Specialist Dietitian

2 weeks ago

Liverpool, United Kingdom Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Liverpool Diabetes Partnership provides support to patients with diabetes within the in the Liverpool area.

We are seeking a Band 6 Specialist Diabetes Dietitian to provide dietary education, support and individualised care plans to patients under the LDP service. Our office base is at Aintree Hospital, delivering a Dietetic service across a variety of community clinic and domiciliary visits in Liverpool. The service includes both virtual and face to face patient contact, group education for people with Type 2 and Type 1 diabetes as a registered DAFNE site.

You will be supported by an Advanced Diabetes Dietitian and other Dietetic and MDT colleagues across the Trust. You will also be involved with supervision of Student Dietitians and Graduate Dietitians as part of your role so strong leadership and communication skills are essential. You would be supported in your professional development and would be offered opportunities to develop skills in other areas. You will work closely with the Therapy Lead to identify any quality issues within the service and provide education to staff and colleagues in your Specialist area.

We are a progressive team and with a pro-active approach to service development and have created a supportive environment to encourage professional development

We will also consider current and newly qualified Band 5 dietitians without previous diabetes experience with structured development and progression to Band 6 (Annex 21)

This is an exciting post where you would be involved in MDT working in a forward thinking team of Diabetes Specialist Dietitians, Nurses and Consultants and have access to developing your knowledge and skills in a variety of areas such as:
Dietary education for patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes utilising digital, written and face to face education.

Input into MDT Diabetes clinics across Liverpool City supported by Diabetes Specialist Nurse and Consultants.

Delivering education and support to Care Homes across Liverpool.

Harnessing new technologies and developments in Diabetes practice such as blood glucose data analysis in real time and insulin pumps.

Involvement in audit, key performance indicators and service development.

Engage with local communities to promote equity in the access to care and develop culturally relevant, resources, education and peer support.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

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Ability to manage and prioritise own workload

Experience of communicating and working effectively with service users, carers, other agencies and professionals

Experience of establishing and maintaining good standards of professional practice to ensure the delivery of an effective, quality service

Computer literacy and ability to use a variety of electronic systems

Ability to work effectively as part of a team

Ability to state the case for nutritional intervention as part of the care plan.

Excellent presentation and communication skills

Able to work as part of the MDT

Able to contribute to operational service delivery

Good level of knowledge of a defined area of clinical practice and knowledge current best practice

Evidence of continued professional development

Evidence of developing knowledge within specialist areas of dietetics

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