Job summary
- Main area
- Diabetes
- Grade
- band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 391-NMUH-8226114
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- North Middlesesx University Hospital
- Town
- Edmonton
- Salary
- £45,953 - £54,254 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/09/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Dietician
band 6
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.
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Job overview
Provide a comprehensive Nutrition and Dietetic service to the Integrated Diabetes Specialist Service at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust – North Middlesex.
Explore and support the continuation of patient care within available workload capacity. Contribute to the development and delivery of education programmes for Enfield residents, primary care teams, and Trust staff. Work collaboratively with the clinical lead to develop, implement, and regularly update departmental policies, guidelines, and procedures. Lead and actively participate in projects, research, and audits within the wider diabetes service.
Actively contribute to the Diabetes Team and support the day-to-day running of the service. Plan, organise, and coordinate health promotion events both within the service and in the community.
Promote effective multidisciplinary working, ensuring close collaboration between acute and community teams.
Use advanced communication skills to engage effectively with colleagues, patients, carers, and other service users.
Be responsible for the supervision of allocated junior staff, with ongoing daily support and regular supervision provided by team leads.
To work flexibly in response to service needs, to provide cover to across Northmid and community.
Main duties of the job
Aims of the Integrated Diabetes Community Service
- To improve the quality of life for people with diabetes
- To facilitate and support the management of people with diabetes in a primary care setting
- To empower the person to take control of their diabetes
- Support to GP with patients seen in primary care.
- To support the service, primary care, the acute sector and community services in providing case management for people with diabetes who are at risk of unplanned admission and facilitate timely discharge from hospital
- To provide advice and support to social services and residential & nursing homes.
- To reduce waiting times and contribute to meeting the 4-week Referral to treat pathway
Working for our organisation
The Integrated Diabetes Service is a nurse-led service supported by a multidisciplinary team, including a diabetes consultant, clinical nurse lead, diabetes specialist nurses, dietitian, psychologist, healthcare assistant, and a health and wellbeing coach.
The service delivers specialised care for adults with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, including support for pregnancy, renal, and preconception clinics. Care is provided through a fully integrated model, with close collaboration between community and acute teams.
The service adopts a multidisciplinary team (MDT) approach. Clinical activities include assessment, diagnosis, shared decision-making, and the delivery of personalised treatment and management plans, focusing on achieving the three treatment targets and completing the nine key diabetes care processes.
This includes comprehensive assessment of patient history and pathology, management of diabetes-related complications, and review of dietary and lifestyle interventions. The service also provides structured education programmes for individuals newly diagnosed with diabetes.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities:
- To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients under your care.
- To ensure a high standard of clinical care for patients under your management and support junior staff to do likewise.
- To be responsible for the strategic provision of specialized dietetic service to the Diabetes clinics, peer support groups and structured group programme.
- To have overall accountability for the planning and management of a complex specialist caseload of patients and to organize this effectively and efficiently regarding clinical priorities and use of time.
- To provide expert advice to the team based on interpretation of nutritional status, biochemical and physiological parameters.
- To develop and support delivery of care pathways for Diabetes.
Person specification
Education and professional qulaficaions
Essential criteria
- • BSc in Dietetics 4year degree course or equivalent
- • State Registered Dietitian with HPC
- • BDA member
Desirable criteria
- • BDA member of one specialist group
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Knowledge of general medications
- • Knowledge of government strategy for diabetes service.
- • Working as a team
- • Experience of managing demand in a busy acute setting,
- • demonstrating ability to appropriately prioritise and manage your workload efficiently.
Desirable criteria
- • BDA member of one specialist group
skills and abilites
Essential criteria
- Ability to provide specialised treatment packages, plan and provide appropriate monitoring and use initiative for specialist gastroenterology & endocrinology services.
- Ability to analyse complex, conflicting information, and deciding on the most appropriate treatment plan from a range of options.
- Ability to communicate Complex, conflicting, sensitive information.
- Ability to prioritise workload.
Desirable criteria
- • BDA member of one specialist group
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
- Marjan Bagheri
- Job title
- service lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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