Clinical Specialist Dietitian - C&Yp

Job summary

The Clinical Specialist Dietitian will be part of a specialist multidisciplinary team and work as an autonomous, independent clinician; responsible for delivering safe, high-quality evidence-based dietetic assessment and treatment to inpatients across the Parkview Clinic site. The post holder will work with the MDT and the facilities team to ensure the site provides nutritionally appropriate care and treatment. The post holder will provide strategic input in matters relating to nutrition.

The post holder must be willing to travel across Coventry and Warwickshire for meetings, supervision and CPD opportunities.

In particular, the post holder will be required to:

• Manage a clinical caseload providing a comprehensive, effective, and safe dietetic service, using highly specialist knowledge and skills.
• Be responsible for the planning, development and direct delivery of dietetic care offered to people admitted to Parkview Clinic.
• Receive and promptly respond to referrals.
• Assess patient nutritional risk and interpret relevant blood results, where appropriate.
• Undertake development of nutritional resources to educate and treat people referred to the service.
• Be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including caseload management and direct clinical care and to work within professional and Trust guidelines and scope of practice.

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

For more information about this job role please the attached person specification and job description.

• Obtain and record consent from clients at each contact in accordance with Trust Policy.
• Document all patient and professional contact in line with legal frameworks
• Carry out audits on nutritional intervention and progress using outcome measures.
• Work with the facilities department to ensure adequate access to nutritionally appropriate diets in line with patient clinical need.
• In collaboration with colleagues plan and deliver training and development to meet needs identified and act as a resource for specialist information where required.
• Participate in service development, audit, pathway development and ongoing training needs of the clinical teams.
• Network and develop working relationships with relevant staff, liaising closely with professional colleagues to ensure the delivery of excellent quality services.
• Provide clinical supervision for dietitians and students as required.
• Work with other dietitians within the Trust and externally to raise the profile of the dietetic profession and promote the dietetics workforce.

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust's Values
• BSc in Dietetics or equivalent
• Registered with Health and Care Professions Council
• Active continuing involvement in appropriate CPD
• Articulate with good verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients in one to one or group settings.
• Able to convey highly complex, sensitive or contentious information (eg. challenge weight manipulation, communicate need for inpatient treatment) to patients, carers/families and a wide array of other professionals within and outside of the NHS, where there may be complex family and organisational systems.
• Knowledge of the…