Senior Dietitian – CAMHS Eating Disorders

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

The closing date is 13 October 2024

Job summary

Are you a dietitian who has a passion for Paediatrics? Are you interested in working with children and their families within the community? Would you like to work with a supportive and friendly team? We are seeking a Band 6 Dietitian to join us in the Paediatric Team to manage a caseload of Paediatric patients within the community, including group education sessions, one to ones and within the Beacon Unit, a CAMHS Inpatient service.

Whether you are experienced in working with Paediatrics and are looking to develop your career with LPT, or an experienced dietician within a different clinical area, we would value your contribution to our diverse team.

We are committed to helping our staff learn and develop new skills, and we support our team to become highly trained in delivering care to our patients.

As an LPT staff member you will have access to many benefits including:
Free car-parking on site
Generous Annual leave entitlement of between 27-33 days per annum plus 8 bank holidays a year (dependent on service)
Lease Car Scheme
Physiotherapy
Occupational Health Services
Vivup salary sacrifice scheme for household goods
Counselling services
Flexible working

Main duties of the job

Leicester Nutrition and Dietetic Community Services multidisciplinary team works across primary care, mental health, public health & home enteral nutrition. The team consists of dietitians, community nutritionists, dietetic support workers & support team staff covering the population of Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland.

As a member of the Paediatric Team you will be involved in role-modelling & mentoring team members.

You will be involved in the treatment of both inpatients and community paediatric patients

We are seeking a dietician who has excellent communication as well as organisational, management and leadership skills to be involved in our team.

The service is committed to providing comprehensive CPD and we utilise clinical supervision models to support staff development.

Some of the duties within this role include:

Working as a member of the primary care dietetic team to provide professional and evidence based dietetic advice to Paediatric patients, parents/carers and staff
To manage a Paediatric caseload effectively by working with inpatients, phone reviews, outpatient appointments, attending MDT meetings for patients and making clinical decisions.
To promote & be responsible for appropriate & best practice, evidence-based advice.

The post will be based in the Leicestershire Nutrition and Dietetic Service Headquarters, close to the M1/M69 junction.

Applicants must hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a car during working hours.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Date posted

02 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

001192

Job locations

OSL House

East Link

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE19 1XU

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Qualifications

Essential

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Please review the attached job description and person specification. This document outlines the full range of criteria that are required for the role. In your application, you can state how you meet the criteria in the job description and person specification.

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.