Are you looking for an opportunity to work within a supportive and forward-thinking team, have access to ongoing professional development and training opportunities? Do you want to make a real difference in the lives of individuals struggling with eating disorders and other mental health conditions, and are you passionate about making a positive impact? Do you have the expertise and dedication to provide high-quality, patient-centered care? Then, this might be the opportunity for you.
The Dumfries and Galloway Mental Health AHP Team is looking for a Band 7 Highly Specialist Mental Health Dietitian with a clinical specialism in Eating Disorders.
JOB PURPOSE
The post holder will be an autonomous expert clinician working as a clinical specialist, managing a caseload of highly complex patients through expert assessment, treatment planning, and discharge. They will have both clinical and professional responsibility for their area of practice.
The post holder will act independently to provide a full comprehensive specialist service, including highly specialist interventions and assessments, diagnosis, treatment/appropriate management, onward referral, and discharge to a complex range of patients.
They will be a core member of the multi-disciplinary team and support high-level decision making.
The post holder will liaise with and refer to other social and health services to provide comprehensive patient-centered care and optimize outcomes.
The post holder will be responsible for introducing new innovative ideas, approaches, and processes.
They will be responsible for maximizing service provision and increasing the focus on health promotion and self-management.
The post holder will provide expert support and education for health professionals, relatives, and carers within and outside the service.
The post holder will be responsible for maintaining and improving all aspects of clinical governance, evidence-based practice, and quality assurance in the service area in conjunction with the AHP Service Manager, AHP Lead (Mental Health), and Mental Health AHP Team Leaders, having responsibility for clinical and staff governance issues.
The post holder will implement research, conduct audits, and develop a service that responds to national initiatives, policies, and clinical governance.
We welcome you to contact us for any further information. We will happily meet with you over Teams or arrange a visit to come meet with us; we would love to hear from you. Please contact:
Rebecca Glassman, AHP Team Leader - Rebecca.glassman@nhs.scot or Laura King, Team Lead Dietitian - Laura.king7@nhs.scot.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
To find out more about working with NHS Dumfries and Galloway and for an insight into our friendly, beautiful corner of Scotland, please visit our Work With Us web pages: https://www.nhsdg.co.uk/workwithus/
NHS Scotland is reducing their full-time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week for NHS Agenda for Change workers in Scotland from 1 April 2024, but with no change in pay. This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part-time staff. This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours. However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37-hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period, for which you would be paid, until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week.
APPLICATION PROCESS: https://www.careers.nhs.scot/how-to-apply/application-process/
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EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY
NHS Dumfries and Galloway is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Dumfries and Galloway welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
PUBLIC PROTECTION
Public protection practice encompasses the recognition and management of risk in order to prevent or reduce harm to children (including unborn babies), young people, and adults. All public protection legislation and NHS Dumfries and Galloway (NHSDG) policies and guidance are founded on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the European Convention on Human Rights, and the principles of these Conventions underpin all NHSDG core business.
RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
NHS Dumfries and Galloway has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by the UK Border Agency. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category.
UNITED KINGDOM REGISTRATION
NHS Dumfries & Galloway are currently unable to support OSCE Training for international nurses for vacancies. Vacancies requiring professional registration require full United Kingdom registration with the appropriate council (e.g., NMC, HCPC, GMC, etc.).
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