Specialist Learning Disability Weight Management Dietitian | East London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 19 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 22 June 2025 |
| Location: | Bedford, MK41 6AT |
| Company: | East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7203168/363-CHB7203168 |
Summary
We invite you to apply to this novel and rewarding 18 month 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 Simone Mingay or Iduna Heinrich.
The post-holder will lead with the support of the Professional Lead Dietitian, 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
1. Provide dietetic input for adults diagnosed with a learning disability who have a Bedfordshire GP.
2. Independently manage a complex caseload using advanced clinical reasoning to support assessments and interventions with the support of the Band 5 dietitian.
3. Use a client-centred approach and current evidence base to assess, plan, implement, evaluate and document Dietetic interventions.
4. Provide service for a caseload of weight management patients by working with the MDT and attending the Shape Up Programme, ensuring regular review.
5. Manage a caseload of patients living with obesity who are at risk of metabolic complications, offering tailored dietetic advice in group and individual settings.
6. Deliver and evaluate the accessible Shape Up Programme in collaboration with the Band 5 dietitian.
7. Work closely with therapists and Band 5 dietitian to improve people's quality of life.
This advert closes on Sunday 8 Jun 2025