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

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is looking for a passionate Lead Diabetes Dietitian to enhance care for patients with Type 1 diabetes. You will lead a dynamic team, implement strategic services, and work with advanced clinical practices. This opportunity offers flexible hours and access to extensive training and development, contributing to your professional growth.

Benefits

Access to training and development

Flexible hours

Qualifications

• Experience in a multidisciplinary team setting.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex diabetes cases.
• Understanding of clinical governance principles.

Responsibilities

• Plan and monitor delivery of specialist diabetes dietetic service.
• Develop new service pathways for patient safety.
• Provide advanced assessment for complex diabetes cases.
• Initiate and adjust medication in your area of expertise.

Skills

Advanced Diabetes Dietetic assessment

Clinical reasoning skills

Diabetes technology expertise

Non-medical prescribing

Education

Relevant healthcare qualification

Job description

Overview

An excellent opportunity has emerged to hire one lead band 8a Diabetes Dietitian, to offer expert assistance in enhancing care for patients with Type 1 diabetes. We are looking for a passionate professional to lead a dynamic team that offers development opportunities to enhance experience in diabetes within a multidisciplinary workforce.

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated team 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. Our size, scale and influence offer career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that can fit various lifestyles. Flexible hours and benefits include access to training and development.

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 the emergency departments across the trust in reducing hypoglycaemic events.
• Develop the Adult Diabetes Dietetic Clinical Lead role to Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) including the development of competencies and structure.
• Work as an autonomous practitioner providing advanced Diabetes Dietetic assessment and management to a specific, highly specialised clinical caseload with complex presentations, interpreting and analysing clinical and non-clinical data to form accurate diagnoses and prognoses.
• Work as an advanced practitioner, using assessment, diabetes technology, supplementary prescribing and advanced clinical reasoning skills, 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.

Additional information

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information on main responsibilities. This advert closes on Tuesday 30 Sep 2025.