Job summary
- Main area
- Dietitian
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity cover)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 199-7765267-RB-NP
- Employer
- Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Croydon University
- Town
- Croydon
- Salary
- £53,751 - £60,651 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Maternity Leave Cover- Learning Disability Specialist Dietitian
Band 7
Croydon is a busy, exciting and diverse place to work. The borough has one of the youngest populations in London and continues to grow.
Croydon Health Services cares for local people at Croydon University Hospital, Purley Memorial Hospital and in clinics and people’s homes all across the borough.
We are a very close-knit and friendly organisation where everyone of our 3600 members of staff is valued. We strongly believe that our employees are our greatest asset and so through Listening into Action – our way of engaging staff - we empower everyone at any level to initiate and bring about real improvements in our care.
Join us and be a part of the team that is making Croydon proud. #choosecroydon
Job overview
Fix Term - Maternity Leave Cover- Learning Disability Specialist Dietitian
- To work as an autonomous, specialist dietitian, managing a caseload of service users with learning disabilities.
- Provide assessment, treatment planning and provision for service users with complex nutritional and psychological needs.
- Provide input and dietetic cover as required across the trust including acute admissions to Croydon University Hospital
- To provide training to staff and service users and carers on nutritional issues relating to mental health and learning disabilities
- To lead on, planning, development and evaluation of the dietetic service for LD clients, holding responsibility for defined projects; working towards improved service quality across the Trust.
- To be responsible for a weekly general outpatient clinic.
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Interview date – To be confirmed
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Main duties of the job
- To be responsible for specialist assessment and care planning of the nutritional needs of clients/ service users.
- To be responsible for a weekly general outpatient clinic.
- To provide evidence based dietetic intervention and monitor outcome.
- To participate in case programme approach, case conferences and MDT meetings.
- To assess learning needs, barriers, and educational ability of clients and carers to provide suitable diet plans, nutrition education and reference resources.
- To promote and participate in multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
- To empower individuals to make decisions about their own care and where possible supporting them to access relevant community and voluntary services.
- Working as an autonomous practitioner, undertake a differential diagnosis procedure.
- Take into account complex information including a range of health and social care needs, patient activation, individual and family priorities, and risk factors when considering options for intervention.
- To communicate dietetic care plan in a way that is understood by the client, and their carer.
Up to date record keeping. - To take the lead in providing highly specialist dietetic advice to the multidisciplinary team through attendance and participation in multidisciplinary team meetings.
- To fulfil any other duties delegated by the Professional Lead for Dietetics and Operational Lead for Community Learning Disability.
Working for our organisation
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provides hospital and community services across Croydon through a range of clinics and specialist centres. Formed in August 2010 from the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust, we employ around 4,100 staff serving a diverse population of over 360,000 people.
Our main site, Croydon University Hospital, is one of the busiest in London. We are also leading the way in delivering more healthcare in community settings and people’s homes. Our district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons care for people of all ages across the borough.
Like the wider NHS, we are working hard to meet increasing demand. With the right people on board, we continue to innovate and transform our services to provide the highest quality care for local residents. We place strong emphasis on education, training and career development for all staff.
If you want to make a real difference, challenge yourself and be part of a Trust that’s shaping local healthcare, Croydon Health Services could be the place for you.
At Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, we are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements. Applicants are encouraged to discuss any flexibility they may need during the recruitment process.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Job description and main duties and responsibilities of the post have been attached. Please refer to the document.
Person specification
TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics
- Registered as Dietitian with HCPC
- Evidence of continuing professional and personal development
Desirable criteria
- Member of the British Dietetic Association
- Completion of the BDA Dietetics in Learning Disabilities course
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Post graduate experience with experience working at specialist level
- Experience of carrying a caseload of service users with complex and diverse with learning disability and/or mental health setting
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
- Evidence of working in a multi-cultural environment
Desirable criteria
- Experience of the supervision of students and junior staff
- Evidence of participation in audit/ research
- Experience related to food provision and catering
- Experience of working with children and/ or adolescents
Experience of working with children and/ or adolescents
Essential criteria
- Understanding of learning disabilities and challenges
- Excellent communication skills
- Good organisational and problem solving skills.
- Ability to use electronic systems for recording clinical information
- Ability to solve complex clinical problems in time sensitive manner
- Ability to be responsive and able to adapt to suit different settings and service users
- Knowledge of professional standards of practice and familiar with principles of clinical governance
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of safeguarding vulnerable adults and children
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Essential criteria
- Professional in approach and manner
- Ability to work independently whilst contributing to multidisciplinary teams
- Committed to lifelong learning & continuing professional development
- Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner and as part of a team.
- Ability to act appropriately in distressing or emotional circumstances
- Ability to take responsibility for own actions and make autonomous decisions appropriate to banding
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nutrition & Dietetics Department
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02084013095
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