Clinical and Operational Lead Dietitian

3 weeks ago


Derby, Derby, United Kingdom Derbyshire Healthcare Foundation Trust Full time
Clinical and Operational Lead Dietitian Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Dietitian to join our inpatient mental health dietetics service as our Clinical and Operational Lead Dietitian. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your people management and clinical leadership skills while providing leadership in the operational management of the team and responsible for the clinical delivery of dietetics across the mental health inpatient wards in Derbyshire.

About Us

Derbyshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is a leading provider of mental health services in the region, committed to delivering high-quality care to our patients. We are proud of our reputation for excellence and our team of dedicated professionals who work tirelessly to make a positive difference in people's lives.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide operational leadership and management to the inpatient dietetic service, including service development, team meetings, staffing and non-staffing related budgets, recruitment, training, staff sickness/absence, service deployment across sites, service risk assessment, meeting service operational KPI/targets, and provide management and clinical supervision.
  • Provide highly specialist knowledge, skills, and advice to service users.
  • Use evidence-based, person-centred principles to provide highly specialised assessment, diagnosis, planning, evaluation, and co-ordination of dietetic interventions.
  • Carry a defined clinical caseload (based on demand) and support other dietitians within the team.
  • Be responsible for the development and delivery of nutritional training to other healthcare professionals.
  • Lead on catering improvement projects/meeting hospital food standards as service capacity allows.
  • Involvement in student training.
  • Identify, initiate, and implement service development projects, including audit, contribute to the development of policies and procedures relating to nutritional care, and developing guidelines for the dietetic service using evidence-based practice.
  • Attend the inpatient nutrition steering group to represent dietetics.

Person Specification

  • Degree or postgraduate qualification in Nutrition and Dietetics.
  • Registered Dietitian with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
  • Evidence of attendance on specialist short courses and advanced clinical skills training, up to Masters level equivalent, relevant to specialist field.

We offer a range of benefits, including flexible working, 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service, yearly appraisal, and commitment to ongoing training. We are committed to the development of our staff and offer a range of learning and development opportunities.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.



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