Advanced Specialist Dietitian | Lancashire & South Cumbria Nhs Foundation Trust

The post holder will work within the multi-disciplinary team setting to deliver a specialised dietetic service to The Cove. The MDT includes clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, mental health nurses and healthcare assistants, occupational therapists, social worker, education staff, family therapists, admin, facilities and catering staff.
This is an outstanding opportunity for career development, in an emerging area of highly specialised clinical practice. Regular line management and clinical supervision will be offered, and we will actively look at developing the successful applicant in this exciting role.
The Cove is a 14 bedded specialist inpatient unit for young people between the ages of 13 and 18 who are experiencing a variety of mental health problems. These problems are usually complex and the young people who access The Cove are usually very distressed.
The post holder will provide a high quality, evidence based up to date nutrition and dietetic service to the inpatient unit with the focus on providing dietetic support to the young people with eating difficulties; however there is also an opportunity to develop the dietetic service provision to support other young people with weight management, nutritional support and re-feeding syndrome.
Lancashire &South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South CumbriaFoundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
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Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
This advert closes on Thursday 29 Feb 2024