Candidates will conduct comprehensive assessments of patients' diets and lifestyles to create tailored management plans, ensuring optimal care while minimizing risks, such as re-feeding syndrome. This role requires sound transferable skills and a keen interest in the specialized field of eating disorders, along with a commitment to professional development through local training and supervision. The team fosters a supportive environment that values the contributions of dietitians within the clinical setting.
Band 7 Specialist Adult Eating Disorders Dietitian
We have an exciting opportunity for a part time specialist dietitian to work in the west of the county with a working base of Bury St Edmunds. The multidisciplinary team is already supported by an experienced specialist dietitian who works across the age range but these posts are now being developed to build on specialist skills and knowledge to focus on practice with adults.
This exciting role expects you to act as a source of expertise on the dietary management of eating disorders to the multi-disciplinary team, community health professionals and others involved in the care of our patients. This includes liaising with colleagues in the local acute trust.
This is a change from being based ina traditional dietetic department and allows for significant personal and professional development. The eating disorders team is a supportive environment respectful of the dietetic role.
Clinical work is varied and hugely rewarding. You will work with patients through the nutritional and physical consequences of an eating disorders providing advice to patients at all stages of their treatment. This will include patients at risk of re-feeding syndrome, patients with complex dietary needs i.e. IBS, Coeliac disease, allergies and education on nutrition whilst challenging abnormal eating behaviors.
About us
We are able to open invitations for applications from dietitians with sound transferable skills and an interest in this fascinating clinical field.
We are a cross county team so some work across the Suffolk locality may be required. Local induction and specialist training is available to prepare you for this role and we have local links with specialist dietetic colleagues for additional clinical supervision and professional development.
You will be expected to undertake comprehensive assessments of individual patients diets and lifestyle to formulate individualised management and treatment plans ensuring optimal outcomes whilst minimising risk. Assessment will include interpretation of anthropometric, biochemical and clinical indicators, weight history and dietary analysis.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
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