Job summary
Are you an experienced, enthusiastic, motivated Dietitian? Would you like to develop your people management and clinical leadership skills? Are you looking to join an established dietetics team? If so, come and join our inpatient mental health dietetics service in Derbyshire as our Clinical and Operational Lead Dietitian.
This post will provide leadership in the operational management of the team and be responsible for the clinical delivery of dietetics across the mental health inpatient wards in Derbyshire.
About us: We receive a range of referrals for people who are receiving assessment and treatment of their mental health and require support with their nutrition, including nutrition support, disordered eating, weight management, diabetes and supporting service users with increased cardiovascular risk.
The successful applicant will join a small and friendly team of dietitians working in the inpatient mental health dietetics service and be part of a wider group of senior dietitians working in services across the trust including community adult and CAMHS eating disorders services and forensic mental health services for professional support.
The post will be based at the Kingsway Hospital in Derby; however, ability to travel to various locations across Derbyshire is required. The service also covers inpatient mental health wards in North Derbyshire and the post could be part based in Chesterfield on request.
Main duties of the job
Operational leadership and management inpatient dietetic service including service development/provision, leading team meetings, managing staffing and non-staffing related budgets, recruitment, training, staff sickness/absence, service deployment across sites, service risk assessment, meeting service operational KPI/targets, provide management and clinical supervision
Provide highly specialist knowledge, skills and advice to service users
Be a source of expertise for staff and other professionals as part of the wider inpatient multi-disciplinary teams
Use evidence-based, person- centred principles to provide highly specialised assessment, diagnosis, planning, evaluation and co-ordination of dietetic interventions
Carry a defined clinical caseload (based on demand) and support other dietitians within the team
Be responsible for the development and delivery of nutritional training to other health care professionals.
Lead on catering improvement projects/meeting hospital food standards as service capacity allows
Involvement in student training
Identify, initiate and implement service development projects including audit, contribute to the development of policies and procedures relating to nutritional care and developing guidelines for the dietetic service using evidenced based practice
Attend the inpatient nutrition steering group to represent dietetics
Attend Operational meetings
About us
Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.
CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."
Benefits include:
- Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
- 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
- Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
- Health service discounts and online benefits
- Incremental pay progression
- Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
- Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
- Health and wellbeing opportunities
- Structured learning and development opportunities
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Responsible for the delivery of a specialist dietitian service for people admitted to a mental health inpatient or 24-hour care unit provided by Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (DHcFT).
- Provide supervision, line management and leadership to the inpatient mental health dietetics team provided by DHcFT. This includes operational and clinical leadership.
- To lead the mental health dietetics service including meeting key performance indicators and demonstrating effectiveness by using outcome measures.
- To contribute to the overall development, delivery and standards of nutritional care delivered across mental health inpatient services and the hospital setting.
- To champion the importance of excellent nutritional care and physical health to other health care professionals across the directorate and inpatient mental health settings. This includes non-dietetic staff training and joined up working.
- To provide an evidenced based service for patients referred to the mental health dietetics service including developing and ensuring delivery of relevant training plans within the mental health dietetics team.
- To produce reports as required, for example to commissioners and relevant committees.
To carry a small caseload as required/as per service demand
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Responsible for the delivery of a specialist dietitian service for people admitted to a mental health inpatient or 24-hour care unit provided by Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (DHcFT).
- Provide supervision, line management and leadership to the inpatient mental health dietetics team provided by DHcFT. This includes operational and clinical leadership.
- To lead the mental health dietetics service including meeting key performance indicators and demonstrating effectiveness by using outcome measures.
- To contribute to the overall development, delivery and standards of nutritional care delivered across mental health inpatient services and the hospital setting.
- To champion the importance of excellent nutritional care and physical health to other health care professionals across the directorate and inpatient mental health settings. This includes non-dietetic staff training and joined up working.
- To provide an evidenced based service for patients referred to the mental health dietetics service including developing and ensuring delivery of relevant training plans within the mental health dietetics team.
- To produce reports as required, for example to commissioners and relevant committees.
To carry a small caseload as required/as per service demand
Person Specification
Attainment/Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or post graduate qualification in Nutrition and Dietetics
- Registered Dietitian with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Desirable
- Evidence of attendance on specialist short courses and advanced clinical skills training, up to Masters level equivalent, relevant to specialist field
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Considerable and relevant post qualification experience, with significant post-graduate experience working in adults Mental Health Dietetics
- Demonstration of highly specialist knowledge in this field, as evidenced by higher degree level qualification in clinical specialism, underpinned by clinical research and innovative current evidence-based practice
Desirable
- Experience or qualification in motivational interviewing/behavioural change approach
Other
Essential
- Able to meet the travel requirements of this post to meet the needs of the service
Person Specification
Attainment/Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or post graduate qualification in Nutrition and Dietetics
- Registered Dietitian with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Desirable
- Evidence of attendance on specialist short courses and advanced clinical skills training, up to Masters level equivalent, relevant to specialist field
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Considerable and relevant post qualification experience, with significant post-graduate experience working in adults Mental Health Dietetics
- Demonstration of highly specialist knowledge in this field, as evidenced by higher degree level qualification in clinical specialism, underpinned by clinical research and innovative current evidence-based practice
Desirable
- Experience or qualification in motivational interviewing/behavioural change approach
Other
Essential
- Able to meet the travel requirements of this post to meet the needs of the service
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).
