Responsibilities:
To work autonomously managing highly specialist complex clients with eating disorders, identifying, planning and delivering highly specialist dietetic interventions.
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 participate in service development within own clinical area and contribute to the nutrition and dietetic service as a whole.
To provide strategic direction to the Trust to ensure compliance with CQC requirements.
To ensure that mental health staff within the Trust can undertake assessments to determine malnutrition appropriate to the age of the service user.
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, delivering 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 and other health care professionals.
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 advise 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 goal achievement.
To gain valid consent to treatment and negotiate change with patients using motivational skills.
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 across Greater Manchester. Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities.
Equal Opportunities:
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.
Benefits:
Generous annual leave entitlement.
Flexible working opportunities.
Access to Continued Professional Development.
Health and Wellbeing activities.
Access to staff discounts.
Additional Responsibilities:
To plan and prioritise own workload including responsibilities for patient care, training, and other professional responsibilities.
To work as an independent practitioner.
To contribute to task and finish groups as required.
To provide supervision for band 6 Mental Health Dietitians.
To deliver training to mental health staff on nutritional issues.
To contribute to the development of educational resources.
To plan, deliver and evaluate training for other health care professionals.
To maintain a personal portfolio as evidence of competence to practice.
To undertake defined audit projects.
To comply with all Trust and departmental policies and procedures.
This advert closes on Sunday 19 Jan 2025.
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To work autonomously managing highly specialist complex clients with eating disorders, identifying, planning and delivering highly specialist dietetic interventions.
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 participate in service development within own clinical area and contribute to the nutrition and dietetic service as a whole.
To provide strategic direction to the Trust to ensure compliance with CQC requirements.
To ensure that mental health staff within the Trust can undertake assessments to determine malnutrition appropriate to the age of the service user.
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, delivering 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 and other health care professionals.
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 advise 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 goal achievement.
To gain valid consent to treatment and negotiate change with patients using motivational skills.
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 across Greater Manchester. Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities.
Equal Opportunities:
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.
Benefits:
Generous annual leave entitlement.
Flexible working opportunities.
Access to Continued Professional Development.
Health and Wellbeing activities.
Access to staff discounts.
Additional Responsibilities:
To plan and prioritise own workload including responsibilities for patient care, training, and other professional responsibilities.
To work as an independent practitioner.
To contribute to task and finish groups as required.
To provide supervision for band 6 Mental Health Dietitians.
To deliver training to mental health staff on nutritional issues.
To contribute to the development of educational resources.
To plan, deliver and evaluate training for other health care professionals.
To maintain a personal portfolio as evidence of competence to practice.
To undertake defined audit projects.
To comply with all Trust and departmental policies and procedures.
This advert closes on Sunday 19 Jan 2025.
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