About this role
Job summary
Delivery of a comprehensive, skilled and evidence-basedDiabetes service to meet the needs of the population. Maintaina clinical caseload within your specialist field. Continuingresponsibility for assessment of health needs and developmentand evaluation of standards of care.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Main duties of the job
To establish and provide a diabetes nutrition support service to patients with diabetes independently and in partnership with diabetes specialist nurses. You will manage a diabetes caseload with the community diabetes specialist service with varying degrees of nutritional complexity with supervision from diabetes specialist dietician and exercising a large degree of autonomy. You will be responsible for using current evidence and knowledge to propose and evaluate alternative approaches to dietetic practice in community diabetes aiming to improve outcomes within available resources.
This will support Government policy by developing new ways of working. You will be an integral member ofthe community diabetes service and assist with the delivery of diabetes structured educationprogramme XPERT. Most of the job role will be working with adults who have Type 2 diabetes, butalso some involvement with adults with Type 1 diabetes. To provide education and training to thewider multidisciplinary team in matters concerning the nutritional management of diabetes. To participate in audit/evaluation for adult community diabetes and other projects as required by theXPERT Programme, Community Health Trust and Community Diabetes Clinical Lead and Band 7Dietician.
About us
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Person Specification
Training and Qualifactions
Essential
- Registered Dietitian with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
- BSc or postgraduate qualification in Nutrition and Dietetics, or equivalent qualification leading to registration.
- Specialist knowledge of diabetes dietetics across a range of procedures, underpinned by theory and acquired through relevant postgraduate study or equivalent specialist training and experience.
- Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to diabetes.
- Teaching qualification or equivalent teaching and training experience.
Experience
Essential
- Post-registration experience in diabetes dietetics, including management of adults with complex needs and co-existing conditions.
- Experience of autonomously assessing and treating an own specialist caseload and maintaining associated records.
- Experience of multidisciplinary working across organisational or professional boundaries.
- Experience of supervising or supporting students, assistants or less experienced colleagues.
- Experience of delivering specialist education or training to patients, carers and health or care staff.
- Experience of audit, service evaluation, research activity and contributing to policy, pathway or service improvement.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- SKILLS Ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive information and communicate effectively where there are barriers to understanding.
- Highly developed motivational, empathic, reassurance, counselling and behaviour-change skills.
- Ability to analyse and interpret complex clinical, biochemical, dietary and glucose-monitoring information and compare a range of treatment options.
- Ability to provide highly specialised dietetic advice for patients with complex conditions.
- Ability to plan, prioritise and adjust an own specialist caseload and ongoing activities.
- Ability to work autonomously within broad occupational policies, professional standards, clinical guidance and Trust procedures.
Other
Essential
- Ability to meet travel requirements of the post
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
Address
Mount McKinley Shrewsbury
Anchorage Avenue, Shrewsbury Business Park
Shrewsbury
SY26FG
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.shropscommunityhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)