Job summary
Are you an enthusiastic, reliable, and motivated individual with an interest in improving the mental health of children and young people?
CAMHS have received significant funding and redesign, to adopt a new model of care which will support all children and young people to thrive.CAMHS healthcare assistants will play a key role in supporting young people, families, and carers, using a person-centred approach and offer practical help and assistance.
CAMHS is a multidisciplinary team offering a diverse range of professional approaches including psychiatry, psychology, family therapy, nursing, and mental health practitioners. We work with young people and their families who are experiencing emotional, behavioural, and mental health difficulties.
Main duties of the job
- To work as a specialist dietitian and clinically lead, develop and provide a highly specialist Dietetic Service for children and young people as part ofCAMHSwithin Health & Community Services (HCS).
- To provide highly specialist information and advice to patients, their families and other Healthcare Professionals in relation to the nutritional management of Eating Disorders and its up to date and evidenced based management.
- To work as an autonomous Health Care Professional across primary and secondary care planning and implementing highly specialised assessment, evaluation, treatment and management of patients with complex needs.
- To facilitate, manage and provide learning opportunities and education to HCS professionals and the wider community on the nutritional management of Eating Disorders in order to improve knowledge & understanding of this condition.
- To initiate and participate in evidence-based service development.
- To provide CPD to other members of the dietetic team.
- To undertake audit activity and service evaluation within own specialist area to support Dietetics with strategy and policy development work regarding the nutritional management of Eating Disorders to ensure research evidence is incorporated into dietetic practice.
About us
Whatever you want from your career, you have the scope to find it here. We foster a work approach based on mutual support and collaboration, where everyone feels empowered to empower others. Youll find countless opportunities to learn, develop and grow a rewarding career where we recognises the importance of your personal and professional well-being.
Across the Jersey public service, the scope of our work means our people enjoy a wider range of opportunities to work with recognised experts across teams, learn new skills and develop their careers. We actively look to recruit people from different backgrounds, with diverse perspectives. This creates a richer, more varied environment, where youre exposed to new ideas, new ways of thinking and new opportunities, so you can develop an exciting and rewarding career.
Jersey is just 14 miles (20 km) from the west coast of France and 85 miles (137 km) from the south coast of England. The island is easy to get to from the UK and mainland Europe. There are up to 40 daily flights in and out of the island.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Specific Outcomes
- To be professionally and legally responsible for a case load of complex patients with eating disorders as part of CAMHS.
- To provide highly specialist nutritional assessment and treatment for children and young people with eating disorders.
- Demonstrate a high level of clinical reasoning and work closely with MDT and act as a clinical source of expertise.
- Prescribe dietary products and enteral feeds for adults and children with a wide range of therapeutic dietary needs.
- Receive and manage direct referrals from range of professionals from primary and secondary care, including acute hospital wards, screening patients to identify how they may benefit from dietetic intervention.
- Provide comprehensive, holistic assessment and treatment using highly specialist clinical skills. This may be in a group or individual intervention as needed with other professional disciplines, service providers, agencies and families to ensure each patient/family receives the specific support they need.
- Provide reports within the legal framework for Child Protection conferences, Child in Need meetings and court.
- Develop guidelines and policies to improve the nutritional management o children and young people with eating disorders in Jersey.
- To interpret medical, biochemical and pharmacological information, and incorporate into dietetic plans as appropriate.
- To develop and produce evidence-based literature and patient resources within area of eating disorders as part of CAMHS.
- Support the Nutrition & Dietetic service with the training of student dietitians.
- To participate in dietetic/MDT/specialist team meetings and case conferences to discuss the nutritional management of patients.
- A high degree of motivational skills are required to support patients with behaviour change.
- Highly developed communication skills are required. Communication through interpreters may be required.
- One to one die dietetic counselling, as well as group education to staff will be included in this post.
- To attend and participate in regular dietetic team meetings.
- To deliver dietetic care in accordance with nutrition and dietetic service standard, organisational policies, clinical governance, National Professional Standards of Practice and the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics.
