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Are you Dietitian who has a passion for providing excellence in the nutritional and dietetic care and who would like to specialise in mental health Dietetics?  If yes, we would love to hear from you!

In this role all service users have a mental health diagnosis. And Nutrition and Dietetic Services provide dietary treatment to support the prevention and management of physical health conditions and to promote recovery of mental wellness. 

Prior working within mental health dietetics is desirable, however we have successfully supported candidates keen to learn and work within this interesting area of dietetics.

Career Progression pathways and development opportunities:

We are committed to getting the very best out of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. We offer ongoing training and development in all areas of mental health via regular supervision, annual appraisal and agreeing a personal development programme. This includes attendance at internal and external courses, professional team meetings and shadowing of colleagues.

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

The post includes inpatient and outpatient clinic work with dietetic assessments and reviews offered both virtually and in-person. This role provides dietetic care to young people, adults and older adult service users. The remit will include working in Southwark and Lambeth on inpatient wards, leading the outpatient dietetic clinic for these boroughs and providing a service to Greenvale Special Care Unit for older adults in the community. There is opportunity to work on National and Specialist units within the trust in order to develop the post holders areas of interest and / or to carry out quality improvement projects and / or research. 

Referrals are mostly for under-nutrition, underweight and re-feeding syndrome, including tube feeding and over-nutrition and metabolic syndrome linked to mental ill health and psychiatric medications, especially antipsychotics. Also, food allergies / food intolerances, gut issues and specific food likes and dislikes resulting in fewer foods eaten with risk of nutritional deficiencies are common.

The post requires the ability to work safely, effectively, and cordially with individuals and groups. To be flexible, to manage own caseload as well as to provide cover for colleagues in their absence and/or to cover vacancies along with the wider team. Professionalism and excellent communication skills, including use of motivational interviewing techniques to help support behavioural change are key. 

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

The team comprises 16 Dietitians and one Dietetic Administrator and is growing. The dietitians have specialised in mental health dietetics and/or eating disorders. We are a welcoming and friendly team, who are supportive of one another and our MDT colleagues. We work collaboratively and innovatively, building upon the evidence base to advance dietetic practice within mental health, striving to always be at the fore front of mental health dietetics and to provide excellence in dietetic care. Our dietetic offices are located at the Bethlem Royal Hospital and Maudsley Hospitals.

Our core values are in keeping with the trusts five commitments being:

1.    to be caring, kind and polite

2.    to be prompt and value your time

3.    to take time and listen to you

4.    to be honest and direct with you

5.    to do what I say I’m going to do

Flexible working:

The trust offers flexible working as part of our way of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 7am to 7pm, giving you the very best of good work life balance. The majority of time spent in this role requires in-person working on site.