Dietitian - Band 7 - FTC

Integrated Care System; Coventry; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Coventry is seeking an experienced Dietitian for a 12-month maternity leave cover in mental health, specifically in the Adult Eating Disorders Team. The role focuses on improving patient care and developing services within a multidisciplinary team to enhance the care delivery for complex eating disorders. This position requires collaboration with various disciplines, robust clinical responsibilities, and an opportunity for professional development.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

Excellent learning and development opportunities

Salary sacrifice schemes for various benefits

Wellbeing support including in-house counselling

Discounts with retailers and restaurants

Qualifications

• Registered Dietitian with HCPC.
• Training in behaviour change/motivational interviewing.
• Full driving license and access to transport.

Responsibilities

• Work within a multidisciplinary team to provide evidence-based eating disorder treatment.
• Provide dietetic assessment and treatment to individual service users.
• Participate in service development and training needs of clinical teams.

Skills

Behaviour change skills

Motivational interviewing

Education

Current valid registration as a Dietitian with the HCPC

Training in behaviour change skills/motivational interviewing

Tools

Driving licence

Job description

Go back Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Dietitian - Band 7 - FTC

The closing date is 03 August 2025

12 month contract or secondment opportunity - maternity leave cover

Community Mental Health Adult Eating Disorders Team

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Job summary

This is an exciting secondment opportunity for an experienced Dietitian to work within a dedicated, mental health, adult community eating disorder team, whilst supporting the current Transformation programme across secondary mental health care services within Coventry and Warwickshire, following substantial investment.

We are excited to offer this opportunity for a period of 12 months maternity leave cover. This role improves patient care, reduces the need for inpatient treatment and contributes to the development of innovative interventions. The expansion of services will provide clinicians with an opportunity to shape clinical developments and evaluate new ways of working in the field; part of a well-established but expanding multidisciplinary team consisting of psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses, dietitians, occupational therapists, peer support workers and family therapists.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be required:

To work as an integral part of a multidisciplinary team delivering latest evidence-based eating disorder treatment to clients across Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership Trust.

To provide specialist dietetic assessment, diagnosis and treatment programmes to individual service users with a variety of complex dietetic needs, within the severe community eating disorders pathway.

To participate in service development, audit, pathway development and ongoing training needs of the clinical teams.

To be responsible for creating and maintaining robust links with a range of disciplines and agencies including acute centre teams, eating disorders units, GP's, voluntary agencies, social services, community mental health services to ensure optimal patient transition and delivery of care.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Job responsibilities

Job responsibilities

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

The community mental health eating disorder pathway is a dynamic, innovative, and evidence-based approach developed as part of mental health transformation project, which will sit alongside existing community mental health services to enhance independence, recovery and promote co-produced services.

This new service and pathway will significantly increase the capacity to provide timely assessment, treatment and support.

We are looking for enthusiastic and energetic people to join us in developing world class services for the residents of Coventry and Warwickshire.

The Transformation of Community Mental Health services will allow us to:

Move away from diagnosis-based care

Remove barriers to care

Develop and harness VCSE partnerships and new ways of working

Expand our fabulous team of peer support workers roles

Expand collection of outcome measures

Increase early intervention

Address health inequalities and improving access and outcomes for BAME and LGBTQ+

We strive to support you in an exciting and rewarding career pathway and regular Professional support will be provided by the Occupational Therapy/AHP Lead with much opportunity for training and continued professional development.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please seeNHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer name

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Address

Post will be based in Coventry with agile working across the trust. Some working from home can be considered.

Employer's website

https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Hannah Andrews (Head of Service Community Eating Disorder Service) [e-mail]

Laura Sale (Team Manager Community Eating Disorder Service)

[e-mail]

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

£40,057 to £45,839 a year per annum

Contract

12 month contract or secondment maternity leave cover.

Person Specification

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• Current valid registration as a Dietitian with the HCPC
• Training in behaviour change skills/motivational interviewing
• Full Driving licence with access to own transport

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This 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.

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust