Lead Dietitian MHSOP Maternity Cover

Job overview

We’re delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for a Lead Dietitian to join our Mental Health Services for Older People (MHSOP) team within the North Yorkshire and York locality, covering a 12-month maternity leave. This role makes a difference to the nutritional care of older people living with functional (e.g., depression, psychosis) and organic  conditions (e.g., vascular and Alzheimer’s dementia).

You will provide expert inpatient dietetic care to:  •    Foss Park Hospital (York): two wards  •    Springwood Hospital (Malton): one ward  •    When required, supporting at Cross Lane Hospital (Scarborough): one ward  Working as part of a supportive, multidisciplinary environment, you’ll lead and deliver high quality, person centred dietetic assessment and interventions tailored to complex needs.  If you’re passionate about improving nutritional care for older people and would enjoy leading in a collaborative team, we’d love to hear from you.

You must have the Right to Work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role. Please note, the starting salary for this role would not meet the required salary threshold for this post to be eligible for sponsorship under the Health and Care (Skilled Worker) visa. https://www.gov.uk/health-care-worker-visa/your-job

Main duties of the job

• Deliver comprehensive inpatient dietetic assessment and interventions tailored to complex needs across MHSOP wards at Foss Park and Springwood.  •    Provide specialist input for a broad range of presentations, including functional and organic diagnoses.  •    Contribute to full assessment of needs by the multi-disciplinary team including input to formulation meetings, falls management and physical health / frailty care.  •    Provide clinical supervision and support for a band 3 dietetic support worker and band 5 dietitians.  •    Lead and contribute to service development, audit, research activities, and pathway development to improve nutritional care outcomes.  •    Deliver training to multidisciplinary clinical teams and facilitate student training/placements.  •    Work collaboratively within the MDT to ensure person centred, evidence based nutrition support aligned to national guidance.  •    Maintain high standards of clinical documentation, governance, and professional practice.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.