Senior Specialist Dietitian

NHS Tayside; Dundee; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Part time

Job summary

NHS Tayside’s Nutrition and Dietetic Service is seeking a Dietitian to join our specialist diabetes team. The role focuses on secondary care diabetes management, including insulin therapy and hybrid closed loop systems, alongside a proactive MDT approach.

The successful candidate will support clinical care, pathways, and service development across Tayside, with opportunities for professional development and collaboration with colleagues in education and research.

Qualifications

• Must be HCPC registered as a Dietitian.
• Significant experience in a diabetes team as specialist Dietitian.
• Experience with complex caseloads and hybrid closed loop systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide a clinical service in secondary care for people with diabetes in Tayside.
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary diabetes team to improve pathways and service delivery.
• Lead and support pathway development and service improvement initiatives.

Skills

Clinical diabetes care

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Autonomous practice

Leadership

Education

HCPC registered Dietitian

Tools

Hybrid closed loop systems

Job description

Could you work as part of a multi-disciplinary team committed to improving the health of people with diabetes across Tayside?

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

The Nutrition and Dietetic Service in Tayside are seeking to recruit a dietitian to work within our specialist diabetes team.

The postholder will work as a member of the specialist Tayside Dietetic Diabetes Team and will provide a clinical service in secondary care for people in Tayside living with diabetes. The post holder will be expected to work closely with the multi-disciplinary diabetes team taking a pro‑active approach in the clinical care of patients, service improvement and pathway development. The primary clinical focus of the post will be on patients with type 1 diabetes requiring insulin therapy including hybrid closed loop systems.

Excellent interpersonal and communications skills and the ability to demonstrate good team working, leadership, time management as well as being able to work autonomously are essential. The post holder should have significant experience of working in a diabetes team as specialist dietitian, including experience of working with a complex case load and hybrid closed loop systems

The Tayside Nutrition & Dietetic Service promotes collaborative working across all our teams in different settings and specialities. This enables and encourages the development and implementation of pathways, standards and innovative practice. It also allows for extensive peer support and opportunities for professional development. We are committed to the training of dietetic students, medical students and other healthcare professionals

Applicants must be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.

Hours of work are: 14.4 per week