Job Title: Senior Dietitian
Location: Dublin
Contract: Full-Time, Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week
TTM are recruiting a Senior Dietitian for our client who provides specialised care for adults with severe mental health needs, including Huntington’s disease, alzheimers and schizophrenia. This care is delivered through a Multidisciplinary Team including colleagues in Psychiatry, Psychology, Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language, Dietetics, Physiotherapy, and General Practice.
Responsibilities:
- Provide a comprehensive dietetic service for adults in long-term care, and adults with neuro and mental health disability.
- Act as a resource and provide expert opinion, advice and guidance to dietetic colleagues and other healthcare professionals.
- Be competent in assessing and treating a wide range of clinical presentations relevant to adults with neuro disabilities and complex mental health needs.
- Be responsible for nutritional assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of treatment/intervention programmes for clients according to professional standards.
- Be able to make highly specialist clinical decisions following assessment of complex cases.
- Be responsible for the organisation, provision and evaluation of nutrition and dietetic service
- Demonstrate competency and confidence in supporting clients with complex feeding issues such as oral-motor dysfunction.
Requirements:
- A recognised dietetic qualification and valid registration with CORU.
- Three years post qualification experience
- Experience in adult dietetics
- Evidence of postgraduate continuing professional development relevant to a specialism within dietetics
- At least 1 year of full-time experience working within a Neuro-disability or Mental Health setting with adults.
Benefits:
- Contributory pension
- Further education support
- Comprehensive training
- Free onsite staff parking
- Subsidized restaurant
- Employee assistance program
- Recharge Employee Well-being program
- Long Service Recognition program
- Flexible working arrangements
- Dublin Bus & Irish Rail Tax Saver Tickets
- Cycle to Work Scheme
Click Apply Now to submit your application or contact grace on 015134908 or email grace.kilroy@ttmhealthcare.com for more information.