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Specialist Mental Health Dietitian
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
310-ASMH-6057256-A
Employer
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
NCEDS
Town
Norwich
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
24/07/2024 23:59

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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust logo

Specialist Mental Health Dietitian

Band 6

Job overview

Are you a passionate Dietitian? Are you looking for a specialist career pathway? Do you want to be influential in delivering dietetic programs to meet the nutritional needs  of adults with eating disorders within a MDT. Then you may be the person we are looking for to be involved in shaping our services.

We are currently looking to recruit a keen, enthusiastic, and highly motivated Dietitian to join our Norfolk Community Eating Disorder Service (NCEDS), based at Meridian Business Park, Norwich.

It is a very exciting time to join our service, with plans in place to develop our excellent staff team. As a key member of our team, you will play a vital role in developing services. 

For this post and you will be required to work collaboratively and independently within our service.

Developing and improving clinical care form the key elements of this post and you will be required to give expert dietetic advice and support to patients, their families/carers, the multidisciplinary team, and other healthcare professionals.  

If you are looking for a new challenge, are passionate about or have an interest in the field of eating disorders and enjoy variety in your work and wish to be part of a team striving to make a difference for our community, then we want to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

To deliver a specialist dietetic service for adults with eating disorders in NCEDS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Foundation Trust (CPFT).

To work as a dietetic practitioner within uni-professional and multi-professional team environments with regular supervision.

To assess and treat a case load of patients in line with the Model and Process for Dietetic Consultations and maintain associated records.

Deliver a high standard of dietetic care.

Working for our organisation

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

  • To provide a dietetic service to specialist community mental health service (NCEDS), working with a wide variety of complex clients, taking into account factors such as client’s presenting condition, past medical history, social factors and medication.
  • To independently manage highly specialised caseload
  • To undertake complex dietetic assessments, formulate nutritional plans tailored to individual need in line with the Model and Process for Dietetic Consultations and maintain associated records.
  • Evaluate patient progress, reassess, and adapt their treatment programmes if required in liaison with the MDT.
  • Support and advise the team in nutritional management, health, weight restoration and recovery.
  • To lead on current evidence-based nutrition practice based on NICE guidelines.
  • To be involved in the design and delivery of nutritional training to the team, families, and other professionals
  • To participate in decision making as part of the MDT
  • To liaise with acute hospitals, SEDU’s or community teams re treatment of NCEDS patients
  • To advise on the safe use of prescribed nutritional supplementary feeds.
  • Appropriately adapt complex and technical clinical information, pitching it correctly to a wide variety of clients, relatives and carers, by use of both oral and written communication.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • BSc Nutrition & Dietetics or equivalent current HCPC professional registration in dietetics
Desirable criteria
  • Clinical supervision training.
  • Student Training course.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Relevant post registration experience in both inpatient and outpatient settings
  • Mental Health specific experience
  • Recent evidence of CPD
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working in eating disorders
  • Experience of working in an MDT setting

Knowledge and skills

Essential criteria
  • Be able to demonstrate evidence of up to date knowledge of nutrition and dietetics
  • Organisational skills including competent with IT systems and MS office, managing time and workload and keeping up to date records.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Strong communication skills and ability to communicate complex ideas to a variety of audiences.
  • Proven track record of being able to work in an environment with a high level of change, under difficult circumstances and in situations which require strategic thinking.
Desirable criteria
  • Specialist knowledge of nutrition in its application to eating disorders.
  • Additional training in motivational interviewing techniques and behaviour change skills.

Other

Essential criteria
  • Flexible in relation to working arrangements
  • Ability to travel across sites if needed

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveDisability confident leaderInvestors in PeopleDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - BronzeImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.We offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.NHS Rainbow badgeStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Prince's Trust - Proud to support the Prince's trust - Youth can do itArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Simon Sheppard
Job title
Team manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
03003000142
Additional information

Rhianon Timmins

Dietetic Lead 03003000142

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