including guideline development and review, providing specialist advice and education to care homes and primary care professionals

This is an excellent opportunity to develop skills and knowledge within this specialism and you will also be encouraged and supported to work on audit and quality improvement projects relating to the service.

Our department is a well-established team with dietitians working across many specialities. Our department values each individual within the team by supporting wellbeing, personal development and regular supervision.

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

• Lead specialist for community nutrition support team
• To lead on community nutrition support service development
• To lead on relevant medicines optimisation activities/projects around appropriate prescribing of nutrition-related products in primary care
• To provide assessment, treatment and management of housebound patients requiring nutrition support who may have both complex and chronic social and medical presentations affecting their nutritional intake.
• To provide specialist advice, support training and practical resources for the management of malnutrition, including nutritional screening, food fortification and the appropriate use of prescribed nutritional supplements for care homes and primary care professionals e.g. GPs, District Nurses, Community Pharmacists and the Integrated Care Teams

About us

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

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

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.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.

In the Therapies Directorate we have a strong EDI culture and welcome applicants who will continue to contribute to the power of diversity we want in our teams to help us deliver our best services to our population.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the generic Band 7 Specialist Dietitian job description and person specification, along with the addendum for this particular role attached to this job advert.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Recognised degree in nutrition and dietetics or equivalent
• HCPC registration
• Advanced communication course e.g. Advanced counselling skills, Motivational interviewing, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
• Leadership/supervisory skills course
• Evidence of further postgraduate study up to MSc level or equivalent

Desirable

• Basic financial training
• Member of BDA
• Active member of special interest clinic group

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within the speciality or other relevant experience
• Experience of MDT working
• Line management experience
• Leadership experience
• Experience of student supervision

Desirable

• Prescribing support/medicines optimisation experience

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• Time management and workload prioritisation skills
• Effective written/oral communication skills
• Training/education/facilitation skills
• Negotiating/influencing/counselling skills
• Management/supervision skills
• Problem solving/innovation skills

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Frimley Park Hospital

Portsmouth Road

Camberley

GU16 7UJ

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