If you are seeking a rare and rewarding opportunity as a Clinical Lead Dietitian within a forensic mental health service, this role offers the chance to develop both clinical and leadership skills in a supportive environment. Working in a forensic setting is unique, and you will be supported to build the specialist knowledge required.
The Forensic Services at St Bernard’s Hospital, Ealing, include specialist women’s and men’s services across low and medium secure settings. You will join an established Occupational Therapy and Allied Health Professionals (AHP) team delivering physical healthcare.
You will manage referrals and a caseload of service users requiring dietetic intervention, while leading projects to improve health and wellbeing and supervising a small dietetic team.
The wider AHP team includes occupational therapists, assistants, activity coordinators, recovery support workers, dietitians, speech and language therapists, and physiotherapists. You will be supported by the Head of Occupational Therapy and AHP and the Rehabilitation Lead, and will join a Trust-wide network of mental health dietitians for peer support and development.
As forensics is a specialist area, an open morning will be part of the recruitment process. You will meet staff and service users, learn about the service, and visit the site. The open morning and panel interview will take place on 16/04/2026 from 10:00–12:00, so please ensure full availability.
You will carry a clinical caseload, delivering a range of individual and group interventions to develop service users’ skills and functional abilities in line with recovery-focused principles and practice.
This role offers the opportunity to develop both clinical and leadership skills, with full training and support provided to help you succeed. Clear clinical models and pathways are in place to support service users as they move from acute wards into rehabilitation and onward to community living, with occupational performance central to readiness for each stage of recovery.
You will play a key role in optimising service users’ physical health, ensuring they are able to benefit fully from available treatment options. You will also lead and contribute to service-wide initiatives that promote health and wellbeing, working collaboratively with AHP colleagues, catering, exercise, and primary healthcare teams.
The role includes opportunities to deliver training to staff on nutrition and nutritional screening. As part of a supportive AHP service, you will have access to a strong CPD programme, with shared learning and clinical excellence at its core.
You will work closely with OT and rehabilitation staff, requiring strong leadership, mentoring, and coaching skills. Responsibilities include supervising dietetic team members, contributing to teaching programmes, and supporting student placements to help develop the future workforce.
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
This advert closes on Friday 10 Apr 2026.
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