Job vacancy: Dietetic Assistant Practitioner, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, Frimley

Job summary

Main area: Nutrition & Dietetics
Grade: Band 4
Contract: 10 months (Fixed term available until 9th January 2026)
Hours: Part time - 12.75 hours per week
Job ref: 151-NM34

Employer: Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Frimley Park Hospital
Town: Frimley
Salary: £27,857 - £30,570 per annum incl HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 08/04/2025 23:59

Dietetic Assistant Practitioner

Band 4

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To assist in the support and nutritional management of both inpatients and outpatients under the supervision of a Dietitian.
To organise the ordering and distribution of nutritional supplements and feeds
To provide patient related administrative support for the Dietitians and participate in secretarial duties with the dietetic secretaries
To complete home enteral feeding registration and updates, GP letter prescriptions and sample requests on direction of Dietitians
To work as an effective member of the dietetic team and contribute to the development of the dietetic service
To support the departmental audit and training programme

Please see attached Job Description and personal specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Educated to GCSE or equivalent standard in Maths/English
Undergone relevant theoretical and practical work-based training or holds academic/NVQ level III qualification

Desirable criteria

Undergraduate degree in Nutrition or Public Health
Member of British Dietetic Association as Dietetic Assistant

Experience

Essential criteria

Previous experience of working within public health
Secretarial/administrative experience with record keeping
Team working experience

Desirable criteria

Presentation/group work skills
Knowledge of stock monitoring
Experience of collecting data
Experience of working with patients

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria

Good understanding and the role of a Dietitian
Enthusiasm for nutrition science
Problem solving skills
Good English written and verbal communication skills – able to deal with complex sensitive issues on a one to one basis/groups
Organisational skills – organises own time and prioritises workload to meet conflicting service demands
Ability to deal with distressing/uncomfortable situations

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

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.

We offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Emma Brackley
Job title: Lead Dietitian for Paediatrics
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 0300 6134053

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Dietetic Assistant Practitioner

Band 4

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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Desirable criteria

Skills & Knowledge

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