Specialist Dietitian

Job overview

Looking for flexible work in the NHS?

The Flexi‑Bank is a collaborative staff bank hosted by Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, offering greater choice, flexibility and access to a wider range of opportunities across both organisations.

Why join the Flexi‑Bank?

• Work flexibly – choose shifts that suit your lifestyle and availability
• Access more opportunities – pick up shifts across mental health, community and acute care settings
• Get paid fairly and on time – competitive rates and fast access to earnings through Stream
• Stay supported – benefit from training, development and guidance from our dedicated Temporary Staffing Team
• Be part of something bigger – join a growing collaborative of NHS Trusts across Surrey

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust consultation, education and liaison to adults with moderate to severe eating disorders, members of the multidisciplinary team and associated services. The post holder will be a member of the multi-disciplinary adult eating disorders team, participating in the provision of on-going assessments, care planning and treatment of adults with eating disorders across both our outpatient and daycare settings.

Main duties of the job

Surry and Borders Partnership Trust is looking for someone who makes better lives by promoting health for people who use our inpatient Mental health Services and their families/carers/support staff by delivering high quality dietetic assessments, interventions, formulation, and consultations. Provision of clinical and strategic leadership, supervision, and guidance to the team and others as required. These will be undertaken within an accessible, non-stigmatising, service that contributes to the specialist needs of the individuals referred.

Locations:

Farnham Road Hospital

Farnham Road

Guildford

GU2 7LX

Silverwood Hospital

Holloway Hill,

Lyne,

Chertsey

KT16 0AE

Monday to Friday 8AM to 4PM or 9AM to 5PM

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Professional

• To act within the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act (2005).
• To be aware of and implement Safeguarding Adult and Child Protection Policies, Procedures and legislation.
• To provide cover in the absence of the Band 7 lead dietitian in other divisions.
• To ensure that all service users are treated based on Evidence based practice and nationally agreed standards.
• To attend all statutory and mandatory training required to undertake the job role.
• To provide in house training to health care professionals in line with the Service objectives and needs.
• To attend professional supervision sessions and engage as per Trust’s Supervision and Appraisal Policy.
• To engage in your own CPD and actively contribute to the continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities within the wider dietetic service.
• To attend multidisciplinary team meetings as required and contribute to research in the clinical area.
• To document assessments, interventions, evaluations and progress notes in a clear, timely and professional manner, in line with Trust and profession specific policies.
• To contribute to a healthy and safe working environment by adhering to health and safety regulations and Trust policies.
• To attend and contribute to Dietetic team meetings across the Trust face to face or virtually as required.
• To be willing to undertake duties as may be reasonably required to support the professional delivery of services and ensure clinical safety. These may be based at another Trust managed location.

Leadership

• To plan, support and deliver high-quality and highly complex dietetic assessments and interventions
• To lead on service development, evaluations and audits relevant to dietetics.
• To provide high quality supervision and mentoring to dietetic staff, including appraisals and addressing performance issues as required
• To represent and advocate for dietetics within a range of forums within the Trust, ICS and regionally
• To deliver effective continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities within services and divisions to enable dietetic staff to deliver the identified dietetics pathways
• To ensure that placements for dietetic students and apprenticeships are offered within the clinical speciality
• To lead on the development and implementation of appropriate policies, protocols and care pathways
• To contribute to the strategic planning of the dietetic service within the Trust
• To be part of the wider MDT leadership team within the locality/sector/division, providing support as part of the seniors’ team within the service e.g. caseload reviews, MDT discussions, assessment feedback meetings.
• To research national best practice and enable services to benchmark practice against nationally recognised standards- in partnership with people who use services.
• To contribute to appropriate staff recruitment and contribute to the wider strategic plan regarding recruitment and retention.

Clinical

• To have an excellent knowledge of clinical dietetics and models
• To provide evidence based and outcome measured dietetic interventions (individual and group)
• To be able to effectively communicate with colleagues, peers, senior managers and clinical leads within the Trust.
• Develop and maintain good communication with all levels of management within the service and build partnerships internal service and external agencies such as GPs.
• To use highly effective clinical reasoning and formulation skills to devise person-centred dietetic care plans, alongside people who access services and their carers/supporters/family members (where appropriate).
• To work closely with the multidisciplinary team to achieve dietetic outcomes.
• Participate in the review and dietetic development of clinical policies and identify improvements to service provision.
• To act as mentor to students, providing effective education, facilitating their development and promoting high standards of dietetic care and coordinating placement timetables and support supervision.
• To ensure continuation of care within the dietetic service including discharge planning and follow up in line with service standards.
• To manage a caseload of patients requiring enteral feeding and supporting with oral nutritional support and obesity caseloads as required.
• To provide expert nutrition support care to people on Enteral Feeding or identified at risk of malnutrition, including those prescribed oral nutritional supplements, to enable their dietary and nutritional rehabilitation.
• To make recommendations to GPs on the appropriate prescribing of enteral feeds and oral nutritional supplements.
• Write reports reflecting specialist knowledge as necessary.
• To lead in the planning, organisation and delivery of a seamless service for patients on Enteral Feeding transferring between Inpatient services and the Community.
• To lead on developing nutrition resources and deliver training sessions in clinical area, for both staff and people who use our services.
• To complete comprehensive risk assessment and management plans, raising safeguarding concerns in line with Trust policy.
• To keep up to date with current evidence-based practice, research and National guidelines within your clinical area, sharing this knowledge with the wider dietetic service.
• To effectively manage a caseload with people who have highly complex mental health needs.
• To provide services which are compassionate, inclusive and understanding of the needs of people who access services, carers/supporter/family members.
• To actively forge effective working relationships with partner organisations, stakeholders and other community resources.
• To collate clinical impact and outcome data and share with the relevant stakeholders and Trust Wide Professional Lead.

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.