Job Responsibilities
* To work autonomously managing highly specialist complex clients with eating disorders, identifying, planning and delivering highly specialist dietetic interventions, demonstrating expertise in this area of clinical specialty.
* To provide a highly specialist nutrition advisory and dietetic service as part of the CAMHS Community Eating Disorders Service, and as part of the CAMHS Inpatient Service.
* Provide advanced nutritional and dietetic advice in a specialist area to medical, health care professionals and other agencies.
* Act as the lead dietetic specialist for the CAMHS Acute Pathway services, managing a highly specialist caseload.
* Participate in service development within own clinical area and contribute to the nutrition and dietetic service as a whole through participation in service development.
* To provide strategic direction to the Trust to ensure that it meets its requirements as laid out by the CQC.
* To provide an active role in ensuring that mental health staff within the Trust are able to undertake assessments to determine malnutrition appropriate to the age of the service user.
Main Duties of the Job
* To act as an independent practitioner for a highly specialist clinical caseload.
* To use highly developed communication skills for patients/carers and the team.
* To develop effective working relationships across all agencies.
* To communicate and liaise effectively with other members of the MDT, including attendance at CPA/MDT meetings if required.
* To provide expert assessment and advice to patients and carers, providing evidence-based highly specialised nutritional care plans.
* To act as a source of highly specialist information and advice on current best practice in mental health dietetics for colleagues, other health care professionals and clinicians.
* To work with patients with complex needs, including communication impairment and lack of capacity.
* To make recommendations about the safe and appropriate use of nutritional supplements, drug prescriptions and interactions relating to nutritional intake.
* To be responsible for advising on the procurement of suitable enteral feeding products and equipment for the service.
* To devise, monitor and review highly specialised care plans against outcome measures to facilitate the achievement of goals.
* Gain valid consent to treatment and negotiate change with patients by breaking down barriers, using motivational skills, to enable them to achieve dietary targets set.
* To ensure safe and timely discharge of patients, liaising with appropriate internal and external agencies.
* To provide accurate clinical recording.
About Us
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop. Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
* Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
* Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance.
* Access to Continued Professional Development.
* Involvement in improvement and research activities.
* Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service.
* Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
* MSc or its equivalent level of knowledge and advanced post-graduate training/experience in specialist clinical dietetics.
* Registered as a dietitian with the HCPC (Health and Care Professions Council).
Desirable
* MSc in specialist clinical dietetics.
* Evidence of further professional development.
* Attainment of validated post-registration qualification in defined highly specialised clinical area e.g. diabetes, nutrition support, mental health, eating disorders.
Experience
Essential
* Experience of managing a dietetic case load.
* Experience working as an integral member of an MDT to deliver patient and organisational objectives.
* Significant experience of working with a broad range of patients across a variety of clinical settings.
Desirable
* Experience in training student dietitians.
* Experience of working with patients with CAMHS, eating disorders and other common mental illnesses.
Knowledge
Essential
* High level of knowledge of nutrition and dietetics and an understanding of the dietary management of common conditions requiring diet therapy.
* Knowledge of eating disorders, the comorbidities and the nutritional needs of sufferers.
* Knowledge of mental health problems affecting young people such as eating disorders, psychosis, depression and self-harm and their associated co-morbidities and nutritional needs.
* Highly competent to develop complex care plans for patients.
* Competent in calculation of nutritional requirements and anthropometry.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
* Good team working skills.
* Ability to engage with young people and negotiate treatment plans.
* Ability to deliver group education to patients and health professionals.
Work Related Circumstances
Essential
* Willingness to travel around different boroughs within the trust.
* Flexibility in working including evenings and weekends.
* Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs.
Employer Details
Employer Name
Pennine Care NHS FT
Address
North Hub Community Eating Disorder Service
14 Tenterden Street
Bury
BL9 0EG
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