Lead Dietitian Eating Disorders (Job share) inHaringey inHaringey PUBLISHED
THU 14 NOV 2024
Band 7: £51,883 to £58,544 a year Per annum inclusive of Outer London HCAS (pro-rata)
FIXEDTERM
EATING DISORDER MULTI-DISCIPLINARY NHS
The role of Lead Dietitian for Eating Disorders at Haringey, within the 306 North London NHS Foundation Trust, involves providing expert dietetic oversight in a dynamic in-patient team at St Ann's Eating Disorders Service on a 12-month fixed-term contract. The successful candidate will deliver specialist dietary input to various patient groups, including in-patients, out-patients, and day-hospital attendees, addressing the complex psychological and social factors affecting dietary compliance. Key responsibilities include conducting clinical assessments, implementing nutritional guidelines, facilitating support groups, and collaborating with multidisciplinary team members to enhance patient recovery.
The position requires the ability to work autonomously within the eating disorders dietetic team while maintaining high clinical standards and flexibility across services. The Lead Dietitian will also provide critical advice for patients at high physical risk and contribute to the development of management guidelines to assist other healthcare professionals in acute settings. This role is essential for the delivery of comprehensive care to individuals with eating disorders throughout North Central and North East London.
The position requires the ability to work autonomously within the eating disorders dietetic team while maintaining high clinical standards and flexibility across services. The Lead Dietitian will also provide critical advice for patients at high physical risk and contribute to the development of management guidelines to assist other healthcare professionals in acute settings. This role is essential for the delivery of comprehensive care to individuals with eating disorders throughout North Central and North East London.
We are looking for a Specialist Eating Disorders Dietitian who is enthusiastic, committed and interested in joining our busy and dynamic in-patient team at St Ann's Eating Disorders Service on a 12 month fix term contract . The successful candidate will be responsible for the dietetic oversight of the service.
St Ann's Eating Disorders Service is a specialist, tertiary service providing comprehensive care and treatment to those with eating disorders in North Central London and North East London.
- To provide specialist dietetic input to the eating disorders service including the in-patients, out-patients and day-hospital patients. This involves working with service users and multi-disciplinary team members to identify and address the complex psychological and social factors that affect compliance with dietary treatment, thus enabling long-term permanent lifestyle changes
- To provide specialist advice to service users with eating disorders deemed to be at high physical risk
- To undertake clinical assessments and dietetic intervention for service users which may include complex enteral feeding (PEG and NG) and where MEED guidelines for re-feeding are used
- To run groups on nutritional issues for services users to support their recovery
- To write, implement and monitor guidelines for management of service users to be used within the service and to guide other HCP's for patients admitted to other acute hospitals
- To work effectively as a team member of the dietetic service providing a flexible service, covering other dietetic services as appropriate including in-patient, out-patient and day programme
- To maintain a high standard of clinical practice
- To work as a member of a multidisciplinary team, establishing collaborative working relationships, sharing skills and information
- To work autonomously within the eating disorders dietetic team with little or no daily supervision
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