Dietician

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.

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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