Senior Dietitian

St John of God University Hospital is a leading provider of compassionate, person-centred mental health care in Ireland. As an acute university teaching hospital, we offer a full continuum of mental health services through both inpatient and outpatient programmes. Our expert multidisciplinary teams support individuals experiencing conditions such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and psychosis.We also deliver specialist programmes in areas including Eating Disorders, Addiction, Psychia

St John of God University Hospital is a leading provider of compassionate, person-centred mental health care in Ireland. As an acute university teaching hospital, we offer a full continuum of mental health services through both inpatient and outpatient programmes. Our expert multidisciplinary teams support individuals experiencing conditions such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and psychosis.We also deliver specialist programmes in areas including Eating Disorders, Addiction, Psychia Show more

Description

Role Summary

The Dietitian will function as an efficient and effective member of the clinical team with the aim of ensuring optimum delivery of a clinical nutrition and dietetic service to patients and ensuring appropriate follow up as necessary.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that professional standards are maintained in accordance with the requirements as set out by CORU.
• Provide all aspects of specialist nutritional or dietetic advice, treatment and support to service users taking into account their mental, psychological, emotional and physical needs.
• To examine, negotiate and develop the dietetic service that is provided to the multidisciplinary teams within St John of God University Hospital
• Prioritise and manage a patient caseload according to the needs of the service, providing high quality evidence-based nutrition and dietetic service to both adults and adolescents.
• To provide therapeutic dietary guidelines for service users and their families who are dealing with an eating disorder, in both adults and adolescents.
• To work as a key member of the multidisciplinary team which includes psychiatrists, psychologists, specialist eating disorder nursing staff, family and CBT therapists, art therapy, occupational therapy and teachers.

Essential Qualifications

• BSc Human Nutrition and Dietetics or a related science degree.
• CORU Registration and maintenance of this registration.
• Member of Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute.
• Minimum of three years post graduate clinical dietetics experience

• Paid Time-Off for Vacation and Sick Days

Saint John of God Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer