Bank Band 6 Dietitian

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; England; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Part time

Job summary

A NHS Trust in the UK is seeking an enthusiastic Bank Dietitian to manage an inpatient caseload across mental health services. You will assess patients’ nutritional status and collaborate on treatment plans to optimize health. The role offers support from lead dietitian and is ideal for those passionate about working with individuals with severe mental illness. Flexible hours are available.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience as a Dietitian is required.
• Demonstrated effectiveness in continuity of care for service users needed.

Responsibilities

• Clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients.
• Assess nutritional status and lifestyle of referred patients.
• Formulate individualised management and treatment plans.

Skills

Experience working as a Dietitian

Ability to collaborate with service users

Motivation to work with people with severe mental illness

Job description

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Dietitian work on the Bank within AWP. There are opportunities to work across all of our mental health inpatient sites with covers BNSSG and BSW.

Hospital sites include: Bristol, Bath, Weston-Super-Mare, Swindon, Devizes and Salisbury

You should have substantial experience working as a Dietitian.

It is desirable that you are enthusiastic and motivated to work with people with severe mental illness. You will need to demonstrate effectiveness in ensuring the continuity of care for service users and full implementation of Trust policies.

Support will be given by the lead dietitian. We have brilliant supervision structures in place.

This vacancy is for a bank role and hours will be agreed with the team.

Main duties of the job

You will have clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients and to organise this effectively with regard to clinical priorities and use of time.

You will assess the nutritional status and lifestyle of appropriately referred In patients within the Mental Health services and collaborate with the service users to establish realistic and achievable aims and objectives, plans and interventions.

You will formulate individualised management and treatment plans to help promote optimal physical and mental health and nutritional status with regular supervision from Dietetic Manager. This will include providing advice on the appropriate timing of interventions such as food fortification, nutritional supplements.

You will monitor patients and alter treatment plans according to changes in physical or psychological conditions taking into account biochemical and anthropometric measurements, changes in medication and dietary compliance.