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Exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Dietitian to explore and further their interest in adult mental health. This post is a fixed term maternity cover starting in March 2026 offering the opportunity to enrich your clinical practice in inpatient & outpatient mental health through the support and guidance of an established dietetic team.

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• Undertakes day to day supervision of assistants and students including work allocation, checking record keeping and quality of care delivered and providing clinical advice and guidance as required. 
• Provides clinical supervision to assistants and students. 
• Provides training to assistants and students, monitoring and evaluating learning outcomes, providing feedback and assessing competencies to facilitate learning in practice. 
• Identifies and meets the training needs of carers, volunteers and healthcare staff from other professions working with service users. 
• Participates in the recruitment and appraisal of assistants. 
• Participates in the induction of new staff to the clinical area. 
• Plans own workload, managing competing demands (e.g. urgent referrals) to ensure care is delivered according to clinical priority. 
• Delegates work to assistants whose competence has been established, whilst maintaining professional accountability and ensuring their work meets required care standards. 
• Plans, organises and writes session plans for individual service users or groups. 
• Plans training sessions, workshops, seminars and poster displays.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and   Hammersmith & Fulham).  We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.

The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.