Job summary
- Main area
- Dietetics
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 7.5 hours per week (One day per week subject to the needs of the service, in collaboration with the MDT)
- Job ref
- 177-ELEC-7080191-A
- Employer
- James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- James Paget University Hospitals Trust
- Town
- Great Yarmouth
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Diabetes Specialist Dietitian - Maternity
NHS AfC: Band 7
Patient and staff experience is important to us and these are the behaviours we live by:
- Putting patients first
- Aiming to get it right
- Recognising that everybody counts
- Doing everything openly and honestly
Job overview
Are you an experienced dietitian with an interest in maternity? We are looking for a dietitian with a real passion to drive forward and promote excellence within maternity department as part of the diabetes specialist multi-disciplinary team. You will be responsible for providing clinical leadership within the team to improve pregnancy outcomes and support a positive patient experience. You will work in partnership with other professionals, pregnant people and their families. You will champion patient involvement in the planning of their diet, and you will demonstrate a patient centred approach by providing sensitive and complex information in a compassionate manner throughout pregnancy, including pre-conception, antenatal and postnatal periods.
Come and join our wonderful team at JPUH. We welcome new ideas to help develop our team to deliver world class healthcare to the patient populations we serve. We are committed to supporting you with your personal development aspirations and at JPUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will:
- Act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for own unsupervised actions guided by the professional code of conduct and Trust guidelines and protocols.
- Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of research findings and new practices within nutrition and dietetics, with reference to Women and Birthing Person’s Health, and apply this knowledge to improve practice.
- Be responsible, and accountable, for service delivery to women and birthing people.
- Be able to initiate referrals to other health professional specialist services and agencies.
- Provide women and birthing people, and families, with information and education ensuring they have meaningful choices that enhance their experience.
- Ensure practice is supported by research, evidence-based practice, literature and peer review.
- Provide expert dietary advice within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Make recommendations to the obstetric and endocrinology/diabetology team regarding titration of medication for the management of diabetes in pregnancy.
- Critically evaluate existing evidence (local, national and international) to provide expert specialist nutrition advice to the development of evidence-based, culturally appropriate education and information materials, within financial constraints
Working for our organisation
We want to attract the best and brightest people to work with us and that means we will look after you from the moment you apply for a role at the Trust and throughout your career with us. Our staff are central to everything we do, and we believe that investing in you is crucial if we want to enable you to reach your full potential.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the detailed job description and person specification document attached to this advertisement.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree in Nutrition & Dietetics or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Membership of the British Dietetics Association and specialist group
- Post graduate education in Nutrition Support Dietetics
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant years post registration experience
- Experience of working in a specialist dietetic service
- Able to identify, initiate and implement change
- Able to facilitate and participate in multidisciplinary audits
Desirable criteria
- Experience specific to care of women and birthing people with diabetes
- Experience in diabetes nutrition support
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to work without supervision and direction within a changing a demanding environment
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to lead, motivate and encourage
- Work and maintain good working relationships within a multidisciplinary team
- Effective role model, demonstrating JPUH values and behaviours
- Excellent standards of documentation and record keeping
- IT skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tracey Hannant
- Job title
- Matron: Community and Outpatient Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01493 452369
- Additional information
Kate Potter, Diabetes Specialist Midwife
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