Job Description
Dietitian
Job Reference: 346-NYA-142-21-B
- Employer: Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
- Department: Adult Mental Health and Mental Health Services for Older People
- Location: Foss Park Hospital, York
- Salary: £24,907 – £30,615 per annum
We are one of the largest specialist mental health and learning disabilities trusts in the country, with an annual income of £320m and a workforce of some 6,700 staff operating from around 100 sites in Durham, Teesside, North Yorkshire and York and Selby. We provide a range inpatient and community services to 2m people living in County Durham, the Tees Valley, Scarborough, Whitby, Ryedale, Harrogate, Hambleton and Richmondshire. We also provide additional specialist services to other parts of Northern England.
We deliver our services by working in partnership with eight local authorities and clinical commissioning groups, a wide range of voluntary organisations, as well as service users, their carers and the public. The services are spread over a wide geographical area of around 3,600 square miles, which includes coastal, rural and industrial areas.
We are a multi-award winning trust and are included within the Health Service Journal’s Best 100 Places to Work. The trust take a positive and proactive approach to support staff in their personal development and has embedded the Talent Management approach within the Trust, with the vision of helping people to be as good as they can be, helping TEWV to do things better.
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Registered Dietitian to join our already established Adult Mental Health (AMH) and Mental Health Services for Older People (MHSOP) services in the York area. We are looking for a motivated Dietitian wanting to either expand and develop their skills, or learn new skills in a mental health and learning disability setting.
The post holder will work into 4 inpatient wards in the newly built (opened April 2020) Foss Park Hospital in York. Clinical areas include working with patients with mental health problems in inpatient settings, managing a range of clinical conditions including nutrition support. The post holder will also work with people with a variety of conditions from functional diagnoses such as depression and psychosis to organic diagnoses such as vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s dementia. The post holder will provide full assessment of needs and input to various ward meetings such as formulation meetings, falls management and physical health/frailty care.
The post holder will have the opportunity to participate in policy development, audit, research activities, pathway development, staff and student training.
This post is part of a wider dietetic team which covers adult mental health, children and young people, eating disorders, learning disabilities and secure inpatient services – with these areas supported by our Professional Head of Dietetic Services and several highly skilled Lead Dietitians.
Candidates should be a Registered Dietitian, preferably with some experience of working in a mental health setting, with excellent communication and IT skills. A working knowledge of behaviour change and motivational interviewing would be desirable. We have a robust clinical supervision structure and you would have opportunities to receive formal and informal training. You will receive regular clinical supervision with the Lead Dietitian, with a strong emphasis on Continued Professional Development and post-graduate training and parking in our trust car parks is free.
We look forward to hearing from you.
For further details / informal visits contact:
NameKezia ToaseTelephone number01653 616000Additional contact information
Kezia Toase, Lead Dietitian in Mental Health Services for Older People, Kezia.toase1@nhs.net 01653 616000
Sally Lowther, Ward Manager Ebor Ward on 01904 461111
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust is committed to the protection of staff, service users and visitors to the Trust from second hand smoke and currently operates a no smoking policy which ensures all buildings and grounds are smoke free.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from individuals who have experience of mental ill health or learning disabilities. Our service users and carers tell us our staff should be consistently concerned with maintaining and improving care with pride, empathy and compassion.
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