Lead Specialist Dietitian

HIOW Healthcare; Winchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK seeks an experienced eating disorder dietician to develop a new dietetic service for children and young people. This role involves leadership in creating robust clinical pathways and collaborative work with multidisciplinary teams to provide care. The ideal candidate should have significant experience with eating disorders alongside mental health challenges. Join us to make a positive impact on the lives of young individuals seeking help.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in dietetics, specifically with eating disorders in collaboration with mental health.
• Proven leadership in healthcare settings, especially in dietetic services.
• Strong strategic planning skills for developing clinical pathways.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of a new dietetic service for children and young people.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to provide quality care.
• Focus on recruitment, retention, and professional development within the team.

Skills

Experience with eating disorders and mental health

Leadership skills

Clinical dietetic pathways knowledge

Job description

An exciting opportunity for an experienced eating disorder dietician to lead on a new initiative across the HIOW Children and Young Peoples Eating Disorder care pathway. We are looking for an experienced 8A dietician to lead a newly developing dietetic service that will provide specialist dietetic intervention across our community and inpatient services, including Serenity Path Hospital and Austen House.

The successful candidate will lead on the creation of the service, ensuring the development of robust clinical dietetic pathways ensuring equity of delivery across all the related services. Development of the dietetic strategy will be a key component of this role, working alongside the Allied Health Professional Consultant. With a focus on recruitment, retention and professional development of the dieticians working within the service.

The role will allow for a mix of clinical, leadership and strategic tasks, ensuring a varied and stimulating post. The postholder and their team will work closely with the various multidisciplinary teams to provide collaborative, evidence based and needs lead care to young people.

Experience and knowledge of eating disorders when young people's eating is disordered in the context of other mental health difficulties is an essential skill set for this role.

We welcome applications from practitioners who share our passion for this client group and providing a high-quality level of care.