Job summary
There has never been a more exciting time to start out in your dietetic career in mental health and forensics!
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, highly motivated HCPC Registered Dietitian to join our Physical Healthcare Service based at Rampton Hospital. The successful candidate will be an integral member of the department consisting of a Dietitian, GPs, Primary Healthcare Nurses, Urgent Care Nurses, Advanced Clinical Practitioners and visiting professionals such as Optometrists and Podiatrists.
This post will work closely with the wider dietetic team of 15 Dietitians and 1 Dietetic Assistant within Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
This post attracts a high secure allowance of £ 4012 per annum (Pro rata for part time)
Main duties of the job
Enthusiasm and a keen interest in mental health is vital. You will be working with adults who have complex mental health and nutritional issues, requiring skilled nutritional assessment and advice. You will gain knowledge and experience in a diverse range of conditions such as gastrointestinal dysfunction, diabetes, stoma management and food and fluid refusal. Previous clinical experience across a wide range of specialities, including nutrition support, weight management, diabetes, eating disorders and disordered eating are essential. Full training will be provided.
You'll also supervision a band 5 RD, within the same service.
About us
Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.
As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.
Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.
We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.
If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!
#TeamNottsHC
Job description
Job responsibilities
Rampton Hospital isone of three high security hospitals in England and Walescaring for 300 adults who have been admitted for treatment under the Mental Health Act (1986).The Hospital's mission is towork with commissioners, patients, carers and staff to leadthe development and provision of high quality, cost effective, secure forensic health care.
This role provides a wonderful opportunity to develop clinical and professional skills working as a key member of a highly specialised multidisciplinary team. You will work closely with a team consisting of speech and language therapists, specialist mental health nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists, pharmacists, and social workers. You will be encouraged to participate in training, service development and clinical meetings. A flexible attitude, good interpersonal and team working skills are essential along with an excellent knowledge of various nutritional interventions.
We are looking for someone to join our team on a fixed term of 18 Months, providing dietetic assessment's and interventions. If you are looking for a challenge and opportunities to learn and develop dietetic service within the mental health setting, please do get in contact; we are looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Rampton Hospital isone of three high security hospitals in England and Walescaring for 300 adults who have been admitted for treatment under the Mental Health Act (1986).The Hospital's mission is towork with commissioners, patients, carers and staff to leadthe development and provision of high quality, cost effective, secure forensic health care.
This role provides a wonderful opportunity to develop clinical and professional skills working as a key member of a highly specialised multidisciplinary team. You will work closely with a team consisting of speech and language therapists, specialist mental health nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists, pharmacists, and social workers. You will be encouraged to participate in training, service development and clinical meetings. A flexible attitude, good interpersonal and team working skills are essential along with an excellent knowledge of various nutritional interventions.
We are looking for someone to join our team on a fixed term of 18 Months, providing dietetic assessment's and interventions. If you are looking for a challenge and opportunities to learn and develop dietetic service within the mental health setting, please do get in contact; we are looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Physical Requirments
Essential
- Physical skills in line with MVA Breakaway where applicable
- Covering large distances walking around the site.
- Prolonged use of VDA equipment.
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's Degree or equivalent post grad Qualification leading to registration with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a Dietitian
- Membership of British Dietetic Association (BDA).
- Appropriate range of post registration specialist professional knowledge and experience acquired through recognised academic study and practical clinical education.
Desirable
- Professional body Special interest group
Training
Essential
- Portfolio of relevant post qualification CPD highly including specialist knowledge of dietetic interventions and evaluations.
- Leadership training
- Clinical education
Desirable
- Post-graduate training specific to client group and specialist areas of eating disorders and disordered feeding.
Experience
Essential
- Working experience of assessing and managing a complex adult caseload in specialist areas of Mental health and or forensics
- Experience of enteral tube feeding.
- Experience of working with eating disorders and disordered eating.
- Experience of effective multi-disciplinary/agency working and established interpersonal and negotiation skills
- Experience of designing and delivering different learning and development opportunities for staff teams.
