Advanced Specialist Mental Health Dietitian

Job overview

In the Bay Network, an exciting career opportunity has arisen within the Allied Health Professional (AHP) workforce for a highly specialist dietitian to deliver quality evidence based practice into the mental health inpatient wards.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and forward thinking individual, who has the desire to build upon their transferable clinical and leadership skills. Whilst working to a high standard of evidenced based professional patient-centred care, you will be supported to progress and to achieve your potential as both a leader and a clinician amongst our growing AHP community.

You will work as an autonomous advanced practitioner, and provide a high standard of assessment, diagnosis, treatment and highly specialist expert advice to patients and carers. You will develop and promote a holistic, supportive and patient centred service. Your role will involve the assessment and implementation of care plans for patients and will assist in the training of health care professionals and carers and maintenance of IT systems that support patient care.

For further information or an informal discussion please contact us on the details provided.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will gain invaluable experience working with complex mental health conditions, within a specialist Mental Health inpatient unit, focusing upon nutrition support, weight management, diabetes and gastroenterology. You will be expected to have a strong commitment to ongoing professional and personal development.

The positive developments within the AHPs workforce are driving forwards a culture of learning and continuing professional development opportunities. This is inclusive of utilising innovative technology to facilitate our more geographically isolated patients within the Bay Network. The base of the location can be discussed further with interested candidates, with potential for a hybrid model of clinical care provision

We are developing our AHP workforce across the Bay, and with the promotion of an inclusive and diverse culture we are committed to ensuring that everyone involved in the Trust, inclusive of staff, service users and carers are treated equitably and with dignity and respect.

If this position is of interest and you are wanting to thrive in this exciting career opportunity and join our Lancashire & South Cumbria AHP community, where you and your work matters, we encourage you to have a look at the Job Description and Personal Specification, get in touch to discuss this role further, and apply for a fantastic new role.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.