Job summary
Are you looking for a new challenge? Are you motivated to find a role where your development is encouraged? Do you have experience of working with service users with mental health needs? Looking for a role where service improvement is included? Looking for a role where you can work with a team of dietitians and multidisciplinary professionals to improve service users quality of life?
An opportunity to work as part of the Healthy Living Service, the successful candidate will be passionate about supporting adults in the community as well as the inpatient wards. You will be responsible for supporting other professionals within the service with regards to nutrition and dietetic provision.
The post holder must hold a HCPC registration. The successful candidate will have experience of working with adults needing support with mental health conditions.
Main duties of the job
Provide supervision and leadership to dietitians.
To lead the dietetic component of the healthy living service and provide a clinical service for complex referrals
To take a lead developmental role in dietetic practice
To be responsible for championing the importance of nutritional health to other health professionals.
To promote evidenced based practice on all nutritional issues, with training and support of all clinical, professional and healthcare staff.
Undertake complex dietetic assessments and make recommendations to guide future interventions. Provide dietetic interventions for complex case.
To contribute to the development and review of evidenced based dietetic resources.
To promote the role of dietetics Trust wide.
About us
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme (LYPFT pays 20.6% into your scheme each year), coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more organisations such as Blue Light Card, Health Service Discounts and NHS Discount Offers.
We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank. Bank-only workers can choose the hours they want to work and will have the opportunity to gain additional experience, keep skills up to date, develop new ones and earn extra money without having to commit to a permanent role. For an informal discussion or more information please contact the team bankstaffingdepartment.lypft@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
Lead on the development of dietetic provision within the HLS and in developing pathways with partners. This will involve working in partnership with other members of the healthy living team, Leeds Community Healthcare, community providers including third sector organisations, Leeds City Council, local community groups as appropriate to needs of the service and service users
To manage and use available resources appropriately and effectively. To be aware and show appropriate regard for the budgetary constraints of the healthy living team.
Provide dietetic support, advice and expertise to the healthy living team
The post holder will be expected to make decisions related to prioritising their own workload
Advising/interpreting how a range of policies/procedures/guidelines may impact on dietetic service provision and development
Providing line management to a group of dietitians and also providing clinical supervision to dietitians.
Work closely with the Advanced Health Improvement Practitioner for the Healthy Living Service.
The successful candidate will lead an innovative team of dietitians who have active involvement in contributing to local and national guidance. There are strong links with local universities, community transformation partnership, public health and teaching hospitals which provide opportunities for training and development.
You will be responsible for supervising and supporting other professionals within the service with regards to dietetic provision. You will also represent dietetics within the local team Clinical Governance Council.
If the above sounds like you, you could be the right person for our Lead Dietitian vacancy.
There will also be opportunities for independent working and team working. You will receive clinical supervision, an individual development plan and opportunities for skill development.
An enthusiastic, positive outlook is essential, as are strong communication skills and the ability to develop rapport with service users and multiple professionals across the trust to uphold our values of caring, compassion and keeping things simple.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Lead on the development of dietetic provision within the HLS and in developing pathways with partners. This will involve working in partnership with other members of the healthy living team, Leeds Community Healthcare, community providers including third sector organisations, Leeds City Council, local community groups as appropriate to needs of the service and service users
To manage and use available resources appropriately and effectively. To be aware and show appropriate regard for the budgetary constraints of the healthy living team.
Provide dietetic support, advice and expertise to the healthy living team
The post holder will be expected to make decisions related to prioritising their own workload
Advising/interpreting how a range of policies/procedures/guidelines may impact on dietetic service provision and development
Providing line management to a group of dietitians and also providing clinical supervision to dietitians.
Work closely with the Advanced Health Improvement Practitioner for the Healthy Living Service.
The successful candidate will lead an innovative team of dietitians who have active involvement in contributing to local and national guidance. There are strong links with local universities, community transformation partnership, public health and teaching hospitals which provide opportunities for training and development.
You will be responsible for supervising and supporting other professionals within the service with regards to dietetic provision. You will also represent dietetics within the local team Clinical Governance Council.
If the above sounds like you, you could be the right person for our Lead Dietitian vacancy.
There will also be opportunities for independent working and team working. You will receive clinical supervision, an individual development plan and opportunities for skill development.
An enthusiastic, positive outlook is essential, as are strong communication skills and the ability to develop rapport with service users and multiple professionals across the trust to uphold our values of caring, compassion and keeping things simple.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Professional Registration
Essential
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience in providing dietetics in mental health
- Experience of managing and supervising others
- Experience of providing leadership and developing services
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Professional Registration
Essential
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience in providing dietetics in mental health
- Experience of managing and supervising others
- Experience of providing leadership and developing services
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
