Job summary
We are looking for an highly motivated Band 7 Dietitian to join our integrated Diabetes and Endocrine team, to provide excellent inpatient diabetes care. This is a brand new post to the Hospital, which looks to enhance and complement our existing diabetes inpatient service and support provided by our adult acute dietetic team.
This is a 1 year funded project by NE London ICB . You will join a dynamic team based at Homerton Healthcare. As a growing diabetes service, meeting the needs of an expanding local population, the diabetes service currently provides a number of routine and specialist services, including; dietitian and nurse-led clinics in the community and out-patients, ante-natal and pre-conception clinic, insulin pump clinic, multidisciplinary clinic support emergency reviews and managing routine and urgent ward referrals. We are also a recognised DAFNE and X-PERT centre.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide clinical nutritional expertise to the inpatient with Diabetes.
Applicants should possess some clinical knowledge of diabetes, and be able to show knowledge of complex nutrition support. This should be supported by recent experience in caring for people with diabetes.
You should have proven management and leadership skills as well as the ability to demonstrate initiative and innovation, effective communication skills and the ability to organise your own caseload.
About us
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.
We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.
Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.
We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.
Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.
Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.
The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.
The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Nutrition & Dietetics or relevant postgraduate qualification HCPC registered as a Dietitian
Desirable
- Nationally recognised course in CSII/ insulin pumps
- BIDAC or DAFNE trained
- Behaviour Change training
- Non-Medical Prescribing course
- X-PERT/ DESMOND trained
- Member of BDA and /or member of relevant dietitians specialist groups e.g PENG or Diabetes Support Group (DSG)
Skills/ Abilities
Essential
- Excellent oral and written communication skills with people from a variety of backgrounds e.g. via advocacy/interpreters
- Experience of delivering undergraduate student supervision and clinical education to graduate standard in area of speciality
- Supervision of junior members of clinical staff
- Ability to work effectively single handedly with individuals and groups
- Ability to demonstrate behaviour change facilitation/ motivational interviewing
- Ability to problem solve, analyse complex clinical problems and create practical solutions to provide best clinical care
- Accurate anthropometric measurements and skills e.g. weights, heights, skinfold calipers to assess patients nutritional status and devise clinical plan
- Ability to communicate life threatening/complex medical conditions in a sensitive and easily understandable language
- Ability to present complex information to groups over 20 either to staff or patients
- Ability to provide highly specialised advice concerning the care of patients
- Regularly undertakes R&D activity e.g. Critical Appraisal
- Ability to take own initiative and to be the lead for clinical speciality
- Keyboard skills - data inputting, word processing, internet and dietary analysis
Experince
Essential
- Extensive experience of working in Diabetes Dietetics
- Experience of undertaking audit and changing practice in accordance to findings
- Working in the field of Diabetes
- Understanding of team dynamics and experience of working within a team
- Experience and working knowledge CGM/ Flash Glucose Monitoring and interpreting data
- Experience with enteral tube feeding and nutrition support
- Experience of working with patients with multiple pathologies, undertaking assessment, making treatment and discharge plans
Desirable
- Experience and working knowledge of CSII/ insulin pumps
- Experience of critical care and parenteral nutrition
Knowledge
Essential
- In depth knowledge to expert level in the diabetes speciality
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of managing nutritional in patients with physical and psychological impairment.
- Demonstrate knowledge of enteral tube feeding
Desirable
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of enteral feeding including ethics of initiating and withdrawal of nutrition support
Other Requirements
Essential
- Confident & Self-motivated
- Able to set priorities and meet deadlines in spite of repeated interruptions
- Able to maintain effective working relationships with relevant colleagues
- Understanding of the Trust Values
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Nutrition & Dietetics or relevant postgraduate qualification HCPC registered as a Dietitian
Desirable
- Nationally recognised course in CSII/ insulin pumps
- BIDAC or DAFNE trained
- Behaviour Change training
- Non-Medical Prescribing course
- X-PERT/ DESMOND trained
- Member of BDA and /or member of relevant dietitians specialist groups e.g PENG or Diabetes Support Group (DSG)
Skills/ Abilities
Essential
- Excellent oral and written communication skills with people from a variety of backgrounds e.g. via advocacy/interpreters
- Experience of delivering undergraduate student supervision and clinical education to graduate standard in area of speciality
- Supervision of junior members of clinical staff
- Ability to work effectively single handedly with individuals and groups
- Ability to demonstrate behaviour change facilitation/ motivational interviewing
- Ability to problem solve, analyse complex clinical problems and create practical solutions to provide best clinical care
- Accurate anthropometric measurements and skills e.g. weights, heights, skinfold calipers to assess patients nutritional status and devise clinical plan
- Ability to communicate life threatening/complex medical conditions in a sensitive and easily understandable language
- Ability to present complex information to groups over 20 either to staff or patients
- Ability to provide highly specialised advice concerning the care of patients
- Regularly undertakes R&D activity e.g. Critical Appraisal
- Ability to take own initiative and to be the lead for clinical speciality
- Keyboard skills - data inputting, word processing, internet and dietary analysis
Experince
Essential
- Extensive experience of working in Diabetes Dietetics
- Experience of undertaking audit and changing practice in accordance to findings
- Working in the field of Diabetes
- Understanding of team dynamics and experience of working within a team
- Experience and working knowledge CGM/ Flash Glucose Monitoring and interpreting data
- Experience with enteral tube feeding and nutrition support
- Experience of working with patients with multiple pathologies, undertaking assessment, making treatment and discharge plans
Desirable
- Experience and working knowledge of CSII/ insulin pumps
- Experience of critical care and parenteral nutrition
Knowledge
Essential
- In depth knowledge to expert level in the diabetes speciality
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of managing nutritional in patients with physical and psychological impairment.
- Demonstrate knowledge of enteral tube feeding
Desirable
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of enteral feeding including ethics of initiating and withdrawal of nutrition support
Other Requirements
Essential
- Confident & Self-motivated
- Able to set priorities and meet deadlines in spite of repeated interruptions
- Able to maintain effective working relationships with relevant colleagues
- Understanding of the Trust Values
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).
