Advanced Specialist Dietitian - Diabetes

Job summary

Please note: We will consider band 6 candidates applying for this position as a developmental post, i.e. with a view to the post holder needing to meet specific competencies to achieve Band 7 level.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Diabetes Dietitian to join our team of Dietitians at Northwick Park Hospital and Central Middlesex Hospital. The post requires an enthusiastic Dietitian with experience of working in Diabetes, to deliver a dietetic service as part of a multidisciplinary team within the Diabetes Centres at Central Middlesex Hospital.

You will be required to provide evidence based dietetic advice to adults including carbohydrate counting education, insulin pump therapy and continuous glucose monitoring. The role would have a great mix of one-to-one clinics and diabetes group education, including DAFNE and carb counting sessions delivered virtually and face to face.

Main duties of the job

As a band 7, you will be one of the senior members of the Dietetic team. You will support the Team Lead in developing and evolving the dietetic service and you will also be providing support to the junior members of the team.

We are looking for a Dietitian with strong communication, organisational, team working and leadership skills. They should be focused on providing a high quality dietetic service which is responsive to the changing needs of the NHS and this patient group.

The post holder will be expected to lead on a number of clinical and service development projects. You will be the expert on nutrition in this field and will continue to work on current service improvement projects including reducing DNA rates, patient initiated follow up and an exciting project on reducing insulin intervention in antenatal/Gestational Diabetes care, whilst continuing to raise the profile of Dietetics within the team and organisation.

The small and friendly Central Middlesex Hospital multidisciplinary team consists of Consultant Endocrinologists, Specialist Diabetes Nurses, Podiatrists as well as Diabetes Specialist Midwives.

The NPH site is a large, dynamic and friendly department of acute dietitians, community dietitians, dietetic assistants and admin based across Trust at Northwick Park, St Marks and Ealing Hospitals.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

o Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK

o St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease

o Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice

o Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.