Job Summary
Are you looking for a challenging new career step? If so, working in mental health may be for you.
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust are looking to recruit a Band 7 Dietitian to work in our Working Age Adults Hospital Service at Silverwood Hospital in Chertsey. This post is for 37.5 hours per week.
Main duties of the job
At SABP we are passionate about ensuring that both the physical and emotional needs of people using our services are met. The Post holder will have a high degree of autonomy, providing high quality clinical care to people that use our services, as well as having a key role in supporting the development of skills across the Hospital Service, in relation to screening for and meeting the dietetic needs of people using our services. You will also be contributing to service and policy development.
Working Age Adults inpatient services support the needs of people coping with acute, complex mental health needs with a focus on empowerment and recovery.
The post holder will be passionate about the rights and welfare of people with mental health needs and see person-centred care as a cornerstone of their practice.
We have a department of nine specialist dietitians working in mental health, eating disorders and learning disability across the Trust. Supervision is provided on an individual basis as well as peer supervision. We have strong links with the University of Surrey and support their A placement students. SABP is a large organisation and leadership development alongside CPD is actively encouraged.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc in Dietetics or post graduate diploma in Dietetics
- HCPC registered
Experience
Essential
- Degree level professional qualification or equivalent
- Relevant post qualification clinical experience working with people who have mental health needs
- Experience of leading clinical practice, service development or project work
- Highly specialist knowledge of relevant assessment and treatment models for people with mental health needs
- Experience of providing clinical treatment and support and training of others to provide safe and effective nutritional care to patients requiring enteral feeding
- Experience of providing clinical supervision to others
- Experience of supporting students on placement
- Experience of supporting students on placement
Desirable
- Membership of the BDA Nutrition Advisory Group for Mental Health Group
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Closing Date: 24 February 2025
