Dietitian – Eating Disorders

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Dietitian - Eating Disorders

  • Post Date:29th April 2021
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Job Description
Main area – Child and Adolescent Mental Health Eating Disorders
Grade – Band 5/6
Contract – Permanent
Hours – Full time – 37½ per week
Job ref – 346-NYC-039-21
Site – North Yorkshire and York
Town – Lime Trees (York), Dragon Parade Clinic (Harrogate), Brompton House (Northallerton)
Salary – £24,214 – £37,890 per annum
Salary period – Yearly
Closing – 12/05/2021 23:59
Interview date – 27/05/2021
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.

Are you interested in a career in the field of eating disorders? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Registered Dietitian to join our innovative service which supports young people and their families in the management of and recovery from Eating Disorders.

We are looking to recruit a Band 5/6 CAMHS Eating Disorders Specialist Dietitian into our friendly and supportive multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will work alongside the Lead Dietitian and Specialist Dietitian who currently provide input to the North Yorkshire and York Eating Disorders Service .

The Eating Disorder Service operates across North Yorkshire and York; the post holder will be based in Dragon Parade Clinic, Harrogate , and will provide a dietetic service to York and Northallerton, with the multidisciplinary Eating Disorders Team. Travel costs included.

Candidates should be a registered Dietitian with significant experience in Dietetics, including experience working with service users with mental illness and/ or learning disabilities and complex needs, preferably eating disorders. They should have excellent communication and IT skills. A working knowledge of motivational interviewing would be desirable. Supervision will be provided by the Lead Dietitian for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Eating Disorders and there will be a strong emphasis on Continued Professional Development and specialist training.

We would consider applicants at Band 5 level in progression to a Band 6.