Dietitian - Diabetes

Due to the current post holder commencing maternity leave, an opportunity has arisen for a dietitian to take on a fixed-term Band role in our diabetes and endocrinology team. Our supportive diabetes MDT comprises consultants, SpRs, specialist nurses, psychologists, and podiatrists.

Working within diabetes and endocrinology is highly varied and will allow you to maintain and develop skills in delivering structured education for people with type 1 (DAFNE) and type 2 diabetes, facilitating group sessions for newly diagnosed individuals, carbohydrate counting with insulin adjustment, and our weight management programme specifically for people with diabetes. You will have the opportunity to work individually with patients managing diabetes in pregnancy, young people with diabetes, and those with other endocrine conditions and lipid metabolism disorders.

As a valued member of our team, you will receive:

• Flexible working, including opportunities for home working.
• Clinical supervision and support from experienced dietitians.
• Dedicated time for professional and service development.
• Regular appraisals and personalised development plan.
• Opportunity to attend educational events.

Main duties of the job

Job overview

Undertake a specified role in planning, coordinating, delivering, and evaluating the dietetic service provided to patients with diabetes, endocrinology, and lipid disorders, carrying a defined caseload and working as an integral member of the multidisciplinary team. To work closely with senior dietitians as a team member.

Perform nutritional assessments, consider clinical diagnoses of patients who may have complex or chronic presentations, determine dietetic treatment, monitor and evaluate treatment, and maintain records as an autonomous clinical practitioner.

Provide tailored dietetic advice, teaching, and training for all members of the MDT, dietitians, student dietitians, other healthcare providers, patients, and carers in all aspects of nutrition and dietetics, especially in diabetes.

Act as a member of working parties within the department (student training, catering, clinical effectiveness, diet sheet, etc.) and contribute actively to the training of student dietitians.

Provide dietetic cover for other team members as needed.

Working for our organisation

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country, providing a wide range of clinical services and serving as a base for medical education, training, and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals: John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, and Horton General Hospital.

Our values, standards, and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we foster with patients, colleagues, and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, focusing on our core values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement, and excellence.

These values ensure patients are at the heart of what we do, underpinning the quality healthcare we aim to provide for ourselves and our families.