# Macmillan Oncology Dietitian > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/macmillan-oncology-dietitian/c633e68d-d452-4a97-a1a7-5a1ed28fb5fc - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/macmillan-oncology-dietitian/c633e68d-d452-4a97-a1a7-5a1ed28fb5fc.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Camberley - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Dietitian - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £25,174 - £30,232 per annum incl HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-27T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-20T14:12:24.618Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Surrey/Frimley/Frimley_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Dietitian/Dietitian-v8069127 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8069127?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.fhft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Frimley Health Foundation Trust is delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for a permanent Band 6 Macmillan Oncology Dietitian on a part-time basis (three days per week). This role provides a fantastic opportunity to develop experience across a broad range of oncology specialities, including mixed tumour groups, with key focus areas such as upper gastrointestinal, haematology, lung, and breast cancers. You will play a key role within the MDT, supporting patients throughout their cancer journey—from diagnosis through to post-treatment. The role includes working across diverse clinical settings such as the chemotherapy day unit, acute oncology admissions, MDT meetings, and telephone clinics. We may be able to consider offering this role as a Band 5-6 developmental role, so please do apply if you are a B5 Dietitian who has a keen interest in Oncology. Our department is a dynamic and well-established team of dietitians specialising in areas including paediatrics, surgery, intensive care, respiratory, oncology, gastroenterology, stroke, and rehabilitation. We are a progressive service that actively contributes to both Trust and national clinical governance agendas. We are strongly committed to professional development and continuous learning, supporting CPD and personal development for all staff. The service also plays a key role in education, including the training of students, junior colleagues, wider healthcare professionals, and patients and carers. ### Main duties of the job - Clinical oncology speciality within in and outpatient settings such as; haematology ward, chemotherapy unit, consultant led clinics, telephone clinics. - Be responsible for providing specialist dietetic advice for patients with complex clinical conditions within tumour groups, such as; breast as well as gynaecology, lung, colorectal, haematology, renal and upper gastro-intestinal cancers. - Lead on patient related activity on haematology ward, cancer education and training - Clinical skills in management of cancer and treatment related symptoms including oral and enteral feeding methods, and discharge processes. - Co-ordinating discharges for oncology patients requiring home enteral nutrition - Attendance at lung MDT meetings - Establishing Macmillan Dietitian as a core member of cancer teams and be the expert resource within the multi-disciplinary team - Attendance and contribution to oncology related meetings; cross-site oncology dietitians, CNS, AHP and Navigator meetings - Development and provision of resources used within oncology speciality ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to attached job description and person specification for further details, please note addendum to job description for further details on the role. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Able to demonstrate a high level of expertise within a wide range of clinical dietetics - Training and supervision to support staff and students - Experience of audit - Evidence of working as part of an MDT in clinic practice - Experienced in all aspects of nutrition support – oral, nutrition support and enteral nutrition - Experience of discharging patients from hospital on home enteral feeds **Desirable** - Experience of research - Leadership and first line management - Management of complex outpatients ### Qualifications **Essential** - Recognised degree or post graduate diploma in nutrition and dietetics or equivalent - HCPC registration - Evidence of CPD **Desirable** - Attendance at student supervision training - Member of a special interest group - Nutrition based course post qualification within specialty ### Skills & Knowledge **Essential** - Good organisational skills - Ability to work single-handedly with individuals and groups - Excellent interpersonal skills including observation, listening and empathy skills - Able to research evidence-based practice and apply to practice - Evidence of effective multidisciplinary team working - Able to prioritise workload and meet clinical needs of patients - Excellent computer skills: Microsoft Office – Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel for data inputting **Desirable** - Some basic management skills - Group work skills ## Documents - [trust values (pdf, 577.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=736) - [senior dietitian (pdf, 224.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10470575) - [guidance for applicants (pdf, 262.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1513) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.