Job summary
- Main area
- DIABETES DIETITIAN
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 10 months (Secondment is till the End of March 2027. Occasional Weekend Activities)
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week (Occasional Weekend Activities)
- Job ref
- 391-NMUH-7859755-B
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Integrated Community Diabetes Service. Forest Primary Care Centre. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL: NORTH MIDDLESEX
- Town
- LONDON
- Salary
- £45,953 - £54,254 Inclusive of Outer HCAS pro rata, per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Diabetes Specialist Dietitian - On Secondment till 31/03/2027
NHS AfC: 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.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
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Job overview
A fantastic secondment opportunity is now available for a Dietitian seeking to develop their career in Diabetes. Come and join our busy yet award‑winning team and contribute to improving the lives of people living with diabetes. This secondment post runs until the end of March 2027.
The successful applicant will have the opportunity to:
- Co‑lead our award‑winning Diabetes Health Inequalities Project, working to reduce disparities in diabetes care.
- Gain experience across the inpatient diabetes service, community dietetic service, the local council, and voluntary sector organisations to deliver health promotion events and run clinics.
- Provide a comprehensive Nutrition and Dietetic Service within the North Mid community diabetes service—both virtually and in person—including patients in the Enfield community service.
- Co-lead the development and delivery of education programmes for patients and staff both within and outside the Trust, including structured education programmes.
- Develop diabetes education resources, including materials for carbohydrate counting.
- Work alongside the Clinical Nurse Lead to coordinate, implement, and evaluate the adult diabetes dietetic service.
- Provide expert advice and guidance to colleagues within the Diabetes Service, Therapy Services, other Trust professionals, and regional partner
Main duties of the job
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 provide expert advice to the team based on interpretation of nutritional status, biochemical and physiological parameters.
To assess, treat and provide highly specialist treatment and advice plans to patients, carers and clinicians, regarding the provision of nutritional support based on clinical evidence, as a vital part of the patient treatment plan.
To conduct highly complex nutritional assessments and treatments, including the calculation of nutritional requirements, interpretation of medical information, pharmacology, biochemistry, haematology, anthropometry, clinical conditions/s and other physical parameters. This will require analyzing complex, conflicting and contentious information, including ethical dilemmas regarding nutritional support/continuation of nutritional support, ensuring appropriate treatment and monitoring is provided.
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Working for our organisation
The North Middlesex University Hospital, Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.
In the year ending 31 March 2022, the Trust reported a turnover of £419.7m and employed almost 4,000 staff. Following the transfer of Enfield Community Services on 1st April 2023, this has increased as we have welcomed over 600 new staff including District Nurses, Community Matrons, Community Physiotherapists, Psychologists and many more across a wide range of adult and children's community services in Enfield.
In January 2025 we joined the Royal Free group: it is an exciting time to join North Mid as we continue our journey to become an integrated care organisation to deliver high quality, seamless care in our local communities, with a focus on tackling health inequalities.
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICSs, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone statutory bodies, we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches
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 be able to use computer database for assessment of patients’ nutritional requirements and dietary assessments. Negotiating skills will be required to consider the appropriate treatment from a range of possible options.
The appropriate nutritional care plans need to be practical, realistic and evidence based to suit a patient’s needs.
To ensure the relevant and appropriate monitoring and follow-up is in place as part of the treatment plan.
To take the lead in providing expert dietetic advice in making decisions on initiating artificial nutritional support, analyzing the range of options available.
To offer clinical expert advice to the MDT.
To liaise with the community teams for specialist products and prescriptions.
To provide a clinical dietetic service with written information to patients, carers and other health professionals. To develop a comprehensive library of clinical references and specialist product information.
To initiate and participate in research and audit in the Diabetes areas. Results of findings should be reported within and out-with the Trust.
COMMUNICATION
Ensure that the standards of nursing and care deliver safe, effective and compassionate care to every patient, every time.
Care and compassion: Ensure that any escalation of care concerns or safeguarding escalations are made robustly through the appropriate channel.
See Job Description for full details.
Person specification
Education and qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc in Dietetics 4-year degree course or equivalent
- State Registered Dietitian with HPC
- BDA member
Desirable criteria
- BDA member of one specialist group
Skills and aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Ability to provide specialised treatment packages, plan and provide appropriate monitoring and use initiative for specialist diabetes 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.
- Good written and positive and effective verbal communication
Experience
Essential criteria
- Up to date clinical knowledge
- Knowledge of general medications
- Knowledge of government strategy for diabetes
- Experience of managing demand in a busy community setting, demonstrating ability to appropriately prioritise and manage your workload efficiently
Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values
- Has a Valid Full UK Driving License
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Understanding of and commitment to CPD
- Demonstrate an understanding of equal opportunities
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nneka Agbasi
- Job title
- Clinical Nurse Lead-Diabetes
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07929383789
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