Overview
Contract Type: 0
Salary: £40,617 – £48,778 Incl 5% Fringe HCAS
Partner Org: Surrey and Borders Foundation Trust Partnership
Job overview
We have a new and exciting opportunity immediately available for a full-time Band 6 Dietitian who is looking to work with children with eating disorders (including ARFID) in a community out-patient setting, however, a development opportunity might be offered to a successful candidate with less experience. The post will serve the population of NE Hampshire and will be split between our clinic in Aldershot and our base in Epsom.
We are a high performing, dynamic and supportive team and therefore very able to meet and surpass our local and national clinical targets, whilst still ensuring we put the young people and families at the heart of what we do. The Service is CARE Excellence Accredited.
This post is appropriate for those who have some paediatric experience who wish to develop skills within mental health, or those with some mental health experience looking to develop their paediatric skills.
The ideal candidate will be confident in carrying out dietary assessments of children and working with families, as well as having a good working knowledge of refeeding dietary advice and the MEED Guidelines.
Applications for flexible working or reduced hours are welcome.
The service currently operates Monday – Friday (flexibly between 8-6). We are based in Epsom and also have a hub in Aldershot.
Main duties of the job
You will be confident in carrying out dietary assessments of children and working with families, as well as having a good working knowledge of refeeding dietary advice and the MEED Guidelines.
You will contribute to multi-disciplinary assessment and reviews of outpatients and be actively involved in the development and implementation of agreed care plans. As well as dietetic interventions you will care-coordinate and deliver family based interventions (full training will be provided) .
You will also become a valued member of the wider Nutrition & Dietetic team within the trust. Regular peer supervision with eating disorder dietitians is in place. We provide placements for student dietitians at Surrey University, and you may be involved in supporting and supervising the students along with the rest of the dietetic team.
Working for our organisation
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.
Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.
For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles.
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached the full Job Description for the Paediatric Eating Disorder Specialist Dietician role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Four year undergraduate degree or two year post graduate degree in Nutrition & Dietetics
- UK registration with the Health Care Professions Council
Experience
Essential criteria
- 1 year post qualification experience with experience of paediatric or mental health dietetics being advantageous
Registration
Essential criteria
- Professional Registration in Dietetics (HCPC)
We are seeking to enrich the diversity of our Trust to better reflect demographic needs of the populations we serve and to enhance the skills of our workforce. We actively encourage applicants with underrepresented personal characteristics to apply for this role if you match the job description. Please note that you are not restricted from applying for this role if you do not identify with these characteristics and all applicants will be considered fairly against the job description.
As a flexible working and friendly organisation, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or any other flexible working patterns.
Gender Pay Gap Action
Women in our Trust are under-represented in some senior grades. We are therefore encouraging women to apply for posts at 8A and above.
Sponsorship
Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
IMPORTANT: Before applying for this role, please make sure you have the right to work in the country where the role is based. Unless it clearly stipulates within in the job advert above that the hiring company is looking to or able to sponsor applicants it is deemed that the hiring employer will only consider applications from those able to comply with and work in the country where the role is based.
