HubSpot Global Manager

Brighton and Hove, England, gb

Job overview

Due to the current post holder commencing maternity leave an opportunity has arisen for a dietitian to take on a fixed term Band role in our diabetes and endocrinology team. Our supportive diabetes MDT comprises of consultants, SpR’s, specialist nurses, psychologists and podiatrists.

Working within diabetes and endocrinology is highly varied and will allow you to maintain and develop skills in delivering structured education for people with type (DAFNE) and type diabetes and facilitating group sessions for people newly diagnosed with type diabetes, carbohydrate counting with insulin adjustment as well as our weight management programme specifically for people with diabetes. You will have the opportunity to work individually with people managing diabetes in pregnancy, young people with diabetes and with people with other endocrine conditions and disorders of lipid metabolism.

As a valued member of our team, you will receive:

Undertake a specified role in planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the dietetic service provided to patients with diabetes, endocrinology and lipid disorders, carrying a defined caseload and working as an integral member of the multi-disciplinary team. To work closely with senior dietitians as a team member.

To perform nutritional assessments and consider clinical diagnoses of patients, who may have complex and/or chronic presentation, to determine dietetic treatment, to monitor and evaluate treatment, and to maintain records as an autonomous clinical practitioner. 

To provide tailored dietetic advice, teaching and training, for all members of the MDT, dietitians, student dietitians, other healthcare providers, patients and carers in all aspects of nutrition and dietetics and specifically in the area of diabetes.

To act as a member of working parties within department ( student training, catering, clinical effectiveness, diet sheet, etc).

To actively contribute to the training of student dietitians

To provide dietetic cover for other team members as needed

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. 

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. 

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.  

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the .