Specialist Dietitian - Community Diabetes

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., This is an exciting post where you would be involved in a Community based Multi Disaplinary Team (MDT) working in a forward thinking team of Diabetes Specialist Dietitians, Nurses and Consultants you will have the opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills in a variety of areas such as:

• 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.
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. If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post. Our statement on modern slavery We have zero tolerance of slavery and human trafficking and are committed to maintaining and improving systems, processes and policies to avoid complicity in human rights violation and to prevent slavery and human trafficking in our supply chain. The Trust policies, procedures, governance and legal arrangements are robust, ensuring that proper checks and due diligence are applied in employment procedures to ensure compliance with this legislation. We also conform to the NHS employment check standards within our workforce recruitment and selection practices. This strategic approach incorporates analysis of the Trust's supply chains and its partners to assess risk exposure and management on modern slavery. Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.


• 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.
Desirable criteria
• 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
Desirable criteria
• I.T. Skills - power-point, keyboard and e-mail., You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  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.