- Maintain appropriate, accurate and timely patient records in line with Nutrition & Dietetic service policy, GDPR, HCPC, BDA and Jersey Data Protection Law.
Statutory Responsibilities
Active engagement, participation and compliance with the any other statutory responsibilities applicable to the role, as amended from time to time.
The post holder will have to comply with all relevant States Laws, such as the Health and Safety at Work (Jersey) Law 1989 and any other associated legislation, Standing Orders, Financial Directions and other Codes of Practice.
To work in accordance with the Data Protection (Jersey) Law.
Ensure appropriate communication of relevant patient information through the maintenance and updating of patients/client records in line with requirements of Clinical Governance and Quality as set out in the Standards of Practice from BDA; HCPC and HCS.
To meet all requirements of Clinical Governance (e.g. statutory & mandatory; CPD; reflective practice etc.) and propose any necessary changes to dietetic service delivery which this may give rise to.
To interpret and inform the relevant MDT of specific national and professional evidence and policies which affect the specialist area.
The role is politically restricted. The job holder is not permitted to undertake political activity involving standing for election to the Government or as a Parish Constable, or publicly supporting someone who is standing for election or playing part in any political manner.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Specific Outcomes
- To be professionally and legally responsible for a case load of complex patients with eating disorders as part of CAMHS.
- To provide highly specialist nutritional assessment and treatment for children and young people with eating disorders.
- Demonstrate a high level of clinical reasoning and work closely with MDT and act as a clinical source of expertise.
- Prescribe dietary products and enteral feeds for adults and children with a wide range of therapeutic dietary needs.
- Receive and manage direct referrals from range of professionals from primary and secondary care, including acute hospital wards, screening patients to identify how they may benefit from dietetic intervention.
- Provide comprehensive, holistic assessment and treatment using highly specialist clinical skills. This may be in a group or individual intervention as needed with other professional disciplines, service providers, agencies and families to ensure each patient/family receives the specific support they need.
- Provide reports within the legal framework for Child Protection conferences, Child in Need meetings and court.
- Develop guidelines and policies to improve the nutritional management o children and young people with eating disorders in Jersey.
- To interpret medical, biochemical and pharmacological information, and incorporate into dietetic plans as appropriate.
- To develop and produce evidence-based literature and patient resources within area of eating disorders as part of CAMHS.
- Support the Nutrition & Dietetic service with the training of student dietitians.
- To participate in dietetic/MDT/specialist team meetings and case conferences to discuss the nutritional management of patients.
- A high degree of motivational skills are required to support patients with behaviour change.
- Highly developed communication skills are required. Communication through interpreters may be required.
- One to one die dietetic counselling, as well as group education to staff will be included in this post.
- To attend and participate in regular dietetic team meetings.
- To deliver dietetic care in accordance with nutrition and dietetic service standard, organisational policies, clinical governance, National Professional Standards of Practice and the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics.
- Maintain appropriate, accurate and timely patient records in line with Nutrition & Dietetic service policy, GDPR, HCPC, BDA and Jersey Data Protection Law.
Statutory Responsibilities
Active engagement, participation and compliance with the any other statutory responsibilities applicable to the role, as amended from time to time.
The post holder will have to comply with all relevant States Laws, such as the Health and Safety at Work (Jersey) Law 1989 and any other associated legislation, Standing Orders, Financial Directions and other Codes of Practice.
To work in accordance with the Data Protection (Jersey) Law.
Ensure appropriate communication of relevant patient information through the maintenance and updating of patients/client records in line with requirements of Clinical Governance and Quality as set out in the Standards of Practice from BDA; HCPC and HCS.
To meet all requirements of Clinical Governance (e.g. statutory & mandatory; CPD; reflective practice etc.) and propose any necessary changes to dietetic service delivery which this may give rise to.
To interpret and inform the relevant MDT of specific national and professional evidence and policies which affect the specialist area.
The role is politically restricted. The job holder is not permitted to undertake political activity involving standing for election to the Government or as a Parish Constable, or publicly supporting someone who is standing for election or playing part in any political manner.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- - BSc Hons Degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics
- - Registration with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) and British Dietetic Association (BDA)
- - Evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable
- - Accredited post registration training in relevant areas.
