To work autonomously managing highly specialist complex clients with eating disorders, identifying, planning and delivering highly specialist dietetic interventions, demonstrating expertise in this area of clinical speciality.
To provide a highly specialist nutrition advisory and dietetic service as part of the CAMHS Community Eating Disorders Service, and as part of the CAMHS Inpatient Service.
Provide advanced nutritional and dietetic advice in a specialist area to medical, health care professionals and other agencies.
Act as the lead dietetic specialist for the CAMHS Acute Pathway services, managing a highly specialist caseload.
To provide a highly specialist nutrition advisory and dietetic service across the Trust.
Participate in service development within own clinical area and contribute to the nutrition and dietetic service as a whole through participation in service development.
To provide strategic direction to the Trust to ensure that it meets its requirements as laid out by the CQC.
To provide an active role in ensuring that mental health staff within the Trust are able to undertake assessments to determine malnutrition appropriate to the age of the service user.
Main duties of the job
To act as an independent practitioner for a highly specialist clinical caseload. To use highly developed communication skills for patients/carers and the team. To develop effective working relationships across all agencies. To communicate and liaise effectively with other members of the MDT, including attendance at CPA/MDT meetings if required. To provide expert assessment, and advice to patients and carers, providing evidence based highly specialised nutritional care plans. To act as a source of highly specialist information and advice on current best practice in mental health dietetics for colleagues, other health care professionals and clinicians. To work with patients with complex needs, including communication impairment and lack of capacity. To make recommendations about the safe and appropriate use of nutritional supplements, drug prescriptions and interactions relating to nutritional intake. To be responsible for advising on the procurement of suitable enteral feeding products and equipment for the service. To devise, monitor and review highly specialised care plans against outcome measures to facilitate the achievement of goals. Gain valid consent to treatment and negotiate change with patients by breaking down barriers, using motivational skills, to enable them to achieve dietary targets set. To ensure safe and timely discharge of patients, liaising with appropriate internal and external agencies. To provide accurate clinical recording. About us
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop. Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our
#PennineCarePeople
and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work. All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer. If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including: Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff. Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance. Access to Continued Professional Development. Involvement in improvement and research activities. Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service. Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel. Job responsibilities
To plan and prioritise own workload including responsibilities for patient care, training and other professional responsibilities. To be able to work using a high level of skill and knowledge as an independent practitioner. Decide daily on priorities for own work area balancing patient related and professional demands. Contribute to task and finish groups as required. Complete allocated projects and meet deadlines. Record patient activity data. Provide supervision for band 6 Mental Health Dietitians working across the directorate, including agreeing annual leave and cover for the team and travel claims. Deliver training to mental health staff on nutritional issues as required. Contribute to the training of pre-registration dietetic students on clinical placement (subject to six months post-registration experience) by: Participating in the development and revision of the training programme. Acting as a role model. Undertaking clinical supervision, tutorials, feedback and assessment. Contribute to the development of educational resources, which are evidence based and acceptable to patients and carers. Contribute to the development of mental health dietetic care pathways, assessment tools, care plans and other resources that support patient care. Plan, deliver and evaluate formal and informal training within specialism to audiences of other health care professionals, staff and patients, including internal and external study days. Work within the Health and Care Professions Councils Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics and Standards of Proficiency. Attend Trust induction training and mandatory training programmes. Identify personal training needs through participation in regular continuous professional development activities and individual performance review. Maintain a personal portfolio as evidence of competence to practice. Undertake defined audit projects as part of clinical practice. Contribute to the development of mental health dietetic evidence based treatment policies, protocols, standards and guidelines. To ensure data collection is robust to enable outcome measures and service evaluation can be monitored. To undertake any other reasonable duty, which is appropriate to the band, when requested by Senior Staff. To be familiar with and comply with all Trust and departmental policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines. To be aware of and work towards the Trust's strategic goals. Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
MSc or its equivalent level of knowledge and advanced post graduate training / experience in specialist clinical dietetics. Registered as a dietitian with the HCPC (Health and Care Professions Council). Evidence of further professional development. Attainment of validated post-registration qualification in defined highly specialised clinical area e.g. diabetes, nutrition support, mental health, eating disorders. Experience
Experience of managing a dietetic case load. Experience working as an integral member of an MDT to deliver patient and organisational objectives. Significant experience of working with a broad range of patients across a variety of clinical settings. Experience in training student dietitians. Experience of working with patients with CAMHS, eating disorders and other common mental illnesses. Knowledge
High level of knowledge of nutrition and dietetics and an understanding of the dietary management of common conditions requiring diet therapy. Knowledge of eating disorders, the comorbidities and the nutritional needs of sufferers. Knowledge of mental health problems affecting young people such as eating disorders, psychosis, depression and self-harm and their associated comorbidities and nutritional needs. Highly competent to develop complex care plans for patients. Competent in calculation of nutritional requirements and anthropometry. Skills and Abilities
Good team working skills. Ability to engage with young people and negotiate treatment plans. Ability to deliver group education to patients and health professionals. Work Related Circumstances
Willingness to travel around different boroughs within the trust. Flexibility in working including evenings and weekends. Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs. 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.
