Specialist Diabetes Dietitian
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation TrustJob overview
Are you looking to start or progress your career forward in the field of adult diabetes care? Would you like to work with a dynamic, supportive and forward thinking multidisciplinary diabetes team in beautiful South Devon?
We have an exciting opportunity to appoint 1.0wte Band 5/6 Specialist Diabetes Dietitian into a permanent role in our team.
This is an ideal opportunity to enhance your skills and develop new knowledge in supporting people to self manage their diabetes. Whether you are already working at band 6 level or are a newly qualified dietitian with an interest on diabetes we welcome your application. You will be well supported by an experienced friendly MDT of diabetes dietitians, nurses and doctors, and offered mentoring and CPD opportunities.
Our dedicated team of specialist dietitians work within a range of specialist diabetes areas including Type 1 and Type 2 patients, lipid service, antenatal clinics, insulin pump clinics, diabetes self management education and transition service.
**Potential interview date Tue 9th December.**
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You will provide specialist dietetic advice for people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes, and lipid disorders in independently led dietetic clinics and in MDT clinics.
Use enhanced clinical reasoning skills to provide specialist dietetic advice for patients who may present with diabetes and other multiple/complex physical and mental health needs. Considering patients own personal health goals.
Provide patient education in group settings for those newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and including carbohydrate counting education.
To teach and support other members of the MDT and other healthcare professionals working on acute wards and in primary care.
Undertake department and team audit and contribute to service development work.
Working for our organisation
The Diabetes Specialist Dietitians Team is part of the wider Dietetic Team (over 23wte Registered staff) including Acute, Community, Paediatric, Diabetes, Weight Management and Cancer Services.
The team is flexible and promotes a healthy work/home life balance. Therefore, your package with us includes a lot more than just your pay.
Listed are a few of the additional benefits that are available to you as an employee:
- NHS Pension Scheme
- Childcare at our day nursery
- Generous Holiday Entitlement, starting at 27 days a year (for full time workers) plus bank/public holidays
- Staff Discounts
- Career development and training opportunities
- Employee Support - Staff have access to a 24-hour helpline
Our people are caring, committed, inclusive and focussed on quality. We focus on solutions and people’s strengths. We encourage outside the box thinking and embrace innovation and change wherever it can drive improvement.
If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real assed to Team Torbay and South Devon.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Excellent verbal, written and electronic communication skills are required to provide information and to establish and maintain working relationships with a wide range of colleagues.
Engagement with patients, relatives and carers, individually and in groups, in a variety of community and clinical settings, using a range of communication formats, including virtual platforms.
To work with the Diabetes team in planning, delivering, developing and
auditing the diabetes education programmes.
To provide education for patients individually and in groups.
Responsible for providing highly developed and complex clinical and
nutritional information to people with diabetes and other members of the multidisciplinary teams.
To provide a specialised inpatient dietetic service for patients with diabetes working in close liaison with the Diabetes Specialist Nurses.
To promote the role of the dietitian in the management of patients with
diabetes, lipid disorders and obesity both within the hospital and in primary care.
This post carries no budgetary responsibility.
To maintain and improve professional knowledge through literature,
attendance at courses/conferences as agreed with the Diabetes Team and the wider dietetic department.
Please see our attached job description and person specification form for full details.
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You will be joining the organisation at an exciting time. As the first fully integrated care organisation in England, we are working to improve the way we deliver safe, high-quality health and social care. We have a positive and vibrant working atmosphere, we are proud of our investment in our staff both in terms of developing potential career skills and valuing people.
If you provide support to a family member or friend with health or care needs, we aim to be a Carer-friendly employer. We have a ‘Staff Carers’ policy which includes flexible working where possible and a Carer’s Passport scheme that links you into support and discounts.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
- We reserve the right to close vacancies early if we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore, we encourage you to apply promptly.
- Please read the job description carefully and tailor your application to reflect the requirements of the role.
- Applicants who identify in their application form they are a part of the Armed Forces community will be guaranteed an interview, provided they meet the minimum essential criteria outlined in the job description and person specification for the role. Step into Health guidance can be found on our NHS Employers website.
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