About this role
Job summary
Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you have experience of working with service users with mental health needs?
Due to a period of parental leave, we are able to offer this fixed term opportunity to a dietitian with leadership and management skills. You will be based in our Healthy Living Service, which covers both community and inpatients.
The successful candidate will lead an innovative team of dietitians who have active involvement in contributing to local and national guidance. There are strong links with local universities, community transformation partnership, public health and teaching hospitals which provide opportunities for training and development.
You will be responsible for supervising and supporting other professionals within the service with regards to dietetic provision. You will also represent dietetics within the local team Clinical Governance Council.
There will also be opportunities for independent working and team working. You will receive clinical supervision and opportunities for skill development.
An enthusiastic, positive outlook is essential, as are strong communication skills and the ability to develop rapport with service users and multiple professionals across the trust to uphold our values of caring, compassion and keeping things simple.
Main duties of the job
Provide supervision and leadership to dietitians
To lead the dietetic component of the healthy living service and provide a clinical service for complex referrals
To take a lead developmental role in dietetic practice
To be responsible for championing the importance of nutritional health to other health professionals
To promote evidenced based practice on all nutritional issues, with training and support of all clinical, professional and healthcare staff
Undertake complex dietetic assessments and make recommendations to guide future interventions
Provide dietetic interventions for complex cases
To contribute to the development and review of evidenced based dietetic resources
To promote the role of dietetics trust wide
Lead on the development of dietetic provision within the HLS and in developing pathways with partners. This will involve working in partnership with other members of the healthy living team, Leeds Community Healthcare, community providers including third sector organisations, Leeds City Council, local community groups as appropriate to needs of the service and service users
About us
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.
We also have a bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.
Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles(this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Job description Job responsibilities
We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.
All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team [email protected]
Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.
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To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.
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Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Nutrition & Dietetics degree and HCPC registration
Skills Essential
Demonstrated ability to make autonomous decisions, prioritise competing demands, and manage risk in a complex clinical/service environment, with strong communication and influencing skills
Experience Essential
Proven experience of leading, managing and developing a dietetic workforce, including line management, clinical supervision, service delivery and improvement across multiple settings Substantial post-registration experience as a dietitian, including working with complex cases and contributing to service delivery in mental health or comparable settings
Values Desirable
Tell us about a time when you spotted something small going wrong and did something to stop it becoming a bigger issue. Tell us about a time when you realised a colleague or someone you know needed a bit of support and you offered to help. Tell us about a time when you showed someone kindness or understanding.
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 Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address Healthy Living Service
Leeds
LS9 7BE
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)