Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation TrustClinical Lead Dietitian for Children & Young People's Eating Disorders, covering the community of Cornwall and IoS.
We value ourselves as being a close, supportive, and containing team that is passionate about providing high quality care, and look forward to welcoming you to be part of it.
You will be a key clinician within CYPEDS, using leadership skills to support and develop the dietetic element of our service.
You will be innovative and facilitate evidence-based practice delivery for children, young people and their families across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
Delivering all aspects of expert professional management and dietetic care to children and young people presenting with eating disorders and providing highly specialist advice.
You will be responsible for maintaining a caseload, using your specialist skills, from referral to discharge, conducting routine and high priority assessments and interventions as appropriate and exercising autonomy.
You will be heavily involved in the support, training and supervision of more junior members of staff.
You will be liaising and providing advice, information and consultation to colleagues and other agencies as well as undertaking service governance activity, including research and audit as appropriate.
Main duties of the jobTo work as a fully integrated member of the multi-disciplinary Children and Young people's Eating Disorders Service (community).To work as a specialist autonomous practitioner providing dietetic support and advice to patients and Health Professionals in the specialist area of Eating Disorders Dietetic Service.To lead a small dietetic team in this service.To lead and contribute to policy development on matters relating to service development for the Eating Disorders Dietetic Service.To develop appropriate resources within this specialist area of dietetic practice.To help to establish Research and Development and a robust Audit review of service within this specialist area of dietetics.To be part of an assessment team, providing appropriate dietetic assessment and support within this.To offer dietetic reviews for children and young people on the caseload as required.About usWe're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health.
We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us.
As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust.
This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases.
Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals.
Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Approximately 568,000 people live here.
A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon.
As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon.
In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area.
This increases the numbers of people who use our services.
Job responsibilitiesTo view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see supporting documents.
Person SpecificationEducation / Qualifications and Relevant ExperienceDegree in Nutrition/Dietetics or equivalent leading to registration with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)Registration as a DietitianA teaching qualification or significant experience of teaching groups.Post graduate qualification at masters level (or awaiting confirmation of their final grade) or relevant equivalent experience gained through substantial advanced clinical practiceCounselling skillsAdvanced communication skills course e.g.
CBTSkills and AptitudeAn ability to run groups for people of more than 20An ability to assess success and write reportsAn ability to demonstrate best dietetic practice for a range of conditionsAn ability to communicate with a wide range of people and using differing mediasAn ability to work effectively within teamsAn ability to evaluate and report on complex dataKnowledge and abilitiesA wide range of post registration dietetic experience including significant experience of delivering dietetic services for people with eating disorders.Experience in leading all or part of a service.Experience of managing a service.Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
AddressNewquay Integrated Health Hub / 6a Heathlands, Liskeard / Truro Health Park (applicant preference)
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