Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
We are recruiting for a part-time eating disorders dietician. This is an exciting opportunity to be a Specialist Service within HPFT, which aims to provide those with an eating disorder treatment and support in the community. This is a real opportunity to contribute to improving crisis support for those with an eating disorder.
In this role, you will be responsible for assessing, collaboratively formulating meal plans with the service user/carers, and setting weekly nutritional goals. You will provide nutritional psycho-education and guidance to the rest of the team.
You should be an experienced Dietitian and ideally have knowledge of working with those with an eating disorder. You will require skills in motivating people where improvement in nutrition is challenging.
Main duties of the job
* Assessment and collaborative formulation of meal plans for people under the Community Eating Disorder Service.
* Collaborative weekly goal setting with service users.
* Guidance to team members on supporting weekly nutritional goals.
* Nutritional psycho-education to team members.
* Contribution to delivery of the Service Specification.
* Contribution to service evaluation.
* Liaison with dietitians/health or social care colleagues around service users' nutrition.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission.
Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health, and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence, and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Job responsibilities
The Dietitian will:
* Provide specialist assessment of nutrition for those under the care of the Community Eating Disorder Service.
* Provide dietetic input over a range of mediums and in different locations.
* In collaboration with service users and carers, the Dietitian will formulate a meal plan and set weekly goals related to improving nutrition with the aim of a 0.5kg weight restoration.
* Use high-level skills to identify and overcome barriers to nutritional change using interviewing, counselling, and motivational skills. This will require well-developed skills in negotiation, persuasion, tact, and diplomacy.
* Guide staff supporting the delivery of nutritional goals.
* Be responsible for the development and delivery of an evidenced-based dietetic service to the Community Eating Disorder Service.
* Work collaboratively with any other health providers working with service users.
* Provide nutritional psycho-education to service users and carers under the care of the Community Eating Disorder Service.
* Work closely with the Community Eating Disorder Service nurse practitioner(s) and team leads to ensure any risks associated with nutritional changes are managed safely.
* Participate in Community Eating Disorder Service clinical meetings.
* Participate in other service user meetings as required/appropriate (ICS, VITS team meeting, ward meetings, CPAs, etc.)
* Contribute to the delivery of the Community Eating Disorder service specification, including contributing to data collection and evaluation.
* Participate in clinical, managerial, and professional supervision.
* Maintain registration with required professional bodies.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Degree/Post Graduate Diploma in nutrition and dietetics.
* Health Professions Council Registration.
* Evidence of further professional development.
* Additional Training in the field of eating disorders.
Experience
* Experience of assessing and delivering tailored evidence-based dietetic interventions.
* Experience of motivating people when there are barriers to making change.
* Experience of working with people with eating disorders.
* Knowledge of complications/risks to those who have an eating disorder.
* Awareness of NICE recommended interventions for those with an eating disorder.
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.
Salary
£39,205 to £47,084 a year per annum, pro rata (Inclusive of 5% HCAs)
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
367-SS-8996
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