Job summary
Are you looking to progress your career forward in the field of adult diabetes care? Would you like to work with a dynamic and forward thinking multidisciplinary diabetes team in beautiful South Devon?
We have an exciting opportunity to appoint 1.0wte Band 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. 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.
Main duties of the job
You will provide specialist dietetic advice for people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes, and lipid disordersin 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.
About us
Why work with us - Torbay Hospital provides acute care for the local community and has several community hospitals, and is a hot-spot for those who are considering living by the sea or within half an hour of Dartmoor National Park and an hour to Exmoor National Park. Meanwhile, Plymouth and Exeter are also both within a short drive to enjoy the culture, maritime history and shopping experiences.
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.
Job description
Job 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, ina 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 andauditing the diabetes education programmes.
To provide education for patients individually and in groups.
Responsible for providing highly developed and complex clinical andnutritional 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 withdiabetes, 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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Job description
Job 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, ina 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 andauditing the diabetes education programmes.
To provide education for patients individually and in groups.
Responsible for providing highly developed and complex clinical andnutritional 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 withdiabetes, 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.
#CaretojoinusTSD
Person Specification
Qualifications and training
Essential
- oDegree or equivalent in Nutrition and Dietetics
- oHCPC registration in Dietetics
- oEvidence of post graduate study in Diabetes
Desirable
- oPost Graduate Diabetes Qualification
- oMember of a specialist group of BDA e.g. Diabetes or member of Diabetes UK or Heart UK
- oBehaviour change training
- oAdult Education Teaching qualification or Group facilitation training
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- oPost qualification experience
- oAutonomous practitioner
- oExperience to date must include some diabetes and obesity dietetics
Desirable
- oAdvanced clinical skills including experience of delivering Type 1 diabetes structured education
- oExperience of managing people with diabetes using insulin pumps
- oExperience of clinically supervising other dietitians working in diabetes or other specialties
- o Ability to carry out research and to interpret the research of others
- * Experience of developing a service or planning and delivering health promotion initiatives
Person Specification
Qualifications and training
Essential
- oDegree or equivalent in Nutrition and Dietetics
- oHCPC registration in Dietetics
- oEvidence of post graduate study in Diabetes
Desirable
- oPost Graduate Diabetes Qualification
- oMember of a specialist group of BDA e.g. Diabetes or member of Diabetes UK or Heart UK
- oBehaviour change training
- oAdult Education Teaching qualification or Group facilitation training
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- oPost qualification experience
- oAutonomous practitioner
- oExperience to date must include some diabetes and obesity dietetics
Desirable
- oAdvanced clinical skills including experience of delivering Type 1 diabetes structured education
- oExperience of managing people with diabetes using insulin pumps
- oExperience of clinically supervising other dietitians working in diabetes or other specialties
- o Ability to carry out research and to interpret the research of others
- * Experience of developing a service or planning and delivering health promotion 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
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).
