Job summary
- Main area
- diabetes
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 391-NMUH-8226187
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- North Middlesesx University Hospital
- Town
- Edmonton
- Salary
- £55,524 - £62,652 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/09/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Diabetes Specialist Dietitian (Adult)
NHS AfC: 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.
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Job overview
An excellent opportunity has emerged to hire a Band 7 Diabetes Dietitian in the Integrated Diabetes Service- North Mid at RFL NHS Foundation trust (based in Enfield Community), to offer expert assistance in enhancing and improving care for patients with diabetes in the community and acute 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
Main Duties:
• To provide autonomous diabetes care for patients with Diabetes using advanced clinical skills and knowledge of diabetes in the community and acute setting.
• 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
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
• 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
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Dietitian Relevant 1st degree
- Specialist Diabetes Course
- DAFNE (Dose adjustment for normal eating or equivalent
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
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 dietetics and diabetes care.
- Effectively handles competing priorities, deadlines and ability to work under pressure and is able to support others.
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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