Job summary
- Main area
- Diabetes
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 391-RFL-7777136
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Barnet Hospital
- Town
- Barnet
- Salary
- £53,751 - £60,651 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Band 7 Diabetes Specialist Dietitian (Adult)
Band 7
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
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Job overview
An excellent opportunity has emerged to hire a Band 7 Diabetes Inpatient Dietitian at RFL NHS Foundation trust (based and Barnet Hospital), to offer expert assistance in enhancing and improving care for patients with diabetes in our inpatient and emergency services. We are looking for passionate professionals to become part of a dynamic team that offers development opportunities to enhance their experience in diabetes within a multidisciplinary workforce.
Main duties of the job
• To provide autonomous diabetes care for patients with Diabetes using advanced clinical skills and knowledge of diabetes across our inpatient services, urgent and emergency departments.
• To lead and autonomously manage a caseload of patients with Diabetes, who have multiple and complex needs including complex Type 1 and 2 Diabetes, ante-natal, renal and CGM/pump/HCL therapy within the inpatient and outpatient Diabetes service.
• To take responsibility for own evidence-based practice and implement and add to the body of knowledge that supports expert practice within Diabetes.
• To lead and innovate diabetes related specialist practice, both within the Trust and through local networks.
• To develop diabetes guidelines, protocols and policies for the Trust
• To develop all staff within the multidisciplinary team, providing support, advice, formal and informal education.
• To actively contribute to and participate in the delivery of Trust-wide multi disciplinary mandatory training and teaching.
• To provide specialist advice to inpatient diabetes service by receiving direct referrals from members of other multi-disciplinary teams
To work flexibly in response to service needs, to provide cover to all trust sites as required (Royal Free, Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals and our satellite outpatient sites Edgware community Hospital and Finchley Memorial.
To provide World Class Care in line with Royal Free Values and behaviours.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
For more information please follow link
https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person specification
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Registered Dietitan Relevant 1st degree
- • Specialist Diabetes Course
- • DAFNE (Dose adjustment for normal eating or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- • Advanced clinical assessment skills
- • Independent or Supplementary prescriber
- Educated to or willing to work to Masters level education
- • Recognised teaching or mentorship qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Recent extensive experience in specialist inpatient diabetes care
- • Experience in teaching multidisciplinary staff.
- • Able to demonstrate contribution to clinical protocols.
- • Experience of supervising other healthcare professionals
Skills and aptitudes
Essential criteria
- • Understanding of the role, competencies of the post, being aware of own boundaries and other members of health care team.
- • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- • Demonstrates knowledge in strategic and national issues pertinent to dieitetics and diabetes care.
- • Ability to work autonomously.
- • Understanding of advanced practice roles
- • Effectively handles competing priorities, deadlines and ability to work under pressure and is able to support others.
- • Understanding of audit and research process.
- • Excellent patient assessment skills.
Personal Qualities & attributes
Essential criteria
- • Flexible to meet the needs of the service.
- • Willingness to learn and to engender learning in others
- • Self motivated
Others
Essential criteria
- • IT literate
- • Working across RFL sites
- • Able to work felxiabley and at other sites when required
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Deepa Patel
- Job title
- Nurse Consultant in Diabetes
- Email address
- [email protected]
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