Clinical Lead Dietitian Nutrition Support

We are seeking a HCPC registered Dietitian, with NHS experience, who has gained significant dietetic knowledge and expertise working within mental health and eating disorder services in nutrition support.

You will have expert knowledge identifying nutritional risk, including refeeding syndrome and managing this risk together with the MDT to promote physical and mental wellbeing and recovery.

The role will focus on a food first approach with careful use of oral nutritional supplements, and enteral tube feeding being mindful of least restrictive practice. Dietetic care is patient centred and trauma informed, managing immediate risk whilst developing long-term sustainable solutions to under nutrition and/or underweight. This is with the view to empowering service users to develop self-efficacy and resilience with regards to nutrition and hydration during their recovery journey and beyond.

The post holder will lead, and take responsibility for the strategic planning, development and operational oversight of the inpatient nutrition support dietetic pathway and integrate this within MDT pathways. They will be responsible for ensuring quality assurance of the pathway within the trust Nutrition Steering Group Committee.

We are particularly interested in hearing from applicants who are committed to lifelong learning and contributing to the research evidence base.

Working trust wide, across the age range, the post holder is the clinical dietetic lead for nutrition support in inpatient services, facilitating transfer of patients between acute and MH inpatient services/wards pre, post and during admission, and discharging back into the community where nutrition support is needed including oral nutritional supplements and enteral tube feeding.

The role includes future transformation work, which will include the setting up, oversight, and supporting the dietetic team taking over the procurement, storage and distribution of oral nutritional supplements, enteral feeds and ancillaries within the trust currently managed by pharmacy colleagues.

To hold a specialist clinical dietetic remit and supervise dietetic colleagues working with the post holder’s specialism.

1. To be the dietetic clinical lead with regards to enteral tube feeding across inpatient services, supporting dietitians, nursing and MDTs where required, especially where cases are complex and involve consideration of least restrictive practice, tube feeding under restraint and trauma informed decision making and care.

To ensure sustainability practices within the trust with regards to oral nutritional supplements and enteral feeds and ancillaries and to join the trust Clinical Sustainability Group in their work and drive to ensure the trust meets its green targets.

To deputise for the Head of Service.

We offer flexible working as part of our way of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 7am to 7pm , giving you the very best of good work-life balance. The majority of time spent in this role requires in-person working on site.

The team comprises 16 Dietitians and one Dietetic Assistant Practitioner. The dietitians have specialised in mental health dietetics and/or eating disorders. We are a welcoming and friendly team, who are supportive of one another and our MDT colleagues. We work collaboratively and innovatively, building upon the evidence base to advance dietetic practice within mental health, striving to always be at the forefront of mental health dietetics and to provide excellence in dietetic care. Our dietetic offices are located at the Bethlem Royal Hospital and Maudsley Hospitals.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kate Moffat Job title: Head of Nutrition and Dietetic Services Email address: Telephone number: 07875967678

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