Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic Dietitian to join our team. The postholder will highly provide specialist dietetic input to adolescent inpatient services at Southwest London and St. George's Mental Health Trust. The successful candidate will manage a caseload of young people, deliver dietetic assessments and therapeutic interventions to the patient group, and will work as an integrated member of the multidisciplinary team.
Candidates should be a Registered Dietitian with experience of working in a mental health setting. Experience working in eating disorders/disordered eating with adolescents is desirable.
South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust are committed to get the very best out of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. We have career pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience to progress into other roles across different specialties.
Main duties of the job
- To provide a highly specialist dietetic service to adolescent inpatients receiving treatment at Springfield hospital.
- To act as a source of expertise on the dietary management of a range of physical and mental health conditions including eating disorders and disordered eating to medical staff, nursing staff, other health professionals, GPs, external agencies such as local community mental health teams and the dietetic department.
- To provide education and training to nursing staff, doctors, dietetic students and other health care professionals, as well as service users, carers and families on nutritional issues relating to mental health.
- To ensure that there is dietetic advice to support the monitoring of the Trust's catering contracts and delivery of a positive patient experience at mealtimes.
- To work across the dietetic service and provide cover as necessary depending on service needs
Agile and flexible working:
As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage.
About us
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
About our locations:
Springfield University Hospital, Tooting
Our largest, 19-ward site is in Springfield Village, created following our £150m investment into two new world class mental health facilities. A 32-acre public park, shops and cafes are coming soon. Close to shops, cafes and Tooting Bec on the Northern Line plus Earlsfield and Tooting rail stations and bus routes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide a specialist dietetic service to young people admitted to CAMHS inpatient services. This involves working with service users and multidisciplinary team members to identify and address the complex psychological and social factors that affect compliance with dietary treatment, thus enabling long term / permanent lifestyle changes.
- To undertake clinical assessments and appropriate dietetic intervention for service users. This may include formulating individualised management and treatment plans ensuring optimal outcome whilst minimising risk; and complex enteral feeding (PEG and nasogastric feeds).
- To communicate effectively with service users, carers and families. This involves giving dietary advice with multifaceted emotional, physical and psychological problems where acceptance is potentially difficult. This will also occasionally involve working in conditions requiring the ability to react sensitively where service users have a history of physical, sexual and / or mental abuse.
- To work autonomously within the dietetic team with little or no daily supervision
- To run group teaching and menu planning sessions on dietetic issues for service users, carers and families to aid recovery
- To write, implement and monitor guidelines for management of service users admitted to the acute hospitals and advise junior staff responsible for their care
- To promote awareness of the role of the dietitian within the services, negotiating priorities where appropriate.
- To work effectively as a team member of the dietetic service, providing a flexible service, covering as appropriate other dietetic services. This will include complex enteral feeding (PEG and nasogastric feeds) and emergency cover i.e. new unplanned admissions or enteral feeding
- Support the delivery of the Dietetic team strategic priorities and goals, whilst aligning to the Trust strategy and values.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide a specialist dietetic service to young people admitted to CAMHS inpatient services. This involves working with service users and multidisciplinary team members to identify and address the complex psychological and social factors that affect compliance with dietary treatment, thus enabling long term / permanent lifestyle changes.
- To undertake clinical assessments and appropriate dietetic intervention for service users. This may include formulating individualised management and treatment plans ensuring optimal outcome whilst minimising risk; and complex enteral feeding (PEG and nasogastric feeds).
- To communicate effectively with service users, carers and families. This involves giving dietary advice with multifaceted emotional, physical and psychological problems where acceptance is potentially difficult. This will also occasionally involve working in conditions requiring the ability to react sensitively where service users have a history of physical, sexual and / or mental abuse.
- To work autonomously within the dietetic team with little or no daily supervision
- To run group teaching and menu planning sessions on dietetic issues for service users, carers and families to aid recovery
- To write, implement and monitor guidelines for management of service users admitted to the acute hospitals and advise junior staff responsible for their care
- To promote awareness of the role of the dietitian within the services, negotiating priorities where appropriate.
- To work effectively as a team member of the dietetic service, providing a flexible service, covering as appropriate other dietetic services. This will include complex enteral feeding (PEG and nasogastric feeds) and emergency cover i.e. new unplanned admissions or enteral feeding
- Support the delivery of the Dietetic team strategic priorities and goals, whilst aligning to the Trust strategy and values.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oDegree in Nutrition and Dietetics
- oHCPC registration
- oEvidence of continuing professional and personal development
Desirable
- oMember of the British Dietetic Association and the Specialist Mental Health Group
- oCounselling skills training
- oCompleted BDA course on Eating Disorders
Experience
Essential
- oEvidence of and experience of working with mental health service users
- oExperience of working with service users with eating disorders
- oExperience of working in a multidisciplinary team
- oExperience in the development of Dietetic services
- oDietetics experience related to food provision and catering
Desirable
- oExperience of using Cognitive behavioural techniques
- oEvidence and experience of working with mental health service users
- oEvidence of participation in audit/ research
- oLived experience of mental health problems
- oExperience of providing clinical supervision for junior dietitians
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oDegree in Nutrition and Dietetics
- oHCPC registration
- oEvidence of continuing professional and personal development
Desirable
- oMember of the British Dietetic Association and the Specialist Mental Health Group
- oCounselling skills training
- oCompleted BDA course on Eating Disorders
Experience
Essential
- oEvidence of and experience of working with mental health service users
- oExperience of working with service users with eating disorders
- oExperience of working in a multidisciplinary team
- oExperience in the development of Dietetic services
- oDietetics experience related to food provision and catering
Desirable
- oExperience of using Cognitive behavioural techniques
- oEvidence and experience of working with mental health service users
- oEvidence of participation in audit/ research
- oLived experience of mental health problems
- oExperience of providing clinical supervision for junior dietitians
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).
