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Are you a compassionate Dietitian with experience working with people with mental illness? Join Thornford Park as a Dietitian.
As a Dietitian, you will support service users within the hospital’s secure mental health and learning disabilities services with a range of conditions, working as part of a multi-professional team.
You will be responsible for supporting the delivery of the dietetic service across the hospital, implementing the Hospital’s Nutrition and Hydration Strategy, and helping people make healthier eating and drinking choices.
With experience managing a caseload, you will conduct assessments, plan and implement interventions, and evaluate outcomes according to care plans.
This role offers opportunities for clinical supervision and training to enhance your skills and career development.
With a strong emphasis on teamwork, you’ll receive support from healthcare professionals and access various training courses to support your career goals.
This is a part-time, 30-hour per week, permanent role, initially supported by the current lead dietitian.
As a Dietitian, your responsibilities will include:
* Developing a need-led service.
* Providing individual and group dietetic clinical services.
* Assessing, planning, implementing interventions, and evaluating outcomes as per individual care pathways.
* Planning and delivering interventions collaboratively with patients.
* Maintaining accurate patient records and reports following hospital standards.
* Communicating effectively with patients, carers, staff, and other agencies.
* Implementing evidence-based therapeutic activities to support mental health recovery.
* Providing training and education.
* Collaborating with professional and clinical colleagues.
* Liaising with clinical teams, disciplines, and external agencies.
Requirements for success:
* Diploma or degree in Dietetics
* HCPC Registration
* Knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983 & CPA
* Experience in a similar setting
What you will get:
* Salary up to £36,000 pro-rata annually
* 33 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays) plus your birthday off
* Free meals and parking
* Wellbeing support and activities
* Career development and training opportunities
* Pension contributions
* Life Assurance
* Enhanced Maternity Packages
Additional benefits include retail discounts, special offers, and more.
Work location:
Thornford Park, a facility with medium secure, low secure units, and rehabilitation flats, supporting patient recovery and rehabilitation. You will work with a multidisciplinary team providing personalized assessment and treatment for males with mental illness, complex care needs, or personality disorders, including those with histories of offending or previous placement failures.
About your employer:
You will work for Elysium Healthcare, a stable and innovative organization with over 8,000 employees and 90+ services across England and Wales, covering Mental Health, Neurological conditions, Learning Disabilities & Autism, and Children & Education. Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care, operating in 10 countries with over 86,000 staff worldwide.
Elysium Healthcare is committed to safer recruitment, inclusive hiring, and safeguarding service users. All candidates will undergo a DBS check.
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