Job summary
- Main area
- Eating Disorders
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 246-WSU7178989
- Employer
- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- G Block
- Town
- Suffolk
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 gross per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Dietician
Band 7
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience
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Job overview
Band 7 Specialist Adult Eating Disorders Dietitian
We have an exciting opportunity to join our multidisciplinary community eating disorders team based in Bury St Edmunds, West Suffolk. You will work alongside an experienced Specialist Dietitian, helping to enhance and develop our services for adults with eating disorders. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to build your knowledge and experience in a supportive and collaborative team. You will also benefit from the wider network of eating disorder dietitians working across the trust.
Main duties of the job
This role expects you to act as a source of expertise on the dietary management of eating disorders to the multi-disciplinary team, community health professionals and others involved in the care of our patients. This includes liaising with colleagues in the local acute trust.
Clinical work is varied and hugely rewarding. You will work with patients through the nutritional and physical consequences of an eating disorders providing advice to patients at all stages of their treatment. This will include patients at risk of re-feeding syndrome and patients with complex dietary needs. We offer dietetic care in a variety of setting including community clinics, groups and support acute hospital admissions This is a change from being based in a traditional dietetic department and allows for significant personal and professional development. The Eating Disorders team is a supportive environment respectful of the dietetic role.
Working for our organisation
The Trust is in the process of innovative transformation. We are striving to develop our care model to be more aligned with the needs of the local communities. This has created opportunities to not only recognise and consolidate what we are doing well, but also to drive creativity in radically changing service delivery.
These are both challenging and exciting times, in which we are redeveloping how we deliver mental health services in Suffolk. As such, this provides many opportunities for successful applicants to play a key role in bringing about positive change and making a difference, not only at an individual, family or team level, but in shaping the future direction of our services.
Benefits
Benefits included with this role are:-
- NHS pension
- A comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- Career progression
- Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- Staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Are you a passionate and skilled Dietitian looking to make a difference in the lives of adults with eating disorders? We have an exciting opportunity to join our multidisciplinary community eating disorders team based in West Suffolk.
You will work alongside an experienced Specialist Dietitian, helping to enhance and develop our services for adults with eating disorders. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to build your knowledge and experience in a supportive and collaborative team. You will also benefit from the wider network of eating disorder dietitians working across the trust.
Clinical work is varied and hugely rewarding. You will work with patients through the nutritional and physical consequences of eating disorders providing advice to patients at all stages of their treatment. This includes community clinics, group education and supporting acute hospital admissions.
We welcome applications from Dietitians with experience sound transferable skills and an interest in this fascinating clinical field. We are a cross-county team so some work across the Suffolk locality may be required.
If you’re looking for a rewarding and impactful role where you can be part of a dedicated MDT delivering high-quality care, we would love to hear from you!
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSC Nutrition & Dietetics or equivalent Current HCPC professional registration in dietetics.
- Masters or Equivalent experience in specialist area.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience in Clinical Dietetics
- Experience of working with adults presenting with eating difficulties and managing complexities.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to provide leadership within specialist area.
- Excellent teaching and presentation skills.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Be able to demonstrate evidence of up to date knowledge of nutrition and dietetics and its application to CAMHS eating disorders.
Other
Essential criteria
- A full current driving license and access to a car essential.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Louise Jordan
- Job title
- AHP Lead West Suffolk Locality
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Emma Blyth
Specialist Dietitian
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