Specialist Dietitian

Overview

Are you interested in a career in mental health dietetics helping patients with nutritional support needs? An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic HCPC Registered Dietitian with good communication and team‑working skills. You will be providing an excellent dietetic service via 1:1 assessments and group work on inpatient mental health wards for adults/older adults. This is in conjunction with working in a friendly team to provide dietetic advice to older adults in care homes.

Ideally you will have some experience in mental health settings, but it is not compulsory, as support and training can be provided.

• Provide a Dietetic service to people admitted to mental health wards and also, where required, to a Mental Health Rehabilitation unit in Halifax.
• Provide Dietetic assessments for older people living in the community under the Care Home Liaison Mental Health Team in Halifax.
• Be fully involved in and supported by the MDT (medics, nursing, catering, AHPs), e.g. attending professional meetings/ward rounds to enable the provision of the best holistic care for the service user.
• Contribute to student training programme as one of our student placement supervisors (shared role).
• Lead and contribute to audits and nutrition training for staff led by our Dietitians Network, ensuring compliance with our clinical governance framework.
• Motivate colleagues, champion service user safety and dignity, and drive continuous improvement.
• Participate in Dietetic clinical supervision groups and benefit from the professional leadership within our Dietitians Network, which emphasizes evidence‑based and innovative practice.

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative. Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities by providing high‑quality care in the right place at the right time.

We employ staff in both clinical and non‑clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers. We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, value diversity, and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities. Being a foundation Trust means we are accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we run.

Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust, and joining us will make you part of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.