Highly Specialist Dietitian - London, United Kingdom - Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

The post-holder will be an expert practitioner and provide dietary advice, guidance and education to both patients and clinicians in the CAMHS Inpatient setting.

This will include leading on service development for dietetic provision for CAMHS Inpatient Units.

They will work as a key member of multi-disciplinary teams and work with these staff to support their understanding of nutrition and hydration issues and work collaboratively to ensure continuity of care.

This includes providing specialist dietetic assessment and counselling for young people with clinical eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder.

The successful applicant will have contact with patients or service users.

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Provide specialist assessment, diagnosis, advice and intensive intervention for people requiring Dietetic input in specialist clinical area.
Have responsibility for the quality of Dietetic service delivery within specialist area of practice across CEDS-CYP.
Provide expert advice, joint working and give second opinions concerning highly complex cases within specialist clinical area.
Make highly skilled evaluations and decisions about Dietetic intervention options.
Be a clinical leader within an identified specialist clinical area, leading by example, demonstrating good practice, openness and responsiveness to emerging evidence.
Provide training and development for members of the MDT related to skills used when working with people in specialist area.
Provide Dietetic leadership to colleagues in the teams.
Act as a role model for Professional Practice and undertake the required clinical supervision.
Undertake leadership duties related to Dietetics including, the planning and implementation of Dietetic service delivery; working in conjunction with the appropriate operational team leads and professional managers.
Develop robust professional networks with other Dietetic teams, The Multi-Disciplinary Team, Primary Care, Community Services, Local Authority and Third Sector to enhance service provision.
Liaise with other Dietetic Leaders through networking regarding issues relating to own Clinical Specialist area.

CNWL's vision and values underpin everything we do in CAMHS and Eating Disorders Service Line.

Our vision

Wellbeing for life:
We work in partnership with all who use our services to improve health and wellbeing. Together we look at ways of improving an individual's quality of life, through high quality healthcare and personal support.

Our values

Compassion:
Our staff will be led by compassion and embody the values of care outlined in our Staff Charter.

Respect:

We will respect and value the diversity of our patients, service users and staff, to create a respectful and inclusive environment, which recognises the uniqueness of each individual.

Empowerment:

We will involve, inform and empower our patients, service users, carers and their families to take an active role in the management of their illness and adopt recovery principles.

We will ensure our staff receive appropriate direction and support, to enable them to develop and grow.

Partnership:

We will work closely with our many partners to ensure that our combined efforts are focused on achieving the best possible outcomes for the people we serve.

All our staff are expected to understand and deliver their daily activities according to these underpinning Core Values and principles.

Clinical:

To be a clinical expert within the specialty.
Carry own Dietetic caseload within specialist area
CAMHS ED.
To ensure the provision of excellent, evidencebased dietetic care for the children, young people (CYP)and their families at all times.
Ensure that each child is assessed, and that their care is planned, implemented and evaluated in negotiation with the family, and that this is accurately documented.
Provide an effective and efficient Dietetic service for people with specialist and/or complex needs within Specialist area.
Promote Family Centred Care and ensure the provision of a welcoming, caring, clean and safe environment for the CYP and their families.
Explore best Dietetic practice, interpreting current evidence to implement and innovate within the Specialist area.
To communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carers and other staff, overcoming any barriers to understanding and providing support during distressing or emotional events.
Act in a consultancy role providing therapeutic advice to people, carers and clinicians through professional expertise.
To develop and maintain clinical skills and knowledge necessary to provide holistic, evidencebased