Specialist Dietitian - Community Diabetes

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; United States; Remote; USD 43,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Community-based Specialist Diabetes Dietitian to deliver dietary education, support and individualised care plans to people living with diabetes in Knowsley. The role includes clinic and domiciliary visits, virtual education and group sessions, with supervision of students and graduates.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team, using digital and in-person education tools, and contribute to audits and service

Qualifications

• Current registration in relevant UK body (HPC) and active practice as a dietitian.
• Band 6 level with progression from Band 5 in diabetes education is considered.
• Experience in community-based diabetes care and education.
• Ability to supervise students/trainees and lead in a MDT setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide dietary education for Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes using digital, written and face-to-face methods.
• Input into MDT Diabetes clinics and work with Diabetes Specialist Nurses and Consultants.
• Deliver education and support to Nursing and Care Homes across Knowsley.
• Engage with communities to promote equitable access to care and culturally appropriate resources.
• Lead and supervise student and graduate dietitians; contribute to service development and quality improvements.

Skills

Dietary education

MDT collaboration

Diabetes education

Community health outreach

Education

BSc Nutrition and Dietetics

Job description

A Community based service providing support to People Living with Diabetes in the Knowsley area. As a Band 6 Community based Specialist Diabetes Dietitian you will provide dietary education, support and individualised care plans to our patients. As a Community Service we deliver across a variety of community clinic, domiciliary visits and with the communities across Knowsley, providing virtual and face to face contact, group education for people with Type 2 and Type 1 diabetes as a registered DAFNE site. Supported by an Advanced Diabetes Dietitian and other MDT colleagues in the Service, working collaboratively with other Community Service to deliver care closer to home, and the NHS 10 year plan. The successful candidate will be involved with supervision of Student and Graduate Dietitians so strong leadership and communication skills are essential. You will be supported in your professional development and offered opportunities to develop skills in other areas. You will work closely with the Service Lead to identify any quality issues within the service and provide education to staff and colleagues in your Specialist area. We are a progressive team and with a pro-active approach to service development and have created a supportive environment to encourage professional development Annex 21 structured developed progression to Band 6 will be considered for current and newly qualified Band 5 dietitians without diabetes experience.

What you will do

• Dietary education for patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes utilising digital, written and face to face education.
• Input into MDT Diabetes clinics across Knowsley supported by Diabetes Specialist Nurse and Consultants.
• Delivering education and support to Nursing and Care Homes across Knowsley.
• Harnessing new technologies and developments in Diabetes practice such as new injectable therapies, blood glucose data analysis in real time and insulin pumps.
• Involvement in audit, key performance indicators and service development.
• Engage with local communities to promote equity in the access to care and develop culturally relevant, resources, education and peer support.

The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

Equality & Diversity

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £25.70 (standard disclosure) or £46.70 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures. Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation. All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action. As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

We also conform to the NHS employment check standards within our workforce recruitment and selection practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Ability to manage and prioritise own workload
• Experience of communicating and working effectively with service users, carers, other agencies and professionals
• Experience of establishing and maintaining good standards of professional practice to ensure the delivery of an effective, quality service
• Computer literacy and ability to use a variety of electronic systems
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Ability to state the case for nutritional intervention as part of the care plan.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• Able to work as part of the MDT
• Able to contribute to operational service delivery
• Good level of knowledge of a defined area of clinical practice and knowledge current best practice
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Evidence of developing knowledge within specialist areas of dietetics, BSc in Nutrition and Dietetics or postgraduate Diploma.
• Current registration with HPC
• Membership of BDA or equivalent professional indemnity

Desirable Criteria

• Introductory level Clinical Supervisory Skills Training, Broad clinical experience in at least 3 clinical areas, including medical and surgical patients
• Experience of multi-disciplinary working.
• Experience and evidence of continuing professional development.
• Experience of training student dietitians
• Experience of conducting audit, While able to work independently, ability to recognise own limitations and access advice and information appropriately.
• Communication skills, both written and verbal, to effectively convey information
• Problem solving skills
• Time management - able to prioritise work, respond appropriately to demands and keep to time in out patient setting
• Good presentation skills
• I.T. Skills - power-point, keyboard and e-mail.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

About the Organisation

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients. UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West. Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.