Specialist Eating Disorders Dietitian - Bucks CAMHS ED - Aylesbury
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
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We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
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We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.
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Job overview
With a big national focus on improving services for children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing, there has never been a better time to join Oxford Health CAMHS and make a positive difference to children and young people’s life chances.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic, motivated, and caring individual to join our nationally recognised and expanding Community Child & Adolescent Eating Disorder Service in Buckinghamshire as a Specialist Eating Disorders Dietician.
Our well-established service aims to deliver high standards of care to young people and their families, with an emphasis on continuous improvement and participation. You would ensure we are delivering outstanding services to the children and young people in the Buckinghamshire catchment area, and you would be part of a supportive multidisciplinary team who offer assessment, treatment, and consultation either in the clinic base or out in the community.The community team is comprised of a multidisciplinary team including a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Psychologists, Psychiatrist, Family Therapist, Nursing staff, Assistant Psychologists, Dietitian, Business and Performance Manager and team Administrator.
We are moving towards the development of a life span service and have good links with colleagues in the Buckinghamshire Adult Eating Disorders Services.
Please note this vacancy may close early if sufficient numbers of applications are received.
Main duties of the job
As a band 7 clinician you will provide high quality specialist dietetic care to children and young people with Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia, Binge Eating and Atypical Eating Disorders using effective assessments and evidence-based treatments.
You will work as an autonomous practitioner, delivering evidence based dietetic interventions for eating disorders and providing robust assessment and management plans, taking appropriate therapeutic risk. You will be ambitious and have a positive attitude and outstanding clinical skills, along with excellent interpersonal skills which will enable you to thrive within a multi-disciplinary team context and in working with this complex patient group and their families.
You will be offered in house training in a number of evidence-based interventions. There will also be the opportunity for further training based on individual learning needs. We have good professional support in our service and regular professional regional meetings, including regular team safeguarding supervision.
In everything we do, we strive to be caring, safe and excellent. We expect our staff to share and demonstrate these values as we work to constantly improve the quality of care we provide. This ensures that we have the right workforce to deliver effective team-working and excellent patient care and experience.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The service is based in Aylesbury/High Wycombe and works with children and young people aged from 12 up to 18 years old who experience eating disorders. The service works with a hybrid working approach meaning the post holder will work between Aylesbury and High Wycombe bases with some flexibility for home working.
We are a friendly and welcoming team looking for a keen and enthusiastic practitioner who puts children and young people at the centre of what they do. We promote a culture of support and supervision and have good links with the other teams across Buckinghamshire and ensure that there is regular opportunity for networking with our pathways.
This role will require you to travel between community locations, you must therefore be comfortable with driving for work purposes and able to travel freely within the hours of the role. Applicants must have a full valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work.Adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010 where required.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria- Knowledge of eating disorder conditions
- Knowledge and understanding of evidence-based practice and the ability to demonstrate how this influences clinical practice
- To have knowledge and understanding of the research process
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Recognised Nutrition & Dietetic Degree or equivalent.
- Educated to master’s level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Evidence of completion of informal/formal leadership training
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience of working with eating disorders
- Experience of supervising qualified staff
- Evidence of research and project work.
- All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
- Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
- Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
- We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
- We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
- Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
- Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing