This senior autonomous post sits in the countywide children's eating disorder service run by Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, supported by two clinical lead dietitians. The work is mostly community-based: running dietetic clinics, carrying out assessments with other clinicians, and joining paediatricians' clinics and therapists' appointments. The role also sits within the Dietitians Mental Health Team and a multi-disciplinary team, and includes contributing to audit and service development. Applicants need HPC registration as a dietitian and a teaching qualification or experience of teaching groups.
What the job involves
- Plan and deliver a high-quality nutrition and dietetic service across the countywide children's eating disorder service
- Work as a senior autonomous practitioner
- Facilitate dietetic clinics
- Carry out assessments jointly with other clinicians
- Join paediatricians' clinics
- Join therapists in appointments as required
- Support and establish audit and robust evaluation of the dietetic service
- Contribute to service development and to policy making as directed by the head of service
- Work as a key member of the multi-disciplinary team, taking responsibility for dietetic input
- Work as a key member of the Dietitians Mental Health Team
- Approach tasks with an open mind and deal with situations in a timely and empathic manner
What’s required
Qualifications
- Degree in Nutrition/Dietetics or equivalent leading to HPC
- Specialist dietetic training at postgraduate diploma level, or equivalent experience from substantial advanced clinical practice
- Teaching qualification or experience of teaching groups
Registration & licences
- Registration as a dietitian
Experience
- Wide range of post-registration dietetic experience, including delivering community services
- Some experience of working in mental health services
Skills & knowledge
- Understanding of mental illness and how it may affect an individual's nutritional and dietetic needs
- Ability to evaluate and report on complex data
- Ability to work in highly stressful situations and manage distressing, highly emotive situations successfully
Nice to have
- Advanced certificate in counselling skills or counselling experience
- Membership of the British Dietetic Association Mental Health Group
- Experience of working with people with mental illness and eating disorders
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
