Specialist Dietitian or Graduate Developmental Dietitian

Job overview

There is an exciting opportunity for a committed dietitian to join the friendly and supportive Adult Eating Disorder Service in Southeast Cheshire. The service is based across Southeast Cheshire, with a base in Macclesfield and satellite working from a base in Crewe and opportunities to work flexibly from home also.

We are commissioned to provide an outpatient service for adults with moderate and severe eating disorders.

This is a development post and ideally suited to a Newly Qualified dietitian interested in Eating Disorders. We welcome applications from dietetic graduates and those due to qualify in the near future. Newly qualified dietitians will be supported at Band 5 level and following completion of a competency framework, they will be transferred to a Band 6 role without the need for additional recruitment.

We also welcome applications from more experienced dietitians and applications from dietitians already working at Band 6 level.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for someone to join our supportive and enthusiastic team to provide dietetic assessments and interventions, for individuals alongside other members of the MDT. You will attend the weekly MDT and will have access to supervision that is currently hosted every 6 weeks with other CWP dietitians from the other CWP EDS services as well as management supervision within the team.

Internal and external training opportunities are available to ensure you are supported in meeting your annual requirements to maintain your registration. We are also planning an induction period into the role with weekly check ins and support to aid transition into the new role.

We currently offer a Monday - Friday service and our usual hours are 9-5, although we offer earlier and later appointments to accommodate our service users. We are able to offer considerable flexibility in how the successful applicant works these hours.

We are looking for someone who is dynamic and innovative, who is willing to work as part of a team, sharing their expertise with the team and have the ability to establish good therapeutic rapport with our service users that is the essential foundation for offering evidence based treatments.

Working for our organisation

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton and Liverpool. We also provide specialist services for the North West as a whole.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

We also offer up to three weeks’ induction, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This aims to give you all the knowledge and guidance to help you hit the ground running with CWP.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you’ll find something to suit you at CWP.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please download a copy of the job description (see ‘documents to download’ section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.

An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email at: [email protected] or by calling 01244 393100.

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Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon!

Person specification

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in Nutrition and Dietetics or degree and PG qualification in Dietetics
• HCPC registered Dietitian.
• Member of the British Dietetic Association.
• Evidence of CPD & Professional Portfolio

• British Dietetic Association Specialist Courses.
• Accessing or willing to undertake Master Level programme; clinical supervisory skills and management training.

Knowledge & Expertise

• Effective communication skills.
• Assessment and care planning skills, including analysis of complex dietetic problems.
• Good decision making and negotiating skills.
• Ability to organise own time and caseload.
• Knowledge of clinical governance issues relevant to dietetic practice.
• Good report writing skills
• Ability to use and apply technology and a range of computer programmes

• Presentation skills.
• Audit & Research.

Experience

• Demonstrable post qualification experience within various clinical settings.
• Ability to work as a team member of a multidisciplinary team, as well as independently using own initiative.

• Collaborative and partnership working.
• Health promotion and facilitating group sessions.
• Development of service user information.
• Leaflets and training resources
• Liaising across health services (inpatients and outpatients)