Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join an established and specialised dietetic team within The All-Age Eating disorder service and work collaboratively with a local general adolescent mental health unit. The role will predominately focus on the delivery of nutritional care for both adult and child ARFID patients, but opportunities to learn and work across all diagnosable eating disorders will be encouraged.
Our team is committed to delivering the highest quality of care, enabling our service users to have autonomy and choice in their recovery. We achieve this through regular developmental opportunities, journal reviews and twice monthly CPD, delivered both by dietitians and the wider MDT.
You should be adaptable, enjoy variety, and demonstrate the ability to work autonomously as well as collaboratively. This role also includes contributing to audits and research, developing innovative approaches to care.
Main duties of the job
About the Job
1. Work under the operational guidance of our senior specialist dietitian for ARFID.
2. Manage a diverse caseload across community and inpatient settings, predominately with ARFID patients and a General Adolescent Mental Health.
3. Provide care across various outpatient sites within Kent, with opportunities for agile working.
4. Deliver educational groups and attend regular meetings with internal and external stakeholders.
5. Support our student and apprenticeship training programmes and support junior members of staff assigned to each pathway within the team.
Working for our organisation
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They are:
6. We are kind.
7. We are respectful.
8. We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period.
Starting with Us
NELFT places great importance on new starters being properly welcomed into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks, including mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process, new starters will also have the opportunity to meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend several drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing, and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
·Benefits of Joining Our Team
9. Flexible working opportunities with a strong emphasis on work–life balance.
10. Opportunities for career growth and development within a team committed to continuous professional development, with a career pathway from Dietetic Assistant to Leadership roles.
11. Multidisciplinary working within a larger team of specialist nurses, psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, outreach workers, and administrative staff.
12. A progressive, inclusive culture with excellent workforce support and wellbeing initiatives.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.
Use of AI
Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI during the recruitment process.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
13. Membership of the British Dietetics Association and specialist group
14. Post graduate teaching & training in cognitive behavioural therapy, further education. Clinical supervisory skills, ECDL.
Experience
Essential criteria
15. Pre-registration experience in relevant clinical settings.
16. Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
skills
Essential criteria
17. Understand legal responsibilities of the profession and the associated code of ethics.
18. Ability to present information both orally and written in a clear and logical manner.
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
19. A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
20. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
21. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
22. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.