Job summary
Are you looking to develop your career and join a team passionate about diabetes care?
Due to maternity leave, we have an exciting opportunity for a motivated dietitian who is enthusiastic about providing a high-quality service to patients with diabetes.
You will be working as a Clinical Expert Diabetes Dietitian within the multi-disciplinary diabetes integrated care service based at Scunthorpe General Hospital. The team consists of specialist nurses, podiatrists and consultants who provide care and treatment to support people living with diabetes.
The service provides high-quality care to patients with complex Type 2 diabetes, Type 1 diabetes and diabetes antenatal clinics.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for developing the service, managing their own caseload in a secondary care setting, running outpatient dietetic and MDT clinics. You will deliver structured group education sessions and be involved in in-house education workshops.
You will also be responsible for training and supervising students, providing peer support/supervision to other dietetic colleagues and contributing to the evaluation and development of the dietetic service.
Applicants must have extensive experience working with adults with diabetes, flash and continuous glucose monitoring and be proficient in carbohydrate counting. Experience of insulin pump therapy is desirable.
Excellent communication, team working and organisational skills are essential.
About us
We're a large organisation with three hospitals located in Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Goole. We also provide community services in North Lincolnshire. Our 6,500 members of staff care for and support a population of more than 400,000 people.
We encourage all our staff to innovate and adopt 'best practice' so we can deliver excellent care to our patients. We ask staff to live our values; kindness, courage and respect.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. You could be one of them.
To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://joinnlag.co.uk/
Should we receive a high volume of applications for this vacancy, the advert may be closed earlier than stated. To view a full job description and person specification please see attachments on this advert.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Develop and lead on the provision of an efficient and effective Nutrition & Dietetic service to diabetes patients.
Attend MDT meetings in the community or on both main hospital sites as required.
Practice autonomously, demonstrating expert problem solving and clinical decision making skills while demonstrating professional accountability and responsibility.
Be a role model for the wider team by promoting a positive research culture.
Identify, promote and embed evidence and identify impact measures using findings to enhance future activity.
Identify and support the achievement of learning needs of individuals/team in response to service need and personal development planning.
Identify priorities for evidence based audit and research projects are undertaken within the service to ensure continuous quality improvement in the service.
Propose practice and policy changes which impact on the wider service and implement changes in own area.
Act as a change agent.
Provide leadership for quality improvement and service development to enhance people's wellbeing and experiences of healthcare.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Develop and lead on the provision of an efficient and effective Nutrition & Dietetic service to diabetes patients.
Attend MDT meetings in the community or on both main hospital sites as required.
Practice autonomously, demonstrating expert problem solving and clinical decision making skills while demonstrating professional accountability and responsibility.
Be a role model for the wider team by promoting a positive research culture.
Identify, promote and embed evidence and identify impact measures using findings to enhance future activity.
Identify and support the achievement of learning needs of individuals/team in response to service need and personal development planning.
Identify priorities for evidence based audit and research projects are undertaken within the service to ensure continuous quality improvement in the service.
Propose practice and policy changes which impact on the wider service and implement changes in own area.
Act as a change agent.
Provide leadership for quality improvement and service development to enhance people's wellbeing and experiences of healthcare.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Appropriate Profession, Degree/Diploma
- Current HCPC registration
- Post registration masters level study (level 7) or equivalent experience
- Valid car driving licence
Desirable
- Relevant specialist clinical courses at Masters level
- Evaluating Evidence Masters level module
- Change Management Masters level module
Occupational experience and abilities
Essential
- Significant post registration clinical experience in the defined area related to vacancy
- Experience of supporting and developing staff e.g supervision, teaching, mentoring or action learning
- Regular teaching of Pre registration students in own profession
- Utilisation of specialist assessment and treatment modalities
- Experience of accessing, assessing and implement current evidence base through variety of mechanisms
Desirable
- Evidence of systematic overview of service area quality
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Quality Improvement Methodology e.g.(QSIR)
- Advanced communication skills in particular sharing complex clinical information at appropriate level for audience
Desirable
- Project management as part of service development initiatives
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Appropriate Profession, Degree/Diploma
- Current HCPC registration
- Post registration masters level study (level 7) or equivalent experience
- Valid car driving licence
Desirable
- Relevant specialist clinical courses at Masters level
- Evaluating Evidence Masters level module
- Change Management Masters level module
Occupational experience and abilities
Essential
- Significant post registration clinical experience in the defined area related to vacancy
- Experience of supporting and developing staff e.g supervision, teaching, mentoring or action learning
- Regular teaching of Pre registration students in own profession
- Utilisation of specialist assessment and treatment modalities
- Experience of accessing, assessing and implement current evidence base through variety of mechanisms
Desirable
- Evidence of systematic overview of service area quality
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Quality Improvement Methodology e.g.(QSIR)
- Advanced communication skills in particular sharing complex clinical information at appropriate level for audience
Desirable
- Project management as part of service development initiatives
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Diabetes Centre, Scunthorpe General Hospital
Scunthorpe
DN15 7BH
Employer's website
https://www.nlg.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