- Experience in developing evaluation / audit tools and resources as part of profession/multi-professional team
- Experience of leading the clinical and professional development of others including students
Desirable
- Experience of leading / managing project work
- Experience of research, audit, service evaluation and/or quality improvement projects - setting up, evaluating, reporting and application
- Identifies clinical risks and carries out MDT/ Trust Risk assessments and formulation for individuals, groups or services highlighting needs
- Experience of collaboration across teams, services, and other stakeholders outside of the Trust
Knowledge
Essential
- Highly specialist applied clinical knowledge
- Applied knowledge of risk assessment within field of clinical practice
- Knowledge of National Policy and guidance and impact on local practice.
- Applied leadership knowledge.
- Facilitation of learning Course
- Knowledge of Risk Assessment and ability to ensure effective risk management strategies within specialism.
Desirable
- Highly specialist knowledge of how mental and physical health contribute to risk assessment and support management.
- Contributed to regional and national clinical projects and/or strategic work
- Advanced Facilitation of learning Course
Skills
Essential
- Empathetic and psychologically minded
- Advanced behaviour change skills.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills for a variety of audiences, and in situations
- Well organised and able to prioritise a high turnover caseload
- Excellent clinical reasoning skills
- Leadership skills
- Extensive experience of supporting other staff and students
- Motivated and a motivator
- Team builder and team member Autonomous and able to work without direct supervision
- Reflective practitioner
- Ability to manage own wellbeing with access to supervision to sustain this.
- IT skills - to support clinical and service needs and developments
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel between sites
Person Specification
Physical Requirments
Essential
- Physical skills in line with MVA Breakaway where applicable
- Covering large distances walking around the site.
- Prolonged use of VDA equipment.
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's Degree or equivalent post grad Qualification leading to registration with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a Dietitian
- Membership of British Dietetic Association (BDA).
- Appropriate range of post registration specialist professional knowledge and experience acquired through recognised academic study and practical clinical education.
Desirable
- Professional body Special interest group
Training
Essential
- Portfolio of relevant post qualification CPD highly including specialist knowledge of dietetic interventions and evaluations.
- Leadership training
- Clinical education
Desirable
- Post-graduate training specific to client group and specialist areas of eating disorders and disordered feeding.
Experience
Essential
- Working experience of assessing and managing a complex adult caseload in specialist areas of Mental health and or forensics
- Experience of enteral tube feeding.
- Experience of working with eating disorders and disordered eating.
- Experience of effective multi-disciplinary/agency working and established interpersonal and negotiation skills
- Experience of designing and delivering different learning and development opportunities for staff teams.
- Experience in developing evaluation / audit tools and resources as part of profession/multi-professional team
- Experience of leading the clinical and professional development of others including students
Desirable
- Experience of leading / managing project work
- Experience of research, audit, service evaluation and/or quality improvement projects - setting up, evaluating, reporting and application
- Identifies clinical risks and carries out MDT/ Trust Risk assessments and formulation for individuals, groups or services highlighting needs
- Experience of collaboration across teams, services, and other stakeholders outside of the Trust
Knowledge
Essential
- Highly specialist applied clinical knowledge
- Applied knowledge of risk assessment within field of clinical practice
- Knowledge of National Policy and guidance and impact on local practice.
- Applied leadership knowledge.
- Facilitation of learning Course
- Knowledge of Risk Assessment and ability to ensure effective risk management strategies within specialism.
Desirable
- Highly specialist knowledge of how mental and physical health contribute to risk assessment and support management.
- Contributed to regional and national clinical projects and/or strategic work
- Advanced Facilitation of learning Course
Skills
Essential
- Empathetic and psychologically minded
- Advanced behaviour change skills.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills for a variety of audiences, and in situations
- Well organised and able to prioritise a high turnover caseload
- Excellent clinical reasoning skills
- Leadership skills
- Extensive experience of supporting other staff and students
- Motivated and a motivator
- Team builder and team member Autonomous and able to work without direct supervision
- Reflective practitioner
- Ability to manage own wellbeing with access to supervision to sustain this.
- IT skills - to support clinical and service needs and developments
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel between sites
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
