Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
Dietitian
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Opportunity with Eating Disorders Service
This is an exciting opportunity to join an award-winning Eating Disorders Service and become part of a strong clinical dietetic team. You will work closely with our apprentice dietitian and dietetic assistant, while receiving excellent support from our Senior Dietetic Team.
About the Role
The successful candidate will manage a varied, specialist caseload across both community and inpatient mental health settings and will be supported to develop competencies in enteral feeding and Eating Disorder clinical specialities.
This role is suitable for:
- A Band 5 Dietitian looking to develop specialist skills
- A newly qualified dietitian seeking support from a highly skilled and experienced team
Key Responsibilities
- Manage a varied, specialist caseload across community and inpatient mental health settings
- Develop competencies in enteral feeding and Eating Disorder clinical specialities
- Undertake comprehensive nutritional assessments to develop individualized nutrition care plans
- Work autonomously to review and monitor risk and progress
- Contribute to audit and quality improvement initiatives, as well as research projects
- Support the delivery of family-based interventions for children and young people
- Provide nutritional support for patients requiring enteral feeding and participate in meal support and meal modelling within the inpatient setting
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Career Development and Wellbeing
Your career development and wellbeing are very important to us. We are a friendly and supportive team, committed to helping you reach your full potential. The Trust offers a comprehensive preceptorship programme for newly qualified Band 5 dietitians, providing peer support alongside dedicated preceptors and clinical supervisors.
Why Join Us?
- Opportunity to support service users in improving their health and nutritional wellbeing
- Supportive team with regular supervision and guidance
- Ongoing CPD, training, and professional development opportunities
- Contribution to audit, quality improvement initiatives, and research projects
- Involvement in reviewing and developing patient information resources
Testimonial from a Former Employee
"I had the opportunity to support service users in improving their health and nutritional wellbeing, while working with a supportive team. Regular supervision and guidance was provided which helped me to develop my clinical skills and I was given opportunity to enhance my knowledge and skills through ongoing CPD, training, and professional development opportunities. This enabled me to refine my skills and excel in my role as a dietitian."
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About Us
We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway and are rated ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our Services
- Support for children, young people, and adults with a wide range of mental health needs
- Specialist services, including all-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people (e.g., autism and ADHD)
Our Vision
We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone.
Our Values
- Caring
- Inclusive
- Curious
- Confident
Contact Information
For further details or informal visits, contact:
- Name: Emma Woolston
- Job Title: Integrative Feeding and Dietetic Lead
- Email Address: emma.woolston7@nhs.net
- Telephone Number: 0300 300 1980
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