Job summary
A new and exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and innovative Dietitian looking for a new challenge, to support the development of a new service within the East of England Collaborative.
The East of England Collaborative manages General Adolescent Units in the following areas: Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes, Herts and West Essex, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Mid and South Essex, Norfolk and Waveney, Suffolk and North East Essex.
The unit supports young people suffering from emotional, behavioural, and psychiatric problems offering young people a 24-hour, 7 day a week service: assessing, treating and evaluating care through a variety of therapeutic techniques including family work, individual work, group work and day-to-day milieu.
We are looking to recruit an Inpatient Dietitian to support young people on these units with eating disorders or disordered eating. This is a new post, and the successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop the service to support these young people and the units. This is a great opportunity to expand your knowledge and grow your service development skills.
Main duties of the job
You will be expected to:
- Provide evidence-based high quality, comprehensive Dietetic assessment and intervention for specified service user group. This will involve nutritional diagnosis, interpretation of biochemistry, taking anthropometric measurements and being aware of clinical conditions.
- Involved in setting up processes in the units for the provision of dietetic assessment and care. whilst training staff on how to implement and work within this framework.
- Promote the principles of nutrition screening and monitoring to service users, family, carers and professionals. To tailor information and advice to individuals as appropriate.
- Assess, diagnose and develop treatment plans for service users identified as needing Dietetic intervention, including those with learning disabilities, additional sensory needs, mental health diagnosis and/or challenging behaviour
What we can offer you:
- Coaching network where trained coaches throughout the Trust are matched with staff of all disciplines to provide a powerful development opportunity
- Leading company discounts and childcare vouchers
- Salary sacrifice schemes enabling staff to drive a new car or bike -saving on tax and insurance included
- Wellbeing activities - from mindfulness to yoga, pilates and our signature craft club join our monthly programme of regular and special events to support your wellbeing
- Gym discounts, including Nuffield Health and David Lloyd.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide evidence-based high quality, comprehensive Dietetic assessment and intervention for specified service user group.
- Be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your own work, working within the professional code of practice and Trust policies and procedures.
- Promote the principles of nutrition screening and monitoring to service users, family, carers and professionals. To tailor information and advice to individuals as appropriate.
- Prescribe and monitor nutritional supplements when required.
- Conduct dietary analysis requiring periods of concentration and accurate keyboard skills to ensure accurate calculations of meal plans
- Improve knowledge of the importance of nutrition and healthy eating on health for service users, their family, carers and professionals
- Manage a caseload using evidence based, person centred principles, to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in the unit
- Provide training to staff on the unit regarding dietary intake, meal support and recording of information
- Undertake supervision of junior staff and students as required
- Work as a member of the MDT
Please note this is not an exhaustive list of job responsibilities, please refer to the job description and person specification attached
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide evidence-based high quality, comprehensive Dietetic assessment and intervention for specified service user group.
- Be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your own work, working within the professional code of practice and Trust policies and procedures.
- Promote the principles of nutrition screening and monitoring to service users, family, carers and professionals. To tailor information and advice to individuals as appropriate.
- Prescribe and monitor nutritional supplements when required.
- Conduct dietary analysis requiring periods of concentration and accurate keyboard skills to ensure accurate calculations of meal plans
- Improve knowledge of the importance of nutrition and healthy eating on health for service users, their family, carers and professionals
- Manage a caseload using evidence based, person centred principles, to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in the unit
- Provide training to staff on the unit regarding dietary intake, meal support and recording of information
- Undertake supervision of junior staff and students as required
- Work as a member of the MDT
Please note this is not an exhaustive list of job responsibilities, please refer to the job description and person specification attached
Person Specification
KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
Essential
- BSc Nutrition & Dietetics degree or equivalent
- Registered with the Health Care Professions Council
- Experience of working with children and young people, within eating disorder services or within mental health services
Desirable
- Attained or working towards a postgraduate qualification or evidence or experience in a specialist area
- Experience of using motivational interviewing/behaviour change techniques
- Clinical supervisory skills training
- Member of British Dietetic Association
AREAS OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Knowledge and application of dietetic assessments and interventions
- Experience in a relevant clinical setting
- Broad base of clinical experience and ability to demonstrate application of clinical skills
- Experience of working with children and young people, within eating disorder services or within mental health services
- Evidence of CPD and commitment to life-long learning
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary health care setting
Desirable
- Experience of supervising junior staff and students
Person Specification
KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
Essential
- BSc Nutrition & Dietetics degree or equivalent
- Registered with the Health Care Professions Council
- Experience of working with children and young people, within eating disorder services or within mental health services
Desirable
- Attained or working towards a postgraduate qualification or evidence or experience in a specialist area
- Experience of using motivational interviewing/behaviour change techniques
- Clinical supervisory skills training
- Member of British Dietetic Association
AREAS OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Knowledge and application of dietetic assessments and interventions
- Experience in a relevant clinical setting
- Broad base of clinical experience and ability to demonstrate application of clinical skills
- Experience of working with children and young people, within eating disorder services or within mental health services
- Evidence of CPD and commitment to life-long learning
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary health care setting
Desirable
- Experience of supervising junior staff and students
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).
