Job summary
Band 5 Progression Role to Band 6
Are you interested in developing your knowledge and skills in the diabetes field? We are excited to offer the post as a Band 5 development post (competencies to be completed within 12-18 months) to progress to Band 6to join the diabetes team within the Inner London Boroughs.
This is ideal for a dietitian seeking to gain experience in diabetes in a challenging and high paced environment. You will be working with experienced and supportive teams. We are a very friendly and welcoming service where staff wellbeing is a high priority.
We are looking for a motivated, innovative dietitian with excellent communication, organisation and team working skills, working within the diabetes service. You will need to be flexible and have an ability to problem solve and apply clinical reasoning effectively, which are essential as you will be working in a fast-paced and busy environment.
If you are a motivated and driven individual who is keen to contribute to the development of our diabetes department, we look forward to receiving your application.
This post offers a wide range of experience in the diabetes field, and it is not necessary to have diabetes experience as you will be supported by colleagues within the diabetes Central London Community Healthcare Trust, to help with your progress.
Main duties of the job
- To provide diabetes assessment and treatment to clients in a variety of community settings including diabetes clinics, group education programmes, domiciliary visits, and supporting GP practices within the Inner London Boroughs
- To be responsible to manage their own clinical caseload as an autonomous worker, whilst working to service standards under the supervision of a specialist diabetes dietitian
- To contribute to the Multi-disciplinary team.
- To support the management of patients with diabetes and their families
- To be involved in student dietetic training.
- To have excellent communication skills, the ability to work well in a team and a positive and flexible approach.
- To be responsible for inputting clinical activity data accurately.
About us
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Single occupancy accommodation in Central London - (we can help you find accommodation in London, support you with your deposit)
- Support with gaining your driving license *T&C's apply
- Car lease scheme *T&C's apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here:https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide clinical service delivery which is evidence based and conforms to best practice and is supported by research, including comprehensive diabetes assessments, individualized dietary advice and support for all patients to adults in community settings such as GP practices, health centres and client homes
- To use a range of IT systems to produce data, reports, presentations and literature.
- To support the service and provide cover where required across CLCH boroughs.
- To contribute to diabetes guidelines and formulation of other guidelines.
- To research, develop, produce and maintain evidence based departmental diabetes literature/resources.
- To work autonomously and manage a busy clinical workload.
- To provide diabetes service in a variety of community settings. This may include delivering some sessions in the evening and at weekends, when required.
- To use professional judgement and clinical expertise to independently interpret and analyse complex situations and information to formulate treatment plans according to evidence based practice and modify according to changes in clinical condition.
- To liaise with the multidisciplinary team to ensure a personalised and effective package of care is delivered to the clients.
- To be clinically competent to give advice, treatment and dietary counselling to support behavioural change, in adults with complex and diverse healthcare needs across health and social care.
- To undertake audits and research as part of the role, and to publish and present any relevant data acquired at appropriate meetings/conferences.
- To engage with the local population and contribute to the CLCH strategy on patient and public engagement by involving people in decisions about their own care and treatment via PREMS and PROMS, joint goal setting and the collection of patient stories.
- To communicate highly complex and sensitive information in an understandable format to clients, carers and families from a wide range of backgrounds, to gain consent, ensure understanding of condition, treatment options, risks, acceptance and compliance with dietary treatment, which may include unwelcome or difficult to accept information.
- To use motivation and counselling skills to facilitate acceptance, behaviour change and ongoing compliance with treatment programmes taking into account emotional, physical, social and psychological barriers as well as strong influences on change e.g. depression, language difficulties, impaired cognitive function, resistant attitudes and religion.
- To initiate and participate in multi-disciplinary/multi-agency collaborative working to promote continuity of care.
- To use clinical judgement to refer clients to other services and professionals and when appropriate.
- To provide timely and informative client reports and discharge summaries for GPs, consultants, other Allied Health Professionals, nursing and other staff.
- To be responsible for effective time management, meeting deadlines and responding to fluctuating workloads and organising, planning and prioritising clinical and non-clinical workload.
