Introduction
Are you a compassionate Dietitian with experience of working with people with mental illness? Join the team at Dunnock View, a service providing treatment for men and women who may have suffered trauma and are affected by mental health disorders. You will support service users within the hospital’s secure mental health services with a range of conditions working as part of a uni-professional and multi-professional team. This position is part time, 22.5 hours per week.
With experience from the NHS and/or private sector, you will manage a complex caseload, creating individual rapport with service users to learn about their health concerns, goals and dietary restrictions and preferences to create a healthy nutrition plan.
As a Dietitian, you will deliver and offer contributions to the development of the specialist treatment plans and pathways while maintaining close contact with local community teams.
Working alongside a multidisciplinary team, you will contribute to the delivery of the service, offering assessment, formulation and treatment to people and their families/carers. You will act as a key link between the nursing team, the catering department, leading on the management of the dining room and nutrition support strategies on the unit.
A range of training opportunities are available that can help you grow and achieve your career aspirations.
As a Dietitian you will be:
* Assessing service users’ weight and advising regarding weight, calories, and special meal plans
* Working as an autonomous dietetic practitioner to carry a complex inpatient and outpatient caseload, using evidence-based and people-focused principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in service users.
* Conducting pre-admission screenings for new referrals while laying out the plan for future interventions
* Liaising with the hospital’s catering department and ensuring that the menu is reviewed regularly, the allergen list, portion sizes and special menus are up to date
* Supporting in the development and co-facilitation of any group or activity and staff training
* Providing a weekly progress review and feedback to the multi-disciplinary team in ward rounds
* Carrying out one-to-one nutrition counselling sessions to determine eating behaviours, beliefs and attitudes about food and health, rationale for food choices, factors affecting eating behaviour and nutrition status. These sessions will also be used for exploring stage of change and for exploring ambivalence and barriers to behaviour change.
* Carrying out one-to-one family support, helping families understand the complex relationship between food and health, and strategies for supporting the patient to eat at home.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
* HCPC registration
* BSc in Dietetics or postgraduate diploma in Dietetics
* Post qualification training
* Post-qualifying experience of working with people with disordered eating, ideally in an inpatient setting
* Knowledge and understanding of patients with mental illness
* Continuously maintaining knowledge and skills at a high level of professional competence
Where you will be working
Address: Dunnock View, Tendring, Clacton-on-Sea, CO16 0BX
What You’ll Get
At Elysium Healthcare, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future.
* Annual base salary up to £50,000 pro rata
* 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) plus birthday off and option to buy additional leave
* Career development and training to achieve your professional goals
* Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely-Vate
* Wellbeing support and activities for a healthy work-life balance
* Access to Blue Light Card for exclusive offers and discounts
* Life Assurance for peace of mind
* Instant access to earned wages (Stream) and financial wellbeing support
* 24/7 GP service and second medical opinion
* Enhanced maternity package
* Pension contribution
* Free/subsidised meals and onsite/local free parking
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.
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