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Role
Highly Specialist Dietitian (Band 7 equivalent) – Salary up to £21,297 (£53,242 WTE) – Contract: Permanent, Part time (2 days per week)
Due to the opening of a new service, an exciting opportunity has become available for a Highly Specialist Dietitian to join our team at Cygnet Hospital Taunton.
Service Overview
Cygnet Taunton is opening a new 15-bed neuro-cognitive service, which will provide comprehensive, long-term inpatient care for older adults living with complex cognitive and neurological conditions alongside a psychiatric sequelae.
The Neurocognitive Health Pathway offers patients an improved quality of life and improved functionality often not easily available to them due to their complex psychiatric and physical presentations.
Treatment and therapy is provided to optimise their abilities and reduce the impact of the neurodegenerative diagnosis they have; providing a stabilisation of symptoms and symptom management which reduces complications and preserves independence as long as possible.
Care and treatment is delivered within a safe, structured, and therapeutic environment by an interdisciplinary team.
Responsibilities
As the Dietitian in this new service, you will:
- Determine how dietetic input is best delivered to meet the needs of the individuals and the service.
- Hold a small active caseload and provide direct 1:1 input, advice and guidance to staff, unit-based clinics, and possibly group work.
- Provide comprehensive dietetic assessment of need to those referred for dietetic input, producing individualised dietetic plans.
- Work in close collaboration with the catering team, Speech and Language Team and wider multi-disciplinary team to provide specialist advice on meal plans and feeding regimens.
Qualifications & Experience
- Registered Dietitian, preferably with experience in a neurology or mental health setting.
- A degree/postgraduate diploma (or equivalent) in Dietetics.
- Registration with HCPC and membership of the BDA.
- Knowledge and experience of managing alternative (enteral) nutrition (desirable but CPD available).
- Experience supporting those with weight management and/or diabetes.
- Experience in older adults, neuro-rehabilitation or neurodegenerative conditions and/or mental health (strongly desirable).
- Evidence of strong team player with a genuine desire to help others.
- Excellent communication / time-management skills.
- Enthusiasm, motivation, and passion.
Benefits
- Salary up to £21,297 per year (£53,242 WTE).
- Excellent clinical supervision, CPD and developmental opportunities.
- Full support from an on-site multidisciplinary team.
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Free meals on duty.
- Employee rewards and discount benefits scheme including NHS discounts and cycle-to-work scheme.
- Contributory pension scheme.
- Smart Health Toolkit providing fitness programmes, nutrition consultation and health checks.
Induction & Onboarding
Full induction training. The successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS and reference check, and an offer of employment will be subject to successful clearance.
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