Diabetes Lead Dietitian

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Diabetes Dietitian to join our Diabetes Team to develop our diabetes transition and young adult care service.

The dietitian will be part of the wider diabetes multidisciplinary team with a focus to improve standards of diabetes care especially in the age group of 19 - 25 years. We are looking for someone with a passion for diabetes to provide specialist support and education for patients and their families and other health care professionals.

The role involves working autonomously as well as within the multidisciplinary team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Training and support will be provided.
- Support several clinics, including transitional MDT clinics (17-19 years), diabetes young adult clinics (19-25 years) and joint dietitian-diabetes specialist nurse clinics.
- Provide support and education to people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes and support management in the use of insulin pump therapy.
- Create/adapt structured education course to appeal to the younger patient,
- Work closely with DSN to establish links with primary care and other community providers to identity different mechanisms to support young adults with diabetes in the community.
- Take part in student training.
- Capture data on quarterly basis to evaluate the service.
- To ensure Clinical Governance is integral to service delivery within the specialty area.
- To represent the Nutrition and Dietetic department and contribute to the development of the wider Therapy service within Clinical Therapies.

Thank you for your interest in this role.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We would love you to join us.

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.