Specialist Dietician

We are looking for a specialist Eating Disorder Dietician to work with us in the community across Buckinghamshire. This is an exciting time for us due to the current development and transformation of our service.

If you are ambitious, have a positive attitude and outstanding clinical skills then this is the job for you You should have excellent interpersonal skills, allowing you to thrive within a multi-disciplinary team context and in working with this complex patient group and their families.

You will be expected to provide a dietetic service to a specialist and complex clinical area using a high level of skills and knowledge within the Eating Disorders field, at the level of an independent advanced practitioner. You should be able to provide nutrition and dietary advice suitable for the patient’s medical, social and cultural factors which is evidence based and takes into account patient/carer communication level.

The Buckinghamshire Eating Disorder Service is a specialist service with a reputation for excellence. Our service provides care tailored to the needs of adults with a primary diagnosis of an eating disorder as well as those with co-morbid mental health problems and their carers. We offer a range of evidence-based treatments for eating disorders.

Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust include:

- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Staff accommodation
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme

To work within an ED community service providing a specialist clinical dietetic service across in Buckinghamshire. Whilst working as a member of the multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) and providing expertise for the dietetic assessment for patients under the care of the Eating Disorder service/Community Team.

To work as an autonomous practitioner with patients who require dietetic advice alongside other interventions with colleagues of the multidisciplinary team. Utilising the highest level of interpersonal and communication skills, assess the patient and develop an agreed individual patient centered clinical nutrition and diet plan, in collaboration with the patient their family and care coordinator.

To train student dietitians in the dietetic management of children and adolescents with eating difficulties and eating disorders and participate in the training of all new staff and students in the service.

The post is based at the Sue Nicholls Centre in Aylesbury but there may be a need to travel to areas across Buckinghamshire. The community team is comprised of a multi-disciplinary team including: clinical and counselling psychologists, a psychiatrist, nursing staff, assistant psychologists, support workers and team administrators. We are moving towards development of a life span service and have very good links with colleagues in the Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders Services and also the adult community eating disorders service in Oxfordshire.

**Please note**:

- New starters have a 6 month probationary period. This, together with the induction process aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
- Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
- 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.