Diabetes Lead Dietitian

5 days ago


SuttoninAshfield, United Kingdom Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

Do you enjoy working with young adults with diabetes between the ages 18-25? Do you enjoy working flexibly in a close multidisciplinary team and have a passion for innovation in Dietetics?

This role is for you

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Diabetes Dietitian to join SFH young adult diabetes service.

There is opportunity for Hybrid working, offering virtual appointments to accommodate flexibility for our service users, providing dietetic input in MDT young adult clinics and transitional clinics across both Kings Mill Hospital and Newark hospital and additional young adult dietetic clinics held at kings mill hospital and potential to develop this service over at Newark hospital.

There is the opportunity to develop and facilitate tailored structured education course for the young adult cohort with dietetic emphasis on carbohydrate counting and nutritional education to empower service users with their diabetes management. Knowledge of inuslin pump therapy is desired but not essential as training will be provided. There will be opportunity to develop the role further to support within the insulin pump therapy pathway. You would be working alongside a passionate and knowledgeable Diabetes specialist nurse, Psychologist and diabetes consultant within the young adult MDT. You will also be a member of the trust's Diabetes dietitians and wider dietitian team.

Main duties of the job

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

About us

Thank you for your interest in this role.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 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.

Our culture of learning, compassion and taking a person-centred approach are the roots of our organisation.

We would love for you to join us.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Qualified Dietitian (4 year degree, post-graduate diploma or equivalent). Evidence of continuing professional development. Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.

Desirable

Leadership/management training. Member of relevant BDA specialist group Relevant post-graduate course or equivalent

Skills

Essential

Excellent verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills including explaining, negotiating, motivating and training. Able to work as lead member of dietetic and multi-professional teams, building relationships with patients/carers, and other staff Able to handle sensitive and confidential information. Able to overcome difficulties in communication, including language barriers, and adapt approach to varying situations. Able to overcome barriers to understanding. Able to make decisions within own work role guided by broad policies and guidelines, with support from multi-professional team and Dietetic manager. Able to interpret and evaluate complex information from a variety of sources using professional judgement to solve problems and make decisions where there are a range of options, including both clinical and strategic issues. Able to plan and organise workload of self and others, including daily tasks and longer term strategic planning, despite interruptions and changing priorities. Provides supervision and support to other dietetic staff and students where required. Able to participate in audit and research activity.

Desirable

Demonstrates strong leadership skills

Experience

Essential

Extensive experience of working as a registered dietitian relevant to specialist area. Able to lead in the development, review and implementation of relevant policies and service development, recognising and responding to wider strategic concerns. Experience of multi-disciplinary/ multi-professional team working Experience in training and supervision of student dietitians Experience of managing/supervising others

Desirable

Additional depth of theoretical knowledge to masters level or equivalent. Experience of other elements of management

Contractual

Essential

Flexibility to meet the demands of the service. Able to travel to required areas within and beyond the Trust Able to use a computer keyboard and relevant computer programmes such as word, PowerPoint. Understands and uses hospital and other systems required to support patient care.

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