About this role
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join a newly established dietetic service supporting children and young people with eating disorders across Hampshire. As part of a growing team, you will help shape how dietetic care is delivered within an innovative service working across community, day service and inpatient settings.
You will work directly with young people and their families, providing specialist assessment and nutritional support for a range of eating disorders including Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, ARFID, Binge Eating Disorder and OSFED. The role offers the opportunity to work across the whole care pathway, supporting recovery while developing valuable specialist skills.
Working within a supportive multidisciplinary team, you will collaborate with psychology, psychiatry, nursing, family therapy and medical colleagues to deliver high quality, person centred care. You will contribute to nutritional rehabilitation, care planning, risk management and service development, with regular clinical and professional supervision to support your growth.
Whether you already have some experience in eating disorders or are looking to develop specialist expertise, this role offers structured support, training opportunities and the chance to make a real difference to the lives of young people and their families.
Main duties of the job
You will provide specialist dietetic assessment, formulation and intervention for children and young people with eating disorders, including Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, ARFID, Binge Eating Disorder and OSFED. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will assess and manage nutritional risk, support nutritional rehabilitation and promote recovery through evidence based, person centred care.
The postholder will work with young people, families and carers across community, day service and inpatient settings, developing individualised care plans and supporting positive behaviour change. Using clinical, biochemical and psychosocial information, you will contribute to assessment, treatment planning and risk management.
Working alongside colleagues from psychiatry, psychology, nursing, family therapy, paediatrics and partner agencies, you will contribute to multidisciplinary care planning and service development. The role also includes participation in audit, quality improvement projects and the development of patient resources.
You will deliver education and training to patients, families, students and colleagues, maintain accurate clinical records and work in line with professional standards, safeguarding procedures, MEED guidance and Trust policies. Regular clinical supervision, professional support and development opportunities will be provided to support your growth within this specialist area of practice.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
Job description Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Degree or postgraduate qualification in Nutrition and Dietetics. HCPC registration as a Dietitian. Evidence of post-registration learning, continuing professional development and development of specialist dietetic knowledge through training and clinical experience. Demonstrates specialist knowledge acquired through post-registration training and experience, equivalent to postgraduate diploma level.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address Cromwell House
15 Andover Road
Winchester
Hampshire
SO23 7BT
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)