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    NHS Specialist Diabetes Dietitian - Gloucester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom - Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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    We are delighted to be recruiting a full time permanent Highly Specialist Dietitian to our Nutrition and Dietetic Service, into this new and innovative role.

    Are you somebody who has a desire to be involved in the development of new nutritional interventions and is passionate about using data capture to advocate for patients newly screened, and diagnosed with, steatotic liver disease?

    As part of the Nutrition and Dietetic Department you will deliver innovative nutritional interventions to adult patients with steatotic liver disease, aiming to reduce severity of this condition and the need for secondary care intervention.

    This role will provide interventions for altered liver function, obesity, diabetes and metabolic syndrome.

    It will involve working closely with our Primary care, Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Hepatology colleagues You will also have the opportunity to liaise with and network with Dietetic peers in existing Gastroenterology, Diabetes, Specialist Weight Management and Eating disorder services.

    You will be collecting and analysing data and be responsible for reporting back on the impact of these high quality nutritional interventions and outcomes to the ICB, dietetic Service Leads and the liver screening steering group for this initiative.

    You will be well integrated with the dietetics department and will participate in regular clinical updates and department wide meetings .

    Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest employer in the county and with over 8,000 staff, we are one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK.

    We offer a generous annual leave allowance, excellent bank rates, access to the excellent NHS Pension Scheme, discounts for local shops, restaurants and services, access to our health and well-being hub, access to our two on-site nurseries, flexible working options, discounted public transport, reward and recognition schemes, exercise and activity classes and membership to our popular hospital choir.

    The patient facing part of the role will provide dietetic expertise as part of the new Steatotic Liver Disease (SLD) MDT project in Gloucestershire by outreaching into Gloucestershires brand new state of the art Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC).

    The project is aimed at identifying and treating those at risk of steatotic liver disease.

    This role will provide assessment, identification and interventions for altered liver function alongside co existing conditions such as obesity, diabetes, metabolic syndrome and altered liver function.

    To complement the clinical part of this role ideally we are looking for candidates who have worked in a wide range of clinical areas and settings including weight management, hyperlipidaemia, diabetes and hepatology.

    Through early dietetic input robust assessment by the post holder using their advanced knowledge and skills should help to identify unmet clinical and nutritional needs for this patient group.


    The non - clinical part of this role offers the successful candidate an opportunity to design, develop and deliver innovative nutritional interventions to support adult patients with liver disease related to fat accumulation in the liver.

    This includes auditing clinical interventions with a key aim of this project to reduce severity and progression of these conditions and the need for referral to secondary care for treatments.

    A main part of this role includes dedicated project management time to collect and analyse data from your dietetic interventions, scope the needs of this patient group, influence the designing of new pathways and advocate the nutritional needs of the service users.

    Your findings will help shape future directions of nutritional treatment pathways for this patient cohort.
    We have established dietetic peers in diabetes, specialist weight management (SWMS), gastroenterology eating disorders services. Healthy Lifestyle programmes and local social prescribing initiatives.

    You will be working as part of the local Nutrition and Dietetics Department, we are a large friendly department with specialist clinical teams across the Trust here to support you in this new role.

    We have a dedicated education team to support you in your career development and this role. Degree/ Diploma in Dietetics
    Training and /or demonstrated experience in Leadership and Development
    Demonstrate specialist clinical knowledge in Hepatology and/ or weight management and Diabetes
    Demonstrate knowledge and experience of leading and managing projects, and leading change
    Develop and deliver training materials to a variety of audiences
    Demonstrate a willingness to be flexible in service delivery cope with working across sites and within the county in a busy and changing environment with ability to remain professional calm & in control during busy phases in all tasks
    Experience of Leading and managing staff and responsibility for clinical supervision of junior staff and students
    Desire to deliver a high-quality service. Ability to assess individuals with complex medical problems and to plan their dietetic care
    Post registration training e.g., Masters level in dietetics
    Car owner/ driver
    Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
    Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

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