- To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work and to ensure that own work is within professional standards and clinical guidelines.
- To be responsible for complying with legal and professional confidentiality guidelines at all times.
- To demonstrate compassion, empathy and sensitivity to clients who may have emotional and physical conditions and social concerns requiring moderate emotional effort on a regular basis.
- To perform tasks which require the use and transportation of anthropometric measurement equipment, training materials which require moderate mental and physical effort.
- To act as an effective member of the team, working flexibly and collaboratively, supporting colleagues where required.
- To demonstrate negotiation skills in the management of conflict in instances where aggression may arise from community members, clients or carers.
- To demonstrate negotiation and influencing skills when working with colleagues where instances of conflict may arise and to seek support and guidance from senior staff as required.
- To be able to respond to inconsistent work patterns, and to manage time effectively, and re-prioritise as required using moderate mental effort on a daily basis
- To be flexible to the needs of the service and able to respond and adapt to changes in service delivery and processes.
- To travel to community settings using the most appropriate form of transport, e.g. walking, cycling, public transport, which may require moderate physical effort on a daily basis.
- To be able to be exposed to unpleasant working conditions, which may be unhygienic, and have cluttered environments or pets present.
- To comply with Trust policies including Moving and Handling, Lone Working, Health and Safety and Risk Management Policies and procedures at all times.
Please refer to the attached Job Description for full list of responsibilities.
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide clinical service delivery which is evidence based and conforms to best practice and is supported by research, including comprehensive diabetes assessments, individualized dietary advice and support for all patients to adults in community settings such as GP practices, health centres and client homes
- To use a range of IT systems to produce data, reports, presentations and literature.
- To support the service and provide cover where required across CLCH boroughs.
- To contribute to diabetes guidelines and formulation of other guidelines.
- To research, develop, produce and maintain evidence based departmental diabetes literature/resources.
- To work autonomously and manage a busy clinical workload.
- To provide diabetes service in a variety of community settings. This may include delivering some sessions in the evening and at weekends, when required.
- To use professional judgement and clinical expertise to independently interpret and analyse complex situations and information to formulate treatment plans according to evidence based practice and modify according to changes in clinical condition.
- To liaise with the multidisciplinary team to ensure a personalised and effective package of care is delivered to the clients.
- To be clinically competent to give advice, treatment and dietary counselling to support behavioural change, in adults with complex and diverse healthcare needs across health and social care.
- To undertake audits and research as part of the role, and to publish and present any relevant data acquired at appropriate meetings/conferences.
- To engage with the local population and contribute to the CLCH strategy on patient and public engagement by involving people in decisions about their own care and treatment via PREMS and PROMS, joint goal setting and the collection of patient stories.
- To communicate highly complex and sensitive information in an understandable format to clients, carers and families from a wide range of backgrounds, to gain consent, ensure understanding of condition, treatment options, risks, acceptance and compliance with dietary treatment, which may include unwelcome or difficult to accept information.
- To use motivation and counselling skills to facilitate acceptance, behaviour change and ongoing compliance with treatment programmes taking into account emotional, physical, social and psychological barriers as well as strong influences on change e.g. depression, language difficulties, impaired cognitive function, resistant attitudes and religion.
- To initiate and participate in multi-disciplinary/multi-agency collaborative working to promote continuity of care.
- To use clinical judgement to refer clients to other services and professionals and when appropriate.
- To provide timely and informative client reports and discharge summaries for GPs, consultants, other Allied Health Professionals, nursing and other staff.
- To be responsible for effective time management, meeting deadlines and responding to fluctuating workloads and organising, planning and prioritising clinical and non-clinical workload.
- To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work and to ensure that own work is within professional standards and clinical guidelines.
- To be responsible for complying with legal and professional confidentiality guidelines at all times.
- To demonstrate compassion, empathy and sensitivity to clients who may have emotional and physical conditions and social concerns requiring moderate emotional effort on a regular basis.
- To perform tasks which require the use and transportation of anthropometric measurement equipment, training materials which require moderate mental and physical effort.
