Overview
Contract Type: 0
Salary: £50008 – £56908
Partner Org: Ashford & St. Peter’s Hospital Foundation Trust
We have an exciting opportunity to join the Dietetic team at Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a permanent Band 7 Diabetes Dietitian. The role is part-time, 30 hours per week, and offers a wide range of benefits including the opportunity for flexible working, hybrid working, as well as a range of professional development opportunities.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, flexible, and committed Dietitian who will work as part of our Multidisciplinary Diabetes Team based at the Stephanie Marks Centre at Ashford and St Peters Hospital. The Diabetes Dietitian team provide expert Diabetes dietary advice to patients and their carers including structured education and other education relevant to individual management of diabetes. The post holder will take a lead role in managing, coordination and supporting the Insulin Pump service for the Trust, in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team.
The team members work closely with the Diabetes colleagues, Dietitians, other health care professionals, carers, patients and family members to optimise glycaemic control and improve long-term health and quality of life.
Main duties of the job
The Diabetes Dietetic team form part of the Ashford and St Peter’s Dietetic Department to provide nutrition and dietetic services to patients and their carers including structured education and other education relevant to individual management of diabetes. The role will include taking a leading role in managing, coordination and supporting the Insulin Pump service for the Trust, in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team and to provide expert Diabetes dietary advice to patients and their carers including structured education and other education relevant to individual management of diabetes.
As a practitioner with a high degree of autonomy you will take responsibility for planning and delivering your own caseload acting as a source of expertise on dietetic/nutritional management to patients, carers, GPs, consultants as well as other health care professionals in both the hospital and community settings.
The successful candidate will take an active role within the general functioning of the Dietetic Department, including contributing to student training.
Flexibility, good organisational and prioritisation skills are essential to this role. The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate excellent team working skills and enthusiasm.
Working for our organisation
Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.
Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter’s, Chertsey, Surrey.
We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.
We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
- Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
- On-site Nurseries
- On-site staff cafes
- On-site parking
- Support in career development
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics
Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
For more information about a career at ASPH please visit:
www.asph-careers.org
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To provide expert Diabetes dietary advice to patients and their carers including structured education and other education relevant to individual management of diabetes
- To take a lead role in managing, coordination and supporting the Insulin Pump service for the Trust, in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team.
- To take a lead role in the development and implementation of strategies in relation to the dietetic management of Diabetes in the acute and community settings and to monitor and evaluate progress in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team.
- To be responsible for dietary policy in diabetes and to work as an integral part of the Diabetes Team and contribute to the policies for the team as a whole.
- To take the lead role in providing learning opportunities and developing resources, including pathways of care, for GPs, consultants and other health care professionals to facilitate dietetic knowledge of Diabetes.
- To support specialist consultant clinics, including ante-natal, and manage specific diabetes dietitian clinics.
- To support and line manage junior members of the diabetes dietetic workforce.
- To support student placements
Person specification
Attitude, Behaviour and Values
Essential criteria
- Always puts patients first, willing and able to take personal responsibility, demonstrates passion for excellence, and takes pride in their work and their team
- Flexible in their attitudes and behaviours to support team working and delivery of objectives
- Respects, values and cares for others
- Supports and promotes equality and diversity
Qualifications and Further Training
Essential criteria
- 4 year degree in Dietetics (or equivalent qualification)
- Registration with HCPC- ESSENTIAL
- Evidence of post-registration training relevant to clinical speciality
- Extensive post graduate training to Masters level or equivalent experience in practice at masters level
- Student supervisory skills course
Desirable criteria
- Teaching on degree (or higher level) / professional course
- Membership of BDA
- Counselling skills course
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive post qualification experience and ability to work independently with complex patients in an NHS environment
- Previous experience working in Diabetes services at a specialist level including experience of insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring.
- Experience working at a senior level within the NHS environment
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working and with partner organisations
- Ability to demonstrate leadership when introducing change
- Experience of conducting audits and/ or research
- Experience of collecting performance data, to analyse and develop services.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with a diverse range of stakeholders
- Service delivery in a range of clinical settings, including community
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to evidence a sound understanding of the NHS principles and values.
- Able to demonstrate an awareness and knowledge of national clinical and professional policies, guidelines and procedures
- Diabetes therapies including detailed knowledge of insulin, insulin delivery, blood glucose monitoring and oral agents
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills
- Ability to work autonomously
- Ability to co-ordinate and prioritise workloads – able to multi-task as well as be self-disciplined and highly motivated
- Ability to liaise with professionals at all levels
- Ability to deal with emotionally demanding situations and communicating sensitive information as part of clinical care or in management of staff
- Able to demonstrate problem-solving and analytical skills
- Ability to review and collect performance data, to analyse and develop services.
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the team, the service and the Trust
- Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office applications
- Ability to travel between Trust sites
Desirable criteria
- Driving licence and access to own car for work
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