Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 30% lower than London and 17 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

You Will

• Work as an autonomous practitioner, providing highly specialist clinical dietetic expertise to an inpatient case-load comprising young people with eating disorders and disordered eating.
• Provide advanced dietetic assessments and individualised treatment plans for a complex specialist caseload.
• Support the clinical and professional development of junior dietetic staff and students.
• Support the development of policies and resources to support delivery of evidence-based dietetic advice.
• Identify and lead service improvement, audit and research and disseminate results and best practice through publication and presentation.

Experience And Skills Needed

• You will be a highly skilled paediatric dietitian, with recent experience of working with complex patients in an inpatient setting.
• You must be able to work collaboratively and flexibly within an MDT to prioritise and manage a complex caseload, providing excellent patient care.
• You will be able to evidence relevant post-graduate training.
• You must have excellent communication skills and have the confidence to present and discuss your professional opinion with colleagues.
• You must be able to demonstrate advanced analytical thinking, show attention to detail and possess excellent interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Experience of working with children and young people with eating disorders would be a bonus.
• Experience of leading or co-ordinating audit or research work is desirable.

We offer protected CPD time and you will have regular one-to-one supervision, access to in-service teaching and further training and development opportunities as part of UHS. You will be expected to engage in training and developmental opportunities for yourself and others, including students.

Our department operates Monday to Friday 8-5.

Person specification

Qualifications, Knowledge And Experience

Essential criteria

• Degree or equivalent in Nutrition and Dietetics.
• Masters level qualification or equivalent experience.
• HCPC (Health and Care professions Council) registered dietitian (RD).
• Evidence of post-graduate training in relevant speciality.
• Experience of supervising staff.
• Experience and involvement with training.
• Evidence of extensive dietetic knowledge and highly specialist expertise in relevant specialist area with recent experience demonstrating this.
• Ability to carry out physical anthropometric measurements and assess nutritional status.
• Demonstration of understanding of clinical governance and its implications for service delivery.

Desirable criteria

• Member of British Dietetic Association (BDA) and relevant specialist groups.
• Experience of leading or co-ordinating audit or research work.
• Clinical supervisory skills training.

Skills and competencies

Essential criteria

• Presentation skills.
• Teamwork.
• Microsoft Office skills.
• Communication.
• Record keeping.
• Attention to detail.
• Interpersonal skills.
• Organisational skills.
• Prioritisation.
• Keyboard skills.
• Numeracy skills.
• Policy development.
• Report writing.
• Advanced analytical thinking.

Trust Values

Essential criteria

• Patients First.
• Always Improving.
• Working Together.