Job overview

Dietitian Clinical Specialist - Band 7

12 month contract or secondment opportunity – maternity leave cover

Community Mental Health Adult Eating Disorders Team

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Job summary

This is an exciting secondment opportunity for an experienced Dietitian to work within a dedicated, mental health, adult community eating disorder team, whilst supporting the current Transformation programme across secondary mental health care services within Coventry and Warwickshire, following substantial investment.

We are excited to offer this opportunity for a period of 12 months maternity leave cover.  This role improves patient care, reduces the need for inpatient treatment and contributes to the development of innovative interventions. The expansion of services will provide clinicians with an opportunity to shape clinical developments and evaluate new ways of working in the field; part of a well-established but expanding multidisciplinary team consisting of psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses, dietitians, occupational therapists, peer support workers and family therapists.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be required:

To work as an integral part of a multidisciplinary team delivering latest evidence-based eating disorder treatment to clients across Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership Trust.

To provide specialist dietetic assessment, diagnosis and treatment programmes to individual service users with a variety of complex dietetic needs, within the severe community eating disorders pathway.

To participate in service development, audit, pathway development and ongoing training needs of the clinical teams. 

To be responsible for creating and maintaining robust links with a range of disciplines and agencies including acute centre teams, eating disorders units, GP’s, voluntary agencies, social services, community mental health services to ensure optimal patient transition and delivery of care. 

Working for our organisation

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
•  excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.