Senior Dietitian (Diabetes)

NHS

GBP 10,000 - 40,000

Are you a Registered Dietitian looking for an exciting new post? We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated Dietitian with experience and interest in diabetes.

The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal and time management skills, together with an ability to be flexible and a commitment to MDT working. In return, we offer excellent development opportunities within the field of diabetes.

Main duties of the job

Working autonomously and with the MDT, undertake dietetic assessment and intervention to a caseload of patients with diabetes. The majority of these interventions will be in clinics and groups and include carbohydrate counting.

Job responsibilities

• To assess, diagnose and treat nutrition-related problems in patients with diabetes.
• Proactively educate and support patients & their health care team to optimise glycaemic control in the light of diabetes and other co-morbidities/complications.
• To work with the team to develop patient education resources.
• To contribute to MDT meetings to improve patient care, treatment and outcomes.
• To develop and arrange training for members of the multidisciplinary and dietetic team as required.
• To participate in the training of learners on clinical placement.
• To develop practice by undertaking journal clubs, audit and project work.

Person Specification

Registration

• Current HCPC registration as a Dietitian

Experience

• Post-graduate learning/experience in a range of NHS/outsourced settings.
• Experience in training and developing others.
• Experience & enthusiasm for working with patients who live with diabetes.
• Excellent communication skills in English.
• Experience with educating on carbohydrate counting.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£37,338 to £44,962 a year pro rata per annum.