An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Dietitian (Mental Health & CAMHS) & to join our busy Mental Health Dietetics Service based at South Essex. Our friendly and growing team is ready to welcome new team members who share our passion for improving access and the quality of care for people with Mental Health conditions in MH inpatient units, community settings & CAMHS.The working hours are 37.5hours per week and flexible working can be agreed.
We are looking for dynamic, creative, highly motivated and enthusiastic individuals who have a demonstrable interest in working for the Mental Health Dietetics service. The post holder will receive regular professional and management supervision and will be supported to develop skills in this specialist area.
Candidates looking for Band 5 developmental positions will also be taken into consideration.
The post holder will take a clinical role in the Mental Health Dietetics team within the EPUT MH Services. They will work as a dietetic practitioner within uni-professional and multi-professional team environments with regular supervision.
They will be working as a part of the integrated team of therapists. To provide specialist assessment and management skills of a dietitian, working with other members of the MDT to provide evidence-based patient-centred care. There will also be the opportunity to provide leadership and supervision to junior staff and students. The post holder will receive regular professional and management supervision and will be supported to develop skills in this specialist area.
The post holder will be required to travel around to other Trust sites and to community.
Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you.
• Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
• Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.
• If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.
• We run recognition awards to recognise staff's hard work and dedication.
Benefits
• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years’ service.
• Excellent pension of up to14.5% of your pensionable pay.
• Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
• £8K relocation package if you move to Essex to join us
• Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.
Work that wraps around your needs
• Work bank: You can use the opportunity to supplement your income and develop your skills by working bank shifts.
• Flexible working: available from day one for most roles.
• Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed.
Using specialist knowledge of mental health and physical functioning, you will provide allaspects of specialist nutritional or dietetic advice, treatment and support to service userstaking into account their mental, psychological, emotional and physical needs. You will deliveran age-inclusive service for adults of working age and older adults in mental health services, CAMHSand will provide interventions in accordance with the Trust Eating Disorder Pathways.
You will have responsibility as a specialist practitioner with a high degree of autonomy forplanning and delivering treatment of service users on your own caseload. This service will beprovided under the supervision of the senior specialist dietitians.
Working as a member of multidisciplinary teams contributing to treatment and speciality careplans, you will act as a source of expertise on dietetic/nutritional management to serviceusers, carers, and other health care professionals in a variety of settings including Trustpremises and community locations
You will participate in peer group supervision and support, contribute to the training,supervision and support of other colleagues and students and you may lead clinical audits orundertake research.
As required you may also have some responsibility for the supervision or management ofStudents, Basic grade dietitians and dietetics assistants within your professional group andteam locality. This might include the management of these staff in line with agreed Trust HRprocesses.
You will be expected to work collaboratively with key partner organisations, service users,carers, clinicians and other practitioners within the multi-disciplinary team in deliveringservices; providing a 7 day a week, 24 hours a day service for 365 days a year working shiftswhere appropriate.
In delivering your duties you are expected to display behaviours that are aligned with theTrust values and as required in accordance with the NHS Constitution at all times.
This advert closes on Monday 27 Oct 2025