Diabetes Specialist Dietitian – Adult Acute Dietetic Service

Job Description

Role Overview

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest health care systems in the United Kingdom, employing approximately 40,000 staff across a wide range of clinical and non clinical professions. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health services to over 1.15 million people.

Band 6 Diabetes Dietitian – Maternity cover (Fixed Term 0.8 WTE for 12 months)

Role

An exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Dietitian to provide maternity leave cover in the Adult Diabetes Dietetic Service. The post is primarily based within the outpatient service at New Victoria Hospital with flexibility to support services across Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

Key responsibilities include:

• One to one dietetic consultations for adults with diabetes
• Group education sessions, including structured diabetes education programmes
• Contributing to pathway improvement and service development across the wider diabetes dietetic service
• Supporting the development of dietetic practice placements in Scotland

Qualifications, Training and Experience

Applicants must have:

• BSc Dietetics (or equivalent) and registration with the Health and Care Professionals Council
• Membership of the British Dietetic Association and Professional and Vocational Education Group membership
• Post graduate clinical experience in diverse dietetic settings within a multidisciplinary team
• Experience delivering group education sessions and working with people living with diabetes
• Evidence of audit experience and impact on practice
• Clinical supervisory experience and development of group education at postgraduate level (desirable)

Benefits

We offer a wide range of supportive policies to enhance your employee journey, including:

• Minimum of 27 days annual leave (increasing with length of service) and public holidays
• Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme and life insurance benefits
• Salary sacrifice car benefit scheme
• Study bursaries, e learning and classroom based courses
• Enhanced pay for public holidays
• NHS discounts on a wide range of goods and services
• Confidential employee support and assistance, including counselling and psychological therapies
• Employee Assistance Programme and Cycle to Work Scheme

Contact

Emma Gibb, Dietetic Clinical Team Lead Diabetes

For more information, contact the Recruitment Service. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde encourages applications from all sections of the community and promotes equality, diversity and inclusion.