Highly Specialist Dietitian

St Andrew'S Healthcare; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

St Andrew’s Birmingham is seeking a HCPC registered Dietitian to join our mental health hospital. You will provide expert dietary care, collaborate with the on-site catering team to tailor patient menus, and lead nutritional interventions for adults.

The role offers full-time hours and a focus on Diabetes and weight management within a supportive multidisciplinary team in Birmingham.

Qualifications

• HCPC registered Dietitian with excellent communication and varied clinical skills.
• Experience with Diabetes and Weight management.
• Interest in collaborating with on-site catering to deliver patient menus and leadership roles.

Responsibilities

• Support nutritional care for patients in a mental health setting.
• Collaborate with catering team to deliver patient menus and nutritional plans.
• Possibly manage a small caseload of patients with eating disorders or nutritional needs.
• Serve as the sole Dietitian at the Birmingham site, enabling direct ownership of care improvements.

Skills

Dietitian

Clinical skills

Diabetes management

Weight management

Leadership

Education

HCPC registration

Job description

Location: Birmingham
Career Level B / Professional (NHS Band 7)
Salary: Up to £52,000 DOE
Hours: Full Time 37.5 hours per week but flexible options may be considered.

Our Charity
St Andrew’s is a charity specialising in complex mental health. Its mission is to help people with complex mental health needs transform their lives.

With its history dating back nearly two centuries, St Andrew’s today is undergoing significant change to deliver on its mission for years to come.

St Andrew’s has services in Birmingham, Essex and Northampton. It delivers inpatient and outpatient services, as well as dedicated care services for adults.

St Andrew’s Birmingham

St Andrew’s Birmingham is a 125 bedded adult mental healthcare facility comprises of eight units that cover medium and low security for both Men and Women. Located in Stirchley, a vibrant area in South Birmingham, easily accessible by road networks and public transport.

Known for its warm, welcoming and collaborative culture, we work closely with partners across the West Midlands, including the University of Birmingham and Aston University, and we're proud of our strong multidisciplinary ethos.

This is a hospital embracing positive change, innovation and new ways of working—a place where your ideas will be heard and your professional growth actively supported.

The Role & Person

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly skilled enthusiastic HCPC registered Dietitian with excellent communication, varied clinical skills with particular experience of supporting patients with Diabetes and Weight management, an interest in collaborating with the onsite catering team to deliver patient menu’s and leadership skills to join our friendly and supportive team at St Andrews Healthcare Birmingham site.

Meeting nutritional needs in a Mental health setting can be challenging but very rewarding with the opportunity to make a significant difference to patient care. Support will be available from your line manager and colleagues within the hospital team.

This post would be ideally suited to an experienced Band 6 Dietitian wishing to take the next step in their career progression and have the opportunity expand their leadership and clinical skills or an established Band 7 Dietitian seeking a new challenge and career direction.

You will be the sole Dietician at the Birmingham site so will have ownership of the work completed so can really make changes and improvements you feel are needed. You may also have the opportunity to manage a small caseload of patients with eating disorder / disordered eating. Previous experience of working with a variety of nutritional needs and an interest in mental health would be desirable for this post.

St Andrews has a strong ethos of multidisciplinary working and has close links with Speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and the ward teams. The dietetics team also works closely with the on-site catering team who provide a fresh cook catering service, which is tailored to patients’ needs.

Benefits

• pension
• sickness policy on par with the NHS
• 35 days annual leave rising up to 41 days (including back holidays)
• life cover
• car lease scheme
• cycle to work scheme
• healthcare cash plan
• free parking
• paid DBS application

If you require any further information, please contact James Farrelly 07827856634 / [e-mail]

Closing date: Sunday 6th September

Assessment Date: TBC