Band 7 Specialist Dietitian
The closing date is 21 December 2025
Job summary
Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospital Trust are seeking a band 7 Dietitian with a special interest in Diabetes to join the team for a 12 month fixed term/secondment due to service expansion and the start of the insulin pump service.
We are looking for a self-motivated, team player to come and join the Diabetes team to help improve patient care and outcomes across Trust.
You must have experience in diabetes with a detailed knowledge of diabetes treatment and carbohydrate counting. Ideally you should have some experience in caring for patients on insulin pump, they should also be ready and willing to learn and develop this.
You will be involved in supporting the type 1 diabetes patients and the diabetes insulin pump service. You will be involved in dietitian-led clinic as well as assessing in-patients with diabetes on pumps, helping to review and suggest treatment as well as giving advice and education to patients, relatives and ward staff.
You will need to be available to work across site although initially this role will be based in KGH, you may be required to help cover a 7 day working week.
Although this position is a 12 months fixed-term contract, the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 12 months.
Main duties of the job
You will be involved in supporting and supervising junior dietitians and nurses. Each day brings a new, exciting challenge and there are always learning opportunities to embark on. You will be working with a team who display PRIDE values; Passion, Responsibility, Innovation, Drive and Empowerment.
To provide a specialist, effective, flexible clinical dietetic service to the Diabetes & Endocrine Service at BHRUT. This includes all Diabetes patients within BHRUT (mainly out patients but not exclusively) with a focus on Type 1 Diabetes and those on insulin pumps.
To provide expert guidance and advice to other members of the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) within Endocrine & Diabetes Dept, with a focus on Type 1 Diabetes and those on insulin pumps.
The post holder will undertake research and audit on a regular basis to ensure that practise is evidence based.
To lead service development within own clinical area and contribute to the day to day running and development of the dietetic service through the promotion, adaptation and development of policies, procedures and guidelines using evidence-based practise and current research.
To provide leadership for the dietetic service within Endocrine & Diabetes Department.
To plan, coordinate, deliver and evaluate the dietetic service provided to diabetes patients within the specialist service.
About us
We're an organisation that is getting better and betterand ourimprovements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record(we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated goodby the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen'sand get rid of corridor care.
We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance
We run a Women's Health Hubin Ilford; an Ageing Well Centrein Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospitaland at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexiblyand more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wageemployer.
Some of the positive changes we've made are captured in this film.
Details
Date posted
12 December 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£26,875 to £30,325 a year per annum inclusive
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
162-7481-MED
Job locations
King George Hospital
Barley Lane
Ilford
IG3 8YB
Employer details
Employer name
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
King George Hospital
Barley Lane
Ilford
IG3 8YB
Employer's website
https://www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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