Diabetes Lead Dietitian

Job summary

Are you a Dietitian with an interest and experience in the speciality of Diabetes, ready to take the next step into a leadership role? We are seeking a Dietitian with significant post registrationDiabetesexperience to join our team and help to shape our service as we increase our care provision to patients on insulin pump therapy.

This is a succession planning post and the successful candidate will be able to work alongside our highly experienced current lead dietitian whilst we deliver the funded expansion of the insulin pump service. A 12 month development period utilising Annex 21 would be considered for dietitians ready to take the next step in their careerwith some additional guidance.

As the successful post holder you will provide leadership and clinical expertise to the team of Diabetes dietitians working within secondary care. You will work as part of a supportive MDT, across the specialist areas covered by the secondary care Diabetes Team, which include inpatients, young adults, and antenatal, also providing clinical input in the new enhanced pump service. Your leadership duties will include support of the team of 6.6 WTE staff. ABUHB have a well established leadership development course to help you build your non clinical skills.

Main duties of the job

Whilst this post has been advertised as full time, applications from those wishing to work alternative hours will be considered.

This post will sit within the team of dietitians providing a service within the acute setting in Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.You will be a member of the Adult Senior Team and have the support of band 7 colleagues working alongside you across the 4 acute sites. Your development needs will be supported by the Professional Manager and Deputy Head of Service.

We are a team of 36 dietitians working from 4 main hospital bases (GUH, RGH, NHH and YYF), across the specialities of Nutrition Support, Critical Care, Gastroenterology, Stroke, Oncology and Diabetes and have the support of a team of 10 dietetic support staff and 3 ward based nutrition assistants. We value both staff and service development and actively participate in the dietetic student training programme for Wales.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.