- - Specialist interest group membership
Experience
Essential
- A minimum of 3 years post registration experience, or adequate experience of working across a variety of clinical settings and specialities.
- Experience in teaching and training other healthcare providers.
- Demonstrates understanding and experience in the ethical and moral dimensions of practice.
- Experience of working effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience of research and audit.
- Experience in teaching and training other HCPs.
- Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner with flexible approach.
- Ability to work under time constraints and prioritise workload.
- Excellent clinical reasoning, communication, organisation, presentation and teaching skills.
- Able to communicate patient related information effectively and efficiently to patients, team members, relatives and other service providers through written and verbal communication in line with professional , legal and local requirements.
- Highly specialist skills for assessing patients in specialist caseload.
- Ability to understand and manage a range of highly complex facts or situations requiring analysis.
- Demonstrate a high level of clinical reasoning and problem - solving abilities.
- Ability to undertake audit using research methodology and present results to provide evidence based practice.
- Demonstrates empathy towards patients.
- Self-motivated and able to demonstrate initiative.
- Accepts responsibility and accountability for own work and can define the responsibilities of others.
- Recognises the limits of own authority within role.
- Highly specialist knowledge of specialist area of dietetic interventions and current professional best practice guidelines for assessment and management.
- Demonstrate knowledge of legislation relevant to specialist area.
- Familiarity with codes of conduct and professional standards of the HCPC and the BDA.
- Seeks and uses professional support appropriately.
- Understands the principles of confidentiality.
- In depth knowledge of clinical governance and audit.
- Safeguarding
- Registration as a Dietician with the HCPC and Jersey Care Commission.
- Current DBS enhanced check and up to date adult safeguarding training/child protection training.
Desirable
- Experience of dietetic student training.
- Experience of providing dietetic service for children.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- - BSc Hons Degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics
- - Registration with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) and British Dietetic Association (BDA)
- - Evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable
- - Accredited post registration training in relevant areas.
- - Specialist interest group membership
Experience
Essential
- A minimum of 3 years post registration experience, or adequate experience of working across a variety of clinical settings and specialities.
- Experience in teaching and training other healthcare providers.
- Demonstrates understanding and experience in the ethical and moral dimensions of practice.
- Experience of working effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience of research and audit.
- Experience in teaching and training other HCPs.
- Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner with flexible approach.
- Ability to work under time constraints and prioritise workload.
- Excellent clinical reasoning, communication, organisation, presentation and teaching skills.
- Able to communicate patient related information effectively and efficiently to patients, team members, relatives and other service providers through written and verbal communication in line with professional , legal and local requirements.
- Highly specialist skills for assessing patients in specialist caseload.
- Ability to understand and manage a range of highly complex facts or situations requiring analysis.
- Demonstrate a high level of clinical reasoning and problem - solving abilities.
- Ability to undertake audit using research methodology and present results to provide evidence based practice.
- Demonstrates empathy towards patients.
- Self-motivated and able to demonstrate initiative.
- Accepts responsibility and accountability for own work and can define the responsibilities of others.
- Recognises the limits of own authority within role.
- Highly specialist knowledge of specialist area of dietetic interventions and current professional best practice guidelines for assessment and management.
- Demonstrate knowledge of legislation relevant to specialist area.
- Familiarity with codes of conduct and professional standards of the HCPC and the BDA.
- Seeks and uses professional support appropriately.
- Understands the principles of confidentiality.
- In depth knowledge of clinical governance and audit.
- Safeguarding
- Registration as a Dietician with the HCPC and Jersey Care Commission.
- Current DBS enhanced check and up to date adult safeguarding training/child protection training.
Desirable
- Experience of dietetic student training.
- Experience of providing dietetic service for children.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Health and Community Services
Address
Government Of Jersey
19-21 Broad Street
St. Helier
Jersey
Channel Islands
JE2 3RR
Employer's website
https://www.gov.je (Opens in a new tab)