Job summary
- Main area
- CAMHS Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 389-25-7349625
- Employer
- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bradford Teaching Hospitals
- Town
- Bradford
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Highly Specialist Eating Disorders Dietitian (CAMHS) - 30 hpw
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
Closing Date: XXXXX
Shortlisting to take place after closing date: commencing XXXXX
Interview expected to take place in the week following shortlisting: commencing XXXX
Bradford Nutrition and Dietetic Service
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and compassionate dietitian to work with our existing Band 7 Dietitian providing leadership in nutritional care for children and young people with eating disorders.
You will be a fully integrated member of both our partner organisation Bradford District Care Foundation Trust's (BDCFT) Children and Young People's Community Eating Disorder Service (CYP CEDS) and the Dietetic Service within Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (BTHFT).
CYP CEDS is a dedicated and friendly service working across Bradford District and Craven CAMHS, treating a range of diagnosable eating disorders including Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder and ARFID. The multi-disciplinary team includes psychology, psychiatry, nursing, dietetics, family therapists, mental health practitioners and associate practitioner roles. The family therapy FT-AN, FT-BN approach is at our core.
Bradford’s Nutrition & Dietetic Service is a large dynamic team of Dietitians and Assistant Practitioners working in Acute, Community and Primary Care settings, supported by an excellent administrative team with good IT and library facilities.
Main duties of the job
To act as a source of expertise in the dietetic management of eating disorders in the CAMHS specialist eating disorder and intensive home treatment service across Bradford and Airedale.
To educate and provide training for the multi-disciplinary team, health care professionals, patients and carers.
To provide a high quality specialist dietetic service to young people and their families in the community with a range of eating disorders
To support BTHFT paediatric dietitians in the management of refeeding risk for young people with eating disorders admitted for acute in-patient care.
Applicants must be HCPC registered dietitians, who have obtained relevant clinical dietetic experience and expertise in eating disorder management in an NHS/specialist eating disorder setting and who are car drivers with access to a car to meet the requirement for regular travel across organisational sites (reasonable adjustments will be considered)
Working for our organisation
At Bradford Teaching Hospitals we’re passionate about providing outstanding care for the people of the Bradford district and communities across the North of England. We’re keen to meet people interested in sharing our passion and helping us continue to deliver the values of Bradford Nutrition and Dietetic Services – Leading Nutrition, Valuing People and Showing Our Worth.
Your personal development will be fully supported through a professional development framework including dietetic clinical supervision.
We are an agile and digitally enabled team working across community and in-patient sites with an element of home working also supported.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will fully participate in the training of ‘B’ and ‘C’ Placement student dietitians including end of week supervisor.
Please see attached job description for more detail.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive relevant post graduate dietetic experience in a range of clinical settings including with young people and adolescents
- Post graduate dietetic experience within an NHS or private specialist eating disorder service
Desirable criteria
- Membership and experience of working with a relevant specialist dietetic/BDA group
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent written skills with accuracy and attention to detail in written communication
- Able to utilise technology to support dietetic care including: Literature searches, food analysis programmes Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- In-depth understanding of dietetic interventions for eating disorders
- In-depth understanding of mental capacity and safeguarding in relation to working with children and young people with eating disorders
- Knowledge of the different dietary and social factors within Bradford District
- Evidence of relevant continuing professional development
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc/MSc Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics/Post Graduate Diploma in Dietetics
- HCPC resigtered dietitian
- Specialist and mandatory training relevant to the specialist area
- Clincial supervisory skills training
Desirable criteria
- Leadership training
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Rachel Barnes
- Job title
- Highly Specialist Dietitian - CYP CEDS
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07385468467
- Additional information
Alternative contact is:
Sara Hopkinson, Principal Dietitian Outreach Services
[email protected] Tel. 07816910023 (working days Weds-Fri)
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