Job overview

To work as a member of the diabetes dietetic team at St Georges Hospital. To be responsible for providing a highly specialist dietetic service to diabetic inpatients and outpatients; following evidence based practice, being an active multidisciplinary team member, educator, developing nutrition policies and guidelines, participating in audit and research related to diabetes in order to improve health outcomes and develop the role and service.

Main duties of the job

This is a predominantly outpatient role providing nutritional management and specialist diabetes education to adults with diabetes with a focus on Type 1 diabetes. 

It involves working with diabetes technology including CGM devices, insulin pumps and hybrid-closed loop systems.  

Education is provided to patients in a one-to-one and group settings and includes facilitation of DAFNE courses and pump education groups

The role works closely within the multi-disciplinary team but also requires autonomous working and the ability to problem solve independently.

The role involves service development and audit activities as well as teaching and advocating for the Type 1 service plus ICB funding applications for insulin pump (technology).

You should have advanced knowledge and experience of diabetes dietetics. This role involves working with inpatients and outpatients and delivering patient education sessions.

Working for our organisation

The post holder is expected to have a clear understanding of how this post contributes to the achievement of the trust vision of:

A thriving Foundation Trust at the heart of an integrated healthcare system. One that delivers improved patient care at a community, hospital and specialist setting, supported by a unique and nationally recognised programme of research, education and employee engagement.

We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the Trust, being Excellent, Kind, Responsible & Respectful, and behave in a way that reflects these.

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and expects that all staff will share in this commitment. The Trust is clear that all staff have a responsibility to be aware of children and adult safeguarding policies and procedures and that each member of staff, clinical and non-clinical, will attend child or adult safeguarding training that is provided at an appropriate level to suit their role. The Trust has the additional expectation that all staff will be able to identify concerns and know what action to take.