Clinical Lead Dietitian Leeds

The LYPFT Learning Disability service provides multi professional, specialist health services for people, over the age of 18, with a learning disability across community settings, respite and the intensive support team. The service works in partnership with key stakeholders including service users and carers, adult social care, third sector and private providers to deliver health care for people with highly complex health needs that may include behaviours that challenge, mental health and/or dual diagnosis and complex multiple impairment / physical health needs.

This is an exciting time to join our team, as recent service changes present a unique opportunity to lead and shape the future of the Learning Disabilities Dietetic Service. As Clinical Lead Dietitian, you will play a pivotal role in driving the development of a new service model and establishing innovative and evidence-based clinical pathways that enhance physical health outcomes for people with learning disabilities. We are seeking an experienced and motivated dietitian with a strong commitment to tackling health inequalities within this population. You will bring leadership, vision, and expertise to support meaningful service delivery.

Main duties of the job:

• To demonstrate, co‑ordinate and provide a high degree of specialist, holistic, expert knowledge and clinical practice with regards to Dietetic assessment and intervention to the Leeds Learning Disability service users with highly complex and multiple impairment and physical disabilities or health needs.
• To work with and support the clinical team managers and clinical service managers to develop Dietetic clinical practice to enhance the treatment of service users who access the Learning Disability Services through the professional leadership of Dietetic staff in the Leeds Learning Disability Directorate.
• To work with and support the Professional lead for Allied Health Professionals and Principal Dietetic Practitioner to provide a source of expertise that develops and shares innovative practice and strategic guidance / advice (applied to the LD service line) in line with the organisational goals and models of service delivery.
• To lead and provide the dietetic perspective within the delivery of LD clinical pathways, service development and governance.
• To co‑ordinate and communicate complex care packages for defined Service Users both verbally within team meetings and telephone and non‑verbally through CPA, reports and documentation.
• To be a visible face for your Profession within the Learning Disability service line and a point of contact for your professional colleagues.
• To take a lead role in creating, developing and updating clinical pathways, within the area of dietetics.
• To lead on clinical governance for dietetics and contribute to governance within the service.
• To act as an expert/specialist resource for credible information and advice on food and health issues to colleagues and others.
• To develop and coordinate a nutrition intervention work programme to implement the strategy and policies for the Learning Disabilities service.
• To ensure that services are planned, implemented and evaluated within the framework of clinical governance.
• To maintain specialist knowledge of relevant current evidence base, and actively translate evidence base into practice.
• To ensure that standards for Dietetic staff supervision and clinical practice are reviewed and monitored against Trust policy, BDA and HCPC standards.

Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles. This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

For further details on the qualifications and experience required, please refer to the job description.