Band 6 Eating Disorders Dietitian-Bristol

Job description

Job overview

You will be joining a small and supportive team of Dietitians working at the STEPS Eating Disorder Service based on the Acer Unit at Blackberry Hill Hospital. The dietetic team consists of 4 Dietitians and a Dietetic Assistant, who work alongside the wider MDT including OTs, peer support workers, psychology staff as well as the wider nursing and medical team, providing specialist dietetic assessments and interventions, supporting patients in their recovery from Eating Disorders.

This post spans both the inpatient unit and community team, which gives opportunity to develop and expand knowledge and skills across all aspects of Eating Disorders treatment. We also have close links with our acute colleagues in neighbouring NHS Hospital Trusts. We have an established supervision and management structure, so you will be well supported to learn more on all aspects of eating disorder pathways within our established dietetic team.

Main duties of the job

The role will involve carrying a caseload, assessing and providing treatment goals for eating disorder patients. This includes 1:1 work and also facilitating groups. You working as part of the multi-disciplinary team in planning needs whilst service users are admitted to our 10-bedded inpatient unit and following up on discharge into the community. You will be supported by colleagues and a dietetic assistant.

We offer placements to dietetic students and there will be an opportunity to participate in our well-established CPD programme. Regular training and development is actively encouraged to provide a forward thinking and high quality service.

Working for our organisation

We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.

Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the accompanying documents for key local information and job specification for this role. You are welcome to speak to a member of the team for more information- see below.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications, Experience and Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• HCPC Registered Dietitian
• Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics
• Experience and/ or interest working with Eating Disorders

Desirable criteria

• Work experience in the relevant area (mental health), or relevant transferable skills.
• Communicate complex and sensitive information in a manner appropriate to the individual and situation.
• Demonstrable IT, numeracy and literacy skills
• Experience of running and delivering groups

We are proud to be fostering a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. A key commitment to this is improving staff representation from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, those from the LGBTQ+ communities, people with 'lived-experience' of mental health conditions and people living with disabilities,- we are a 'Disability Confident Employer' offering a guaranteed interview to Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. This includes people with a variety of disabilities and neurodivergent conditions (for example autism, ADHD, sensory, physical and learning disabilities).

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service users.

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