Senior Specialist Dietitian (Diabetes)

NHS Tayside; Dundee; Vor Ort; GBP 53.000 - 61.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

NHS Tayside in Ninewells Hospital is seeking a Senior Specialist Dietitian (Diabetes) to join our multidisciplinary diabetes team on a part‑time basis. The role focuses on Type 1 diabetes patients requiring insulin therapy, including hybrid closed loop systems, in secondary care across Tayside.

You will work within the Nutrition and Dietetics - Diabetes department, providing expert dietetic input, leading pathway development and service improvement, and collaborating with colleagues to deliver

Qualifikationen

• Applicants must be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.
• Significant experience of working in a diabetes team as a specialist dietitian.
• Experience with patients requiring insulin therapy, including hybrid closed loop systems.

Aufgaben

• Provide a clinical service in secondary care for people with diabetes.
• Work as part of the specialist Tayside Dietetic Diabetes Team.
• Lead service development, pathway improvement and multidisciplinary collaboration.

Ausbildung

HCPC registration

Jobbeschreibung

Senior Specialist Dietitian (Diabetes)

Job reference: 262779

Salary: Band 7 (£52,845 - £61,466)

Job closing date: 02/11/2026

Job Type: Allied Health Professions

Location: Ninewells Hospital

Employment type: Permanent

Hours Per Week: 14.4

Employer (NHS Board): NHS Tayside

Department: Nutrition and Dietetics - Diabetes

Job Advert

Could you work as part of a multi-disciplinary team committed to improving the health of people with diabetes across Tayside? 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 inter-personal 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. Please note that the salary scale for this post is pro rata for part time hours.

Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

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.