Diabetes Dietician - Leatherhead, United Kingdom - Surrey Downs Health and Care

Surrey Downs Health and Care

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Leatherhead, United Kingdom

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Surrey Downs Health & Care

This is an exciting new post that offers an integrated role within our Surrey Downs Health and Care Diabetes Specialist Service as the Diabetes Specialist Dietician.

The Diabetes Specialist Dietitian is responsible for the nutrition and dietetic management of all adult diabetes patients' under the care of the specialist diabetes team.

The post holder will assume the role of nutrition educator to student dietitians, medics, nursing staff, dietetic assistant and other AHP's as required.

The post holder would be responsible for the development and provision of specialist, evidence based dietetic diabetes nutrition services to patients with diabetes.

The service provides dietetic support to the Insulin Pump's, Diabetes technologies i.e. FSL, CGM, App's; Type 1 structured education including Carbohydrate counting principles, Multi-disciplinary clinics including renal patients.

Communicate effectively with medical, nursing and other professional staff in both acute and community services.

Provide expert dietetic advice to the multidisciplinary team through attendance and participation in multidisciplinary team meetings, educational meetings and clinical governance meetings.

Be responsible for ensuring that patients and carers have consented prior to dietetic intervention in line with professional guidelines.

Ability to utilise developed communication and teaching skills to educate the diverse and multicultural diabetes population with barriers to understanding the essential, highly complex carbohydrate counting principles both on a one to one basis and in groups.

Provide highly complex nutrition counselling using complex strategies (such as cognitive behavioural therapy, motivational skills) to engage, educate and reassure patients, helping to overcome barriers to change.

Advise the medical/obstetric team regarding adaptation of medications for the management of diabetes based on interpretation of biochemical parameters and current dietary intake, social situation and preference of the patient.

Give specialised advice on physical activity in line with current Diabetes UK and British Dietetic Association.

Surrey Downs Health and Care deliver care closer to people's own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.

Surrey Downs Health and Care has a track record of providing person centered care that goes beyond organisational boundaries to do what is best for the individual

This partnership includes:
The three GP federations GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care and Surrey Medical Network representing practices that operate in the Surrey Downs area

CSH Surrey

Epsom and St Helier's University Hospitals NHS Trust

Surrey Council County

Historically, there have been boundary lines between the organisations that provide care to people in their homes, in GP surgeries and in hospitals, but we have always been united in our mission to provide great care to the people who need us.

It's on those grounds that the Surrey Downs Health and Care was formed - we want local people to receive the care that they need in the right environment.

By bringing together our expertise, we can improve patient care and enable local people to access the right support, care and treatment more easily than ever before.

In bringing this partnership together, we are working to the same set of values that will translate into better care for our residents.

Support the Diabetes team to meet the competencies of the job role by undergoing training in house or if required externally.

Participate in the recruitment and selection of junior members of staff.

Responsible for the clinical supervision of junior dietetic staff.

Responsible for the ordering and maintenance of adequate stock levels of patient related resources within the clinic.

Information and reporting

Ensure safe practice through development of a caseload management plan.

Undertake risk assessment and reporting of critical incidents as outlined in the Trust policy.

Contribute to and participate fully in team, interdisciplinary work practice and service delivery, and communicate and work in co-operation with other team members to provide integrated quality care for the service user.

Be an active member of the BDA specialist interest group (where appropriate).

Be an active team member of the Dietetic Department in the Trust

Technology or system support

Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin infusion education

Flash monitoring and CGM training

Service improvement & Policy Development

Participate in mandatory training and recommended training programmes in accordance with departmental/hospital guidelines

Organise, coordinate and plan diabetes courses.

Training of staff to be competent in this area

Research, develop, produce and publish evidence-based departmental literature in the area of specialisation, including use of patie