Band 6 Dietitian

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Stafford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the UK is seeking enthusiastic Dietitians to join their Specialist Eating Disorder Service. The positions require working with inpatients, day services, and community teams, delivering highly specialized dietetic services. Candidates should have strong communication skills and be motivated to contribute to patient care. This full-time role involves collaboration within a multidisciplinary team and offers opportunities for professional development in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience working in eating disorder services is preferred.
• Ability to provide education to nursing staff and healthcare professionals.
• Flexibility in approach to clinical challenges.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist dietetic service to patients in hospital and community settings.
• Contribute to the multidisciplinary eating disorders team.
• Support development of junior dietetic team members.

Skills

Communication skills

Nutritional advice

Team collaboration

Education

Degree in Dietetics

Job description

NHS Talent Attraction & Retention Coordinator | Recruitment | Employee Engagement | Workforce Planning | Advanced Administration

Job overview

Eating Disorders Service

Band 6

37.5 hours

Base: St Chad’s House Community,

St George’s Hospital Stafford

ST16 3AG

Are you looking for a new dietetic role that will have the opportunity to work across inpatients, day services and the community?

If you are an experienced Dietitian who is interested in working in eating disorder services please read on!

An opportunity has arisen within our Specialist Eating Disorder Service. We are looking for two enthusiastic, self-motivated and innovative

Dietitians with an interest and/or experience of working within specialist mental health eating disorder services.

We are looking for someone who enjoys working as part of a multi-disciplinary team and someone who wants to make a difference to our

service users, families and the communities we serve.

We are committed to continued professional development, specialist training and ensuring our staff work at the top of their scope of

practice. We offer a rewarding job with robust governance structures in place including excellent supervision and the ability to contribute to a growing and developing service.

The one post is primarily based on the inpatient ward in Stafford and the other post primarily works across both or Staffordshire and

Shropshire community teams. Both positions have a requirement to travel between bases and work across the Staffordshire and Shropshire

localities.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate a high level of verbal and non verbal communication skills. A degree of flexibility in approach is required along with a willingness to learn whilst working in a clinical

area of specialism that can bring its challenges.

The role involves working within a multi professional team and alongside other dietetic colleagues to provide a highly specialist dietetic service to adult out-patients and in-patients receiving treatment from the Eating Disorder Team and forming a key element of the treatment care pathways.

Providing a highly specialist dietetic service to adult out-patients, in-patients and day treatment services receiving treatment from MPFT Eating Disorder Team and forming a key element of clinical care pathways.

To be an integral part of the multidisciplinary eating disorders team and be an expert in the provision of nutritional advice, education and training to nursing staff, doctors, dietetic students and other health care professionals.

To be responsible for the development of junior members of the dietetic team and support the development of the dietetic service delivery within the Eating Disorder Services.

If require further information please contact:

Kerry Langford-Rotton (Head of Eating Disorders) 01785 783120

Ange Brookes (Operational Manager) - 01785 783120

Faith Edensor-Ward (Clinical Lead) – 01785 783120

Seniority level

• Associate

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Health Care Provider

Industries

• Hospitals and Health Care