Specialist Eating Disorders Dietitian
| Posting date: | 11 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 March 2026 |
| Location: | Tooting, London, SW17 0YF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9294-26-0112 |
Summary
To provide a specialist dietetic service to young people with eatingdisorders in an outpatient setting. This involves working with patients,families and multidisciplinary team members to identify and address thecomplex psychological and social factors that affect compliance withdietary treatment, thus enabling long term / permanent lifestyle changes. To act as lead clinician for the delivery of a comprehensive nutrition anddietetic service to the population with diverse nutritional health needswithin a highly specialist area; working within the BDA Professional Codeof Conduct and Professional Standards of Practice. To be responsible for the provision and continuing development of aneffective dietetic service for your specialist area and to provide specialistadvice to a range of healthcare professionals. To undertake comprehensive assessments of each patients diet andlifestyle to formulate individualised management and treatment plansensuring optimal outcome whilst minimising risk. The assessments include interpreting biochemical data and using quantitative/ qualitative analysis of nutritional information. Promote individual rights and choicePromote anti-discriminatory practice. To be aware of and able to identify patients at high psychiatric risk (e.g. of suicide) and liaise with the multidisciplinary team regarding themanagement of risk in these patients To work autonomously within the eating disorders team with little or nodaily supervision To promote awareness of the role of the dietitian within the services,negotiating priorities where appropriate. To communicate with health professionals, community workers and thepublic and, where appropriate, undertake appropriate risk assessments and gain consent to participation in nutrition interventions. To plan, prioritise and take responsibility for own workload in accordance with the BDA Workload Management framework and departmental priorities and provide cover as required across other trust CAMHS eating disorder services i.e. Wisteria ward or Aquarius ward To liaise with external stakeholders, where required This requires collation of highly complex information including:Assessment of local food, nutrition and health needs, interpretation of national and local statistics, dietary intakes and disease risk.Development of nutrition interventions which include calculation of nutritional requirements, patient centred goals and prevention outcomes. Dietary consultations involving individuals and groups to be undertaken and delivered within a framework of behavioural approaches includingmotivational and negotiative techniques in order to implement a highlycomplex dietetic package of care. To work with people and colleagues from diverse cultural and ethnicgroups and:Respect personal beliefs and identity of individuals To keep and maintain accurate, timely, comprehensive and legibly written statistical records and reports in order to meet the requirement of funding bodies and evaluation requirement s in accordance with HCPC Standards of Conduct Performance and Ethics, departmental standards, policies and procedures in compliance with the Data Protection Act. To maintain strict confidentiality of patient and public information inaccordance with the Clinical Governance guidelines.