The Eating Disorders Service at Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a senior dietitian to provide specialist assessment and treatment across the county. The postholder will deliver dietetic care to patients aged six and over and help develop a community pathway for ARFID. The post is community-based, works alongside a multidisciplinary team, and carries clinical leadership or project duties. Candidates need HCPC registration and a nutrition and dietetics degree or postgraduate diploma.
What the job involves
- Deliver highly specialist dietetic assessment and treatment within a community team
- Provide dietetic assessment and treatment for patients aged six and over across the RHED, Treatment and Front Door teams
- Accept referrals from multi-agency partners and respond promptly to urgent referrals
- Support development of a community ARFID treatment pathway
- Provide clinical dietetic leadership and/or project management as requested
- Lead or contribute to service improvement, including ARFID, Type 1 diabetes, disordered eating and other special dietary needs
- Contribute to service development and continuous improvement to keep services high quality, safe and effective
- Work autonomously within a multidisciplinary team
- Provide specialist advice and support to clinicians within the Eating Disorders Service and system partners
- Provide advice, consultation and support to primary care, social care, voluntary and educational staff and members of the public
- Promote awareness of eating disorders and appropriate interventions to the wider public
Qualifications
- Degree or postgraduate diploma in nutrition and dietetics
Registration & licences
- HCPC registration
Experience
- Significant dietetic experience, including working with eating disorder cases in a community or inpatient setting
- Participation in quality improvement activities
- Participation in clinical governance activities
- Experience of developing and delivering group work
Checks & eligibility
- Full disclosure of visa history for applicants who need a UK visa to work
Nice to have
- Post-registration paediatric dietetic experience
- Experience of supervising students on placement
- Further training in behaviour change, counselling skills, cognitive behavioural therapy and motivational interviewing
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
