Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Lead Dietitian

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen with the Forensic service for a Clinical Lead Dietitian, covering Forensic in-patient wards at the Newsam Centre and Clifton House. Both sites are low secure Forensic services, with both male and female in-patient wards.

The post is advertised for 22.5 hours per week; working hours/pattern of 22.5 hours can be further discussed and agreed if successful at interview. The post holder could either be on a permanent contract working 3 days per week or employed on a secondment (12 months) working 3 days per week.

We are looking for an individual who is:

Enthusiastic about the role of dietetics within mental health services.
Passionate about working with this client group.
Motivated to educate service users and staff about nutrition and wellbeing and to support with on-going service development and training opportunities within the service.
Able and willing to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service

If you are interested in the post and would like more information, please contact Amy Pratt (Principle Dietetic Practitioner) via email - amy.pratt3@nhs.net and/or Vicky Search (Clinical Lead OT - Forensics) via email - vicky.search@nhs.net.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be building on the dietetic continuous improvement work that has started across the Forensic services, working closely with the Forensics physical health team and leadership teams on both sites. They will have a small dietetic caseload, with the focus on dietetic consultation/triage work. The aim of this work will be to make recommendations to guide future nutritional interventions to the wider multi-disciplinary team. Staff and service user nutrition training will be key to this role, working collaboratively to empower cultural change around nutrition, physical health and wellbeing.

About us

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching,research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme (LYPFT pays 20.6% into your scheme each year), coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more organisations such as Blue Light Card, Health Service Discounts and NHS Discount Offers.

We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank. Bank-only workers can choose the hours they want to work and will have the opportunity to gain additional experience, keep skills up to date, develop new ones and earn extra money without having to commit to a permanent role. For an informal discussion or more information please contact the team bankstaffingdepartment.lypft@nhs.net

Date posted

08 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

173-81823-FOR

Job locations

Leeds & York Forensic Mental Health Service

Newsam Centre, Leeds /Clifton House, York

Leeds

LS14 6UH

Leeds & York Forensic Mental Health Service

Clifton House, York / Newsam Centre, Leeds

York

YO30 5RA

Job description

Job responsibilities

-To lead the dietetic component of the Forensic service and provide a clinical service for complex referrals.

- Provide dietetic support, advice and expertise to the Forensic service.

- To take a lead developmental role in dietetic practice across the Forensic service.

- To be responsible for championing the importance of nutritional health to other health professionals across the Forensic service.

- To promote evidenced based practice on all nutritional issues throughout the Forensic service with training and support of all clinical, professional and healthcare staff.

- To be a member of the physical health task and finish group and take forward appropriate actions.

- Provide supervision and leadership to dietitians/healthy living advisors within the Forensic service, where required.

- To deputise for the clinical lead OT and to lead and manage the healthy living team, both as required.