Principal Dietitian

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Blackpool; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Blackpool is seeking an experienced Dietitian to lead dietetic services within mental health inpatient wards. This pivotal role involves professional leadership, ensuring high standards of care, and mentoring junior dietitians. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in dietetic services and a passion for improving patient care standards. The Trust promotes flexible working opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Support for professional development

Qualifications

• Proven track record in delivering safe, effective services.
• Leadership skills within dietetic practice.
• Ability to mentor junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead dietetic services for mental health inpatient wards.
• Ensure high standards of patient care and clinical outcomes.
• Deliver person-centred assessments and interventions.

Job description

Overview

Are you an enthusiastic and driven professional ready to lead and shape the future of dietetic services?

We are excited to offer a rare and rewarding opportunity for an experienced Dietitian to take on a pivotal leadership role within our newly established network of Dietitians. This role provides professional leadership to a dedicated team delivering dietetic care to patients on our mental health inpatient wards.

We are seeking a self-motivated, forward-thinking individual with a passion for improving care standards and fostering cross-system collaboration. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in delivering safe, effective services, championing a culture of research, and leading transformational change.

In This Role

• Provide professional leadership for dietitians across our mental health inpatient services.
• Ensure the highest standards of dietetic practice, patient experience, and clinical outcomes.
• Hold a clinical caseload at The Harbour in Blackpool and offer clinical support to dietitians across the Trust, including in-person support as needed.
• Mentor a Band 6 Dietitian based in the Fylde network, requiring regular travel to the area.
• Lead on the delivery of person-centred, evidence-based assessments and interventions.
• Develop and support educational and research initiatives to enhance clinical practice.

To act as a Principal Dietitian and professional Lead for Mental Health In-patient Services with responsibility for advancing evidence-based clinical practice in this speciality, particularly across the multi-disciplinary team within the service.

To exercise advanced clinical expertise, levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in clinical care demonstrated through the four pillars of Advanced Clinical Practice: Clinical skills, Leadership & Management, Research, and Education. This will be done in collaboration with AHP, medical and nursing colleagues.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Margaret Michael Job title: Associate Director for AHP Email address: [e-mail]

For Further Information, Contact

Tracey Dean – [e-mail]

Margaret Michael – [e-mail]