Band 8a Clinical Lead Diabetes Dietitian (Adult) | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Lead Band 8a Diabetes Dietitian to enhance patient care for those with Type 1 diabetes. The role involves planning and implementing strategic services, autonomously managing complex cases, and providing leadership within a multidisciplinary team. Ideal candidates will have experience in diabetes management and excellent clinical reasoning skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing complex diabetes cases.
• Ability to work autonomously as a non-medical prescriber.
• Strong analytical skills for interpreting clinical data.

Responsibilities

• Plan and monitor strategic delivery of diabetes services.
• Develop service pathways to enhance patient safety.
• Provide advanced Diabetes Dietetic assessment and management.

Skills

Diabetes Dietetic assessment

Clinical reasoning

Diabetes technology

Job description

Overview

An excellent opportunity to hire one Lead Band 8a Diabetes Dietitian to offer expert assistance in enhancing care for patients with Type 1 diabetes. The role leads a dynamic team with development opportunities to enhance experience in diabetes within a multidisciplinary workforce.

Responsibilities

• Plan, implement and monitor strategic delivery of a highly specialist, evidence-based clinically effective service in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team.
• Develop a new service pathway to improve patient safety on the wards, focusing on emergency departments across the Trust to reduce hypoglycaemic events.
• Develop the Adult Diabetes Dietetic Clinical Lead role to Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP), including development of competencies and structure.
• Work as an autonomous practitioner providing advanced Diabetes Dietetic assessment and management to a highly specialised clinical caseload with complex presentations, interpreting and analysing clinical and non-clinical data to form accurate diagnoses and prognoses.
• Act as an advanced practitioner using assessment, diabetes technology, supplementary prescribing and advanced clinical reasoning to assist in the management of diabetes.
• Work as a supplementary non-medical prescriber (adhering to Trust policy) with the ability to initiate and adjust medication within your field of expertise.

About the Trust

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated staff care for over 1.6 million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17 million tests.

Additional Information

For more information please follow the official Trust careers site.

Application window

This advert closes on Tuesday 30 Sep 2025.