Specialist Community Learning Disabilities Dietitian | East London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 07 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £46,148 - £52,809 Per Annum, Pro Rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 07 May 2025 |
| Location: | Bedford, MK41 6AT |
| Company: | East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7131485/363-CHB6944911-A |
Summary
We invite you to apply to this novel and rewarding 2-year fixed term opportunity to provide dietetic leadership into the newly established weight management service for people with learning disabilities in Bedford Borough. This prevention service is designed to complement other clinical pathways within the Specialist Learning Disabilities Service in Bedfordshire in partnership with Bedford Borough Council. Your role will be up to 3-days per week, supervising a junior post-holder and working alongside multi-professional colleagues to promote access for this under-served group. If you would like to discuss the opportunity before applying, please be in touch with Hannah Style. or Simone Mingay.
The post-holder will lead the embedment of the ELFT Shape Up programme, a weight management service for people with learning disabilities in Bedfordshire, and will be the driving force behind its workstreams and service development. The Shape Up programme comprises service-user intervention and training in practical nutrition for carers and staff, and has been co-developed with service users and re-run in ELFT specialist learning disabilities services in other boroughs after demonstrable positive impact. This will involve working with the specialist learning disabilities service, care providers, primary care and community services to promote and deliver the programme effectively, and identify opportunities for improvement.
The post-holder will be both autonomous and team-spirited, proactive and organised, and approachable. The post-holder will work effectively with multidisciplinary professionals across sites, and will seek opportunities to support the weight management service to develop locally. This role is an exciting opportunity to address dietary health inequalities at a borough-wide level within the Trust, and expand current practices surrounding nutrition in the trust for the benefit of the disadvantaged people we serve.
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
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This advert closes on Sunday 20 Apr 2025