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    Dietitian Specialist - London, United Kingdom - South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

    South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
    South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust London, United Kingdom

    3 weeks ago

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    Employer South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Location London Salary £42,471 to £50,364 per annum incl.

    Are you Dietitian who has a passion for providing excellence in the nutritional and dietetic care and who would like to specialise in mental health Dietetics? In this role all service users have a mental health diagnosis.

    And Nutrition and Dietetic Services provide dietary treatment to support the prevention and management of physical health conditions and to promote recovery of mental wellness.

    Prior working within mental health dietetics is desirable, however we have successfully supported candidates keen to learn and work within this interesting area of dietetics.

    Career Progression pathways and development opportunities:

    We offer ongoing training and development in all areas of mental health via regular supervision, annual appraisal and agreeing a personal development programme.

    The post includes inpatient and outpatient clinic work with dietetic assessments and reviews offered both virtually and in-person. This role provides dietetic care to young people, adults and older adult service users.

    The remit will include working in Southwark and Lambeth on inpatient wards, leading the outpatient dietetic clinic for these boroughs and providing a service to Greenvale Special Care Unit for older adults in the community.

    There is opportunity to work on National and Specialist units within the trust in order to develop the post holders areas of interest and / or to carry out quality improvement projects and / or research.

    Referrals are mostly for under-nutrition, underweight and re-feeding syndrome, including tube feeding and over-nutrition and metabolic syndrome linked to mental ill health and psychiatric medications, especially antipsychotics.

    Also, food allergies / food intolerances, gut issues and specific food likes and dislikes resulting in fewer foods eaten with risk of nutritional deficiencies are common.

    To be flexible, to manage own caseload as well as to provide cover for colleagues in their absence and/or to cover vacancies along with the wider team.

    Professionalism and excellent communication skills, including use of motivational interviewing techniques to help support behavioural change are key.
    The dietitians have specialised in mental health dietetics and/or eating disorders.

    We work collaboratively and innovatively, building upon the evidence base to advance dietetic practice within mental health, striving to always be at the fore front of mental health dietetics and to provide excellence in dietetic care.

    Our dietetic offices are located at the Bethlem Royal Hospital and Maudsley Hospitals.


    Flexible working:

    The trust offers flexible working as part of our way of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage.

    In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 7am to 7pm , giving you the very best of good work life balance.

    To provide a kind, caring and responsive, evidence-based clinical nutrition and dietetics service to young people, adults and older adult service users, who have a mental health diagnosis, on inpatient wards, a special care unit and dietetic clinic in outpatients.

    To be an integral part of the multidisciplinary team, representing and advocating for excellence in nutrition and dietetic care for all service users within the clinical remit.

    Support the service by providing nutrition knowledge, dietary advice and training for staff from a variety of other disciplines, which is sound, evidence based and up to date.

    Raise awareness, understanding and effective implementation of the trust nutrition policy.

    To support the development, knowledge and use of the menus, which provide nutrition and hydration within the clinical remit together with the trust lead catering dietitian and trust stakeholders.

    To deliver and develop together with dietetic colleagues a well-established weight management programme for service users living in the community.

    To evaluate and develop dietetic care pathways, integrating, and adding to the latest evidence base, providing excellence, and advancing nutrition and dietetic care.

    Relevant Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics
    Strong evidence of continuing professional development
    Experience in clinical dietetic practice specifically in nutrition support, including refeeding syndrome, use of oral nutritional supplements and enteral tube feeding
    Excellent overall knowledge of clinical nutrition and dietetic care.
    Knowledge of the cultural diversity of the client population, in particular food choices, cooking and eating practices
    Able to conduct clinical audit / service evaluations, quality improvement projects and apply the learning gained to make improvements
    Ability to be flexible and juggle competing demands to meet the service and patients needs
    Relevant Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics
    Strong evidence of continuing professional development
    Student Training course

    Experience in clinical dietetic practice specifically in nutrition support, including refeeding syndrome, use of oral nutritional supplements and enteral tube feeding
    Experience of working within a psychiatric ward or mental health setting

    Excellent overall knowledge of clinical nutrition and dietetic care.
    Knowledge of the cultural diversity of the client population, in particular food choices, cooking and eating practices

    Knowledge of clinical dietetics in mental health, including side effects of psychiatric medication

    South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
    Maudsley Hospital
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