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To act as an independent practitioner for a highly specialist clinical caseload. To use highly developed communication skills for patients/carers and the team. To develop effective working relationships across all agencies. To communicate and liaise effectively with other members of the MDT, including attendance at CPA/MDT meetings if required. To provide expert assessment, and advice to patients and carers, providing evidence based highly specialised nutritional care plans. To act as a source of highly specialist information and advice on current best practice in mental health dietetics for colleagues, other health care professionals and clinicians. To work with patients with complex needs, including communication impairment and lack of capacity. To make recommendations about the safe and appropriate use of nutritional supplements, drug prescriptions and interactions relating to nutritional intake. To be responsible for advising on the procurement of suitable enteral feeding products and equipment for the service. To devise, monitor and review highly specialised care plans against outcome measures to facilitate the achievement of goals. Gain valid consent to treatment and negotiate change with patients by breaking down barriers, using motivational skills, to enable them to achieve dietary targets set. To ensure safe and timely discharge of patients, liaising with appropriate internal and external agencies. To provide accurate clinical recording. About us
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop. Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our
#PennineCarePeople
and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work. All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer. If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including: Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff. Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance. Access to Continued Professional Development. Involvement in improvement and research activities. Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service. Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel. Job responsibilities
To plan and prioritise own workload including responsibilities for patient care, training and other professional responsibilities. To be able to work using a high level of skill and knowledge as an independent practitioner. Decide daily on priorities for own work area balancing patient related and professional demands. Contribute to task and finish groups as required. Complete allocated projects and meet deadlines. Record patient activity data. Provide supervision for band 6 Mental Health Dietitians working across the directorate, including agreeing annual leave and cover for the team and travel claims. Deliver training to mental health staff on nutritional issues as required. Contribute to the training of pre-registration dietetic students on clinical placement (subject to six months post-registration experience) by: Participating in the development and revision of the training programme. Acting as a role model. Undertaking clinical supervision, tutorials, feedback and assessment. Contribute to the development of educational resources, which are evidence based and acceptable to patients and carers. Contribute to the development of mental health dietetic care pathways, assessment tools, care plans and other resources that support patient care. Plan, deliver and evaluate formal and informal training within specialism to audiences of other health care professionals, staff and patients, including internal and external study days. Work within the Health and Care Professions Councils Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics and Standards of Proficiency. Attend Trust induction training and mandatory training programmes. Identify personal training needs through participation in regular continuous professional development activities and individual performance review. Maintain a personal portfolio as evidence of competence to practice. Undertake defined audit projects as part of clinical practice. Contribute to the development of mental health dietetic evidence based treatment policies, protocols, standards and guidelines. To ensure data collection is robust to enable outcome measures and service evaluation can be monitored. To undertake any other reasonable duty, which is appropriate to the band, when requested by Senior Staff. To be familiar with and comply with all Trust and departmental policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines. To be aware of and work towards the Trust's strategic goals. Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
MSc or its equivalent level of knowledge and advanced post graduate training / experience in specialist clinical dietetics. Registered as a dietitian with the HCPC (Health and Care Professions Council). Evidence of further professional development. Attainment of validated post-registration qualification in defined highly specialised clinical area e.g. diabetes, nutrition support, mental health, eating disorders. Experience
Experience of managing a dietetic case load. Experience working as an integral member of an MDT to deliver patient and organisational objectives. Significant experience of working with a broad range of patients across a variety of clinical settings. Experience in training student dietitians. Experience of working with patients with CAMHS, eating disorders and other common mental illnesses. Knowledge
High level of knowledge of nutrition and dietetics and an understanding of the dietary management of common conditions requiring diet therapy. Knowledge of eating disorders, the comorbidities and the nutritional needs of sufferers. Knowledge of mental health problems affecting young people such as eating disorders, psychosis, depression and self-harm and their associated comorbidities and nutritional needs. Highly competent to develop complex care plans for patients. Competent in calculation of nutritional requirements and anthropometry. Skills and Abilities
Good team working skills. Ability to engage with young people and negotiate treatment plans. Ability to deliver group education to patients and health professionals. Work Related Circumstances
Willingness to travel around different boroughs within the trust. Flexibility in working including evenings and weekends. Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs. 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.
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