[ref. i99708701] Specialist Diabetes Dietitian
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
We have three strategic objectives:
People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff.Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do.
Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives.
We run services from Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, Sandwell Health Campus, City Health Campus, Rowley Regis Community Hospital, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, The Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.
Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes.As “People” is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department.
Job overview
We believe that as dietitians, nutrition nurses and support staff:
- We enable recovery
- We empower quality of life
- We bring independence and dignity to our patients
- We are the foundation of a healthy life.
Then you may be interested in learning more about our team, working with us and the Nutrition and dietetics service at Sandwell and West Birmingham.
The Nutrition and Dietetics Service at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust is excited to recruit a diabetes dietitian to work within our acute outpatient services. You will be working within a long established MDT, alongside colleagues who are friendly, approachable, supportive and progressive and who truly value dietitians within their service.We are looking for an innovative individual who is motivated by MDT working and keen to work in a diabetes specialist services
Main duties of the job
The role involves mainly working with outpatients under the diabetes and antenatal services. You will have a varied and interesting case load of patients with Type 1 diabetes (including newly diagnosed patients), Type 2 diabetes who require insulin and pregnant women with gestational diabetes or Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes.
Outpatient clinics are structured to promote MDT working and so you will never feel unsupported in your role when managing more complex patients. Our service is a DAFNE accredited centre and is involved in leading a national trial of VICTOR group education.You will be joining a progressive service with opportunities to be achieve competency as an educator in DAFNE, VICTOR and Roche carbohydrate counting.
Working for our organisation
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
We have three strategic objectives:
- Our People – to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
- Our Patients – to be good or outstanding in everything we do
- Our Population – to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached documents for further details of the job including main responsibilities.
As a team, we live our core Trust values of ambition, respect and compassion. Our trust champions nutrition and hydration as a fundamental of care and takes a strongly integrated, person-centred approach where independence and early intervention is promoted and encouraged using ‘What matters to you?’ principles. We are looking for a suitably aspirational candidate who will share these core values and behaviours.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Degree/Diploma in Dietetics.
- HCPC Registration
- Evidence of post registration clinical update course or equivalent in relevant subject.
- Membership of British Dietetic Association
- Membership of the Diabetes Specialist Group of BDA
- Completion of DAFNE Course
- Attendance of student supervisory skills course
Experience
Essential criteria- Post registration experience of working with patients with type 2, type 1 and gestational diabetes.
- Experience of working as part of a dietetic team and the wider MDT
- Experience of training student dietitians
- Experience of working within the diabetes MDT
- Involvement in audit and research
- Experience of line managing qualified or clinical support staff
We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.