Diabetes Dietitian

Venture & Agents; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 30,000 - GBP 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a diabetes dietitian to join its dietetic team at Hereford County Hospital. You will work closely with a multidisciplinary team to offer both individual and group education to patients with diabetes. The position includes managing outpatient clinics and engaging in specialized diabetes services. Successful candidates will enjoy support from an experienced team within a trust known for delivering quality care and fostering staff development.

Qualifications

• Experience in diabetes education and management.
• Ability to work with both adult and paediatric patients.
• Strong communication skills for virtual and face-to-face consultations.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual and group education on diabetes self-management.
• Run outpatient clinics focusing on diabetes treatments and education.
• Collaborate with the diabetes MDT for optimal patient care.

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a diabetes dietitian to join the dietetic team at Hereford County Hospital. The dietetic team comprises of 16 dietitians and 4 dietetic assistants.

Responsibilities

• The diabetes dietitians work closely with the wider diabetes MDT to provide 1:1 and group education/ promote self-management to patients with all types of diabetes across Herefordshire. Specialist services include antenatal service, insulin pump clinics and young adult clinics.
• The successful candidate will be responsible for running face to face and virtual outpatient clinics + structured education groups - treating all types of diabetes; with treatments for diabetes including HCL and insulin pump therapy. The caseload will include some paediatric diabetes and transition age groups in addition to adult patients.

Team and Support

You will be supported in your role by the Band 7 diabetes dietitians. Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

About the Trust and Location

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye. We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire. We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Statements

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right timeall the time.

Additional information

For more detailed information on the roles and responsibilities of the post please see attached job description and person specification.

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