Specialist Dietitian (Mental Health)

Job summary

37.5 Hours Per Week

Are you interested in trying your hand out in mental health dietetics helping patients with nutritional support needs? This secondment has arisen as an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic HCPC Registered Dietitian with good communication and team-working skills as a fixed term for maternity leave cover.

The main focus of the post is working with older people, and ideally you will have some experience in mental health settings, but it is not compulsory, as support and training can be provided by our Dietitians Network in the Trust.

This is a great opportunity for you to further your career by joining our supportive team and continuing to develop a relatively new role within the Trust. The post provides an interesting variety of inpatient and community work, and is located in Kirklees (Huddersfield/Dewsbury), in West Yorkshire.

Please contact Helen Morgan, Dietetic Manager on 07795 092675 for more information.

For full job description, please see attached supporting documents.

At the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward to receiving your application.

Main duties of the job

You will provide Dietetic assessments for older people living in a care home in the Kirklees area under the Care Home Liaison Team.

Provide a Dietetic service to people with mental health problems in a community rehabilitation unit as well as potential cover when required for other inpatient mental health wards.

Be fully involved in and supported by the MDT (which comprises medics, nursing, catering and fellow AHPs). For example attending professionals meetings/ward rounds when appropriate to enable the provision of the best holistic care for the service user. There is a strong MDT approach in both inpatient and community settings.

Contribute to our student training programme as a student placement supervisor. Our service offers training for A, B and C placements, which receive excellent feedback.

There are well-established Dietetic clinical supervision groups that can support you, and you will benefit from the professional leadership of the Dietetic Network across the Trust, with an emphasis on evidence-based and innovative practice.

The post is fully agile so a laptop & mobile phone will be provided for work use.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.

Job responsibilities

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.