CYP Lead Eating Disorder Dietitian

Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Chester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Eating Disorder and Mental Health Dietitian to join the CYP Tier 4 CHEDS Eating Disorder Service based at Ancora House, Chester. The role covers dietetic provision for young people and families across outpatient, Sapphire Day Service and the Sapphire Inpatient Unit, with potential for ongoing professional development.

You will work with community dietitians and ward staff within a MDT to ensure evidence-based practice and

Qualifications

• Qualified Dietitian with registration and eligibility to practice in the UK.
• Experience or keen interest in eating disorders and adolescent mental health.
• Ability to undertake specialist assessments and provide evidence-based dietary advice.

Responsibilities

• Complete specialist dietetic assessments for young people and their families.
• Develop, deliver and adapt individualised dietetic treatment programmes and refeeding plans.
• Differentiate between fear foods and true sensory preferences and consider cultural beliefs.
• Collaborate with CHEDS MDT/ward staff to ensure evidence-based decisions and aligned care plans.
• Provide psychoeducation to parents/carers to support meal planning and mealtime management.

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic Eating Disorder and Mental Health Dietitian to work within the CYP Tier 4 CHEDS Eating Disorder Service based at Ancora House in Chester.

We are seeking to appoint a skilled and experienced dietitian with a genuine interest in working with young people and their families within these specialist services, someone who has a commitment to undertaking specialist assessments and providing evidence-based advice to the multi-disciplinary team.

The role will cover the dietetic provision for young people and their families / carers within the Integrated Eating Disorder Service, which comprises of out-patients, Sapphire Day Service and the Intensive Eating Disorder Unit (Sapphire). It also covers dietetic provision for the 2 general adolescent wards in Ancora House, offering support to the young people, their families along with ward staff to best support during the in-patient stay.

The post-holder will be offered opportunity for continued professional development within a specialist and well established multi-disciplinary service. Our service has a strong commitment to professional development through individual supervision, training, appraisal and an ethos of close multi-disciplinary working. There will also be an opportunity for specific eating disorder training.

To complete specialist dietetic assessments, develop, deliver and adapt individualised dietetic treatment programmes and refeeding plans. To differentiate between fear foods and true sensory preferences and consider the impact of these as well as long-standing lifestyle choices / cultural beliefs on the efficacy of the meal plan.

To consider the management and impact of potential physical health and mental health co-morbidities on the development and engagement with treatment.

To work closely with community dietitians, CHEDS MDT / ward staff to ensure that all decisions are evidence-based, communicated effectively to the relevant clinicians and that care plans are aligned with the team’s treatment goals and developed with the young person. To provide appropriate feedback in MDTs across the service for awareness of dietetic progress and goals.

To ensure that practice follows the evidence-based stages of FT-AN and the stages of the CHEDS in-patient programme to support on-going and progress. To provide young people with support and education in relation to reported physical health symptoms, the expectations of the treatment plan, inclusion of fear foods, increased confidence and independence regarding food choices / aversions / freedom.

To provide parents / carers psychoeducation to enable them to best support their child - meal planning, mealtime support, managing negotiations / change, activity levels, compensatory behaviours.

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you’ll find something to suit you at CWP.