Dietitian

Elysium Healthcare; Luton; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Dietitian to join their team in Luton. You will manage a complex caseload, develop nutrition plans, and work closely with a multidisciplinary team. Ideal candidates will have a BSc in Dietetics, be HCPC registered, and have experience with eating disorders. The role offers a salary up to £40,100 and great benefits including annual leave and career development.

Benefits

Free meals

Wellbeing support

Pension contribution

Enhanced Maternity Package

Qualifications

• Registered with HCPC and qualified in Dietetics.
• Post-qualifying experience with eating disorders preferred.
• Ability to conduct one-to-one nutrition counseling.

Responsibilities

• Assess service users' weight and meal plans.
• Liaise with catering for menu updates.
• Conduct pre-admission screenings for new referrals.

Skills

HCPC registered

Experience with eating disorders

Autonomous practice

Education

BSc in Dietetics or postgraduate diploma in Dietetics

Job description

Overview

Being a Dietitian is so much more than just knowing what foods to eat, it's creating a nutritional bespoke plan that gives some of the most vulnerable people the energy and determination to build a brighter future.

Feel valued and supported when you join the team as a Dietitian, working 30 hours at Stockwood House in Luton. With experience from the NHS and/or private sector, you will manage a complex caseload, which will see you create individual rapports with service users as you learn about their health concerns, goals and dietary restrictions and preferences to create a healthy nutrition plan.

As a Dietitian, you will deliver and contribute to the development of the specialist treatment plans and pathways as you maintain close contact with local community teams. Working alongside a multidisciplinary team, you will contribute to the delivery of the service, offering assessment, formulation and treatment to people and their families/carers. You will act as a key link between the nursing team, the catering department, leading on the management of the dining room and nutrition support strategies on the unit.

A range of training opportunities are available that can see your career grow and you achieve your career aspirations.

Responsibilities

• Assessing service users’ weight and advise regarding weight, calories, and special meal plans.
• Working as an autonomous dietetic practitioner to carry a complex inpatient and outpatient caseload, using evidence-based and people-focused principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in service users.
• Conducting pre-admission screenings for new referrals while laying out the plan for future interventions.
• Liaising with the hospital’s catering department to ensure the menu is reviewed regularly, the allergen list, portioning sizes and special menus are up to date.
• Supporting in the development and co-facilitation of any group or activity and staff training.
• Providing a weekly progress review and feedback to the multi-disciplinary team in ward rounds.
• Carrying out one-to-one nutrition counselling sessions to determine eating behaviours, beliefs and attitudes about food and health, rationale for food choices, factors affecting eating behaviour and nutrition status. These sessions will also be used for exploring stage of change and to explore ambivalence and barriers to behaviour change.
• Delivering the Nourish to Flourish psychoeducation group, which is set up to help patients understand their eating disorders and critically explore their beliefs about food and bodies.
• Carrying out one-to-one family support, helping families understand the complex relationship between food and health, as well as strategies for supporting the patient to eat at home.

Qualifications

• HCPC registered
• BSc in Dietetics or post graduate diploma in Dietetics
• Post qualification training
• Post-qualifying experience of working with people with eating disorders ideally in an inpatient setting
• Knowledge and understanding of Eating Disorders
• To ensure knowledge and skills are maintained at a high level of professional competence

Where you will be working

Locations: 32 Studley Road, 1 & 10 Cutenhoe Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU3 1BB

You will be working at three care homes (Ellenbrook House, Stockwood House and Talbot House) in Luton within close proximity to each other.

The care homes provide care and support for people with eating disorders, with extra support around meals and food choices, a comprehensive group timetable and higher levels of assistance with community activities. Recovery at Talbot House can lead to a discharge to nearby Stockwood or Ellenbrook House which offer a more multifaceted rehabilitation plan, allowing you to be part of their longer-term recovery, seeing them improve up to being discharged.

What you will get

• Annual salary of up to £40,100 pro rota
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Pension contribution to secure your future.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

About your next employer

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

You will be joining a safer recruitment process; Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.