- To act as an effective member of the team, working flexibly and collaboratively, supporting colleagues where required.
- To demonstrate negotiation skills in the management of conflict in instances where aggression may arise from community members, clients or carers.
- To demonstrate negotiation and influencing skills when working with colleagues where instances of conflict may arise and to seek support and guidance from senior staff as required.
- To be able to respond to inconsistent work patterns, and to manage time effectively, and re-prioritise as required using moderate mental effort on a daily basis
- To be flexible to the needs of the service and able to respond and adapt to changes in service delivery and processes.
- To travel to community settings using the most appropriate form of transport, e.g. walking, cycling, public transport, which may require moderate physical effort on a daily basis.
- To be able to be exposed to unpleasant working conditions, which may be unhygienic, and have cluttered environments or pets present.
- To comply with Trust policies including Moving and Handling, Lone Working, Health and Safety and Risk Management Policies and procedures at all times.
Please refer to the attached Job Description for full list of responsibilities.
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Degree in Human Nutrition & Dietetics
- Health and Care Professions Council Registration
Desirable
- Membership of the British Dietetics Association
- Member of Special Interest Group
- Evidence of other post registration education and training in diabetes management
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience in a range of clinical areas including diabetes, weight management, cardiovascular disease
- Experience and knowledge in the collection and recording of outcome measures.
- 3Experience in contributing to policy, procedures, guidelines and clinical standards development
- Experience in conducting clinical audits and / or research
- Experience in student training
- Experience in using behaviour change techniques
Desirable
- Experience in supervising the work of others
- Experience in developing and delivering group education programme
- Experience in training/teaching healthcare professionals
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced skills in assessment and treatment of clients
- Ability to apply core dietetic skills across a range of clinical conditions.
- Excellent group education skills
- Ability to work autonomously
- Ability to work as a team member and promote collaborative multi disciplinary and multi-agency working
- Ability to problem solve, prioritise and demonstrate clinical reasoning.
- Good communication and report writing skills, in both verbal and written format
- 8Good IT skills - Microsoft Word, Power point, Excel
- Knowledge of and commitment to equal opportunities
- Ability to work with clients from a diverse range of backgrounds
- Ability to manage time effectively, meet deadlines and deal with work pressures
Other
Essential
- Personally and Professionally responsible
- Able to self-motivate
- Ability to be flexible, adaptable and reliable
- Able to carry out the duties of the post with or without adaptations
- Able to carry out moderate physical effort throughout the day
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Degree in Human Nutrition & Dietetics
- Health and Care Professions Council Registration
Desirable
- Membership of the British Dietetics Association
- Member of Special Interest Group
- Evidence of other post registration education and training in diabetes management
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience in a range of clinical areas including diabetes, weight management, cardiovascular disease
- Experience and knowledge in the collection and recording of outcome measures.
- 3Experience in contributing to policy, procedures, guidelines and clinical standards development
- Experience in conducting clinical audits and / or research
- Experience in student training
- Experience in using behaviour change techniques
Desirable
- Experience in supervising the work of others
- Experience in developing and delivering group education programme
- Experience in training/teaching healthcare professionals
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced skills in assessment and treatment of clients
- Ability to apply core dietetic skills across a range of clinical conditions.
- Excellent group education skills
- Ability to work autonomously
- Ability to work as a team member and promote collaborative multi disciplinary and multi-agency working
- Ability to problem solve, prioritise and demonstrate clinical reasoning.
- Good communication and report writing skills, in both verbal and written format
- 8Good IT skills - Microsoft Word, Power point, Excel
- Knowledge of and commitment to equal opportunities
- Ability to work with clients from a diverse range of backgrounds
- Ability to manage time effectively, meet deadlines and deal with work pressures
Other
Essential
- Personally and Professionally responsible
- Able to self-motivate
- Ability to be flexible, adaptable and reliable
- Able to carry out the duties of the post with or without adaptations
- Able to carry out moderate physical effort throughout the day
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).
