Job summary
We believe that as dietitians, nutrition nurses and support staff:
o We enable recovery
o We empower quality of life
o We bring independence and dignity to our patients
o We are the foundation of a healthy life.
Are you passionate about optimising the quality of life of others, enabling recovery following serious illness and driven to promote the independence and dignity of your patients. Are you passionate about change, new technologies and seek the freedom to lead change? Then you may be interested in learning more about our team, working with us and the Nutrition and dietetics service at Sandwell and West Birmingham.
The Nutrition and Dietetics Service at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust is excited to recruit a diabetes dietitian to work within our acute outpatient services. You will be working within a long established MDT, alongside colleagues who are friendly, approachable, supportive and progressive and who truly value dietitians within their service. We are looking for an innovative individual who is motivated by MDT working and keen to work in a diabetes specialist services
Main duties of the job
The role involves mainly working with outpatients under the diabetes and antenatal services. You will have a varied and interesting case load of patients with Type 1 diabetes (including newly diagnosed patients), Type 2 diabetes who require insulin and pregnant women with gestational diabetes or Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes.
Outpatient clinics are structured to promote MDT working and so you will never feel unsupported in your role when managing more complex patients. Our service is a DAFNE accredited centre and is involved in leading a national trial of VICTOR group education. You will be joining a progressive service with opportunities to be achieve competency as an educator in DAFNE, VICTOR and Roche carbohydrate counting.
About us
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated careorganisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
We have three strategic objectives:
- Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
- Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
- Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached documents for further details of the job including main responsibilities.
As a team, we live our core Trust values of ambition, respect and compassion. Our trust champions nutrition and hydration as a fundamental of care and takes a strongly integrated, person-centred approach where independence and early intervention is promoted and encouraged using What matters to you? principles. We are looking for a suitably aspirational candidate who will share these core values and behaviours.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached documents for further details of the job including main responsibilities.
As a team, we live our core Trust values of ambition, respect and compassion. Our trust champions nutrition and hydration as a fundamental of care and takes a strongly integrated, person-centred approach where independence and early intervention is promoted and encouraged using What matters to you? principles. We are looking for a suitably aspirational candidate who will share these core values and behaviours.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/Diploma in Dietetics.
- HCPC Registration
- Evidence of post registration clinical update course or equivalent in relevant subject.
Desirable
- Membership of British Dietetic Association
- Membership of the Diabetes Specialist Group of BDA
- Completion of DAFNE Course
- Attendance of student supervisory skills course
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience of working with patients with type 2, type 1 and gestational diabetes.
- Experience of working as part of a dietetic team and the wider MDT
- Experience of training student dietitians
- Experience of working within the diabetes MDT
Desirable
- Involvement in audit and research
- Experience of line managing qualified or clinical support staff
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/Diploma in Dietetics.
- HCPC Registration
- Evidence of post registration clinical update course or equivalent in relevant subject.
Desirable
- Membership of British Dietetic Association
- Membership of the Diabetes Specialist Group of BDA
- Completion of DAFNE Course
- Attendance of student supervisory skills course
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience of working with patients with type 2, type 1 and gestational diabetes.
- Experience of working as part of a dietetic team and the wider MDT
- Experience of training student dietitians
- Experience of working within the diabetes MDT
Desirable
- Involvement in audit and research
- Experience of line managing qualified or clinical support staff
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
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).
