Diabetes Specialist Dietitian - Inpatient

We are looking for an experienced band 7 Dietitian to join our Diabetes and Endocrine team, to provide excellent inpatient and outpatient diabetes care. You will join a dynamic team based at Homerton Hospital .We are a responsive service meeting the needs of an expanding local population, the service provides a number of routine and specialist services, including; providing multidisciplinary clinic support, dietitian and nurse-led clinics, ante-natal and pre-conception clinic, insulin pump clinic, transition clinic, virtual clinic, emergency reviews and managing routine and urgent ward referrals. We are also a recognised DAFNE centre. Applicants should possess an in-depth clinical knowledge of diabetes, which should be supported by recent experience in caring for people with diabetes. In addition, some experience of in-patient work and nutrition support/ enteral feeding. Applicants should also have excellent communication and clinical skills, time management skills and a commitment to evidence. Main duties of the job

• To provide advanced dietetic assessment to inpatients with Diabetes, including those with diverse presentations and highly complex physical and psychological conditions, to develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme in line with the evidence-based guidelines. To liaise and work with acute inpatient dietitians when needed.
• To be a dietetic lead for inpatients with diabetes that may have complex nutrition needs in all areas of the Hospital. To provide first line diabetes nutrition advice prior to discharge to the community or Diabetes team at the Hackney Diabetes Centre.
• To provide a diabetes dietetic service to referred patients and their carers attending the Hackney Diabetes Centre or the ante-natal service at Homerton Hospital in an outpatient setting. This may include patients post discharge, new to insulin, patients on insulin pump therapy or gestational diabetes.
• To develop and provide a dietetic diabetes service to the population of City and Hackney as part of the multidisciplinary diabetes team, acting as a key dietetic resource within the team.
• To provide clinical supervision and guidance for junior members of staff within the acute dietetic team and diabetes team.
• To support patients with diabetes utilising the technologies such as CGM, insulin pump therapy to achieve positive clinical outcomes.
• To establish and maintain responsibility with Diabetes Specialist inpatient nurses and wider Diabetes medical team to support in patients with Diabetes., The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.
The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed. Job description, The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page. The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Education and Qualifucation Essential
• BSc Nutrition & Dietetics or relevant postgraduate qualification
• HCPC registered as a Dietitian
Desirable
• Nationally recognised course in CSII/ insulin pumps
• BIDAC or DAFNE trained
• X-PERT/ DESMOND trained
• Behaviour Change training, Excellent oral and written communication skills with people from a variety of backgrounds e.g. via advocacy/interpreters
• Experience of delivering undergraduate student supervision and clinical education to graduate standard in area of specialty
• Ability to work effectively single handedly with individuals and groups
• Ability to demonstrate behaviour change facilitation/ motivational interviewing
• Ability to problem solve, analyse complex clinical problems and create practical solutions to provide best clinical care Leadership skills
• Ability to communicate life threatening/complex medical conditions in a sensitive and easily understandable language
• Ability to take own initiative and to be the lead for clinical speciality
Experience Essential
• Extensive experience of working in Diabetes Dietetics
• Experience of undertaking audit and changing practice in accordance with findings
• Understanding of team dynamics and experience of working within a team
• Experience and working knowledge CGM interpreting data
• Experience with enteral tube feeding and nutrition support
• Experience of working with patients with multiple pathologies, undertaking assessment, making treatment and discharge plans
Desirable
• Experience and working knowledge of CSII/ insulin pumps
• Experience of critical care and parenteral nutrition, In depth knowledge to expert level in the diabetes speciality
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of managing nutritional in patients with physical and psychological impairment.
• Demonstrate knowledge of enteral tube feeding
Desirable
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of enteral feeding including ethics of initiating and withdrawal of nutrition support
Trust Values, Equal Opportunities and Other Requirements Essential
• Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values
• Able to maintain effective working relationships with relevant colleagues
• Able to reflect and appraise own performance
  
  Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.
We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home. Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times. We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly. Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits. Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.