Are you looking to work with a dynamic, forward thinking, and clinically led team? Do you have varied experience in working as a Dietitian with a passion for innovation, service development and educating others? Are you looking for a challenging and fulfilling development post?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Dietitian with some experience or an interest in diabetes to join our integrated, multidisciplinary Diabetes team. This post involves working across specialist community services and primary care, with close links to secondary care; managing a clinical caseload, utilising expert skills in diabetes, diabetes technologies and delivering various patient and health professional education sessions.
North East Essex Diabetes Service (NEEDS) is an award winning, progressive service, consisting of a team of 3 diabetes consultants / endocrinologists, 21 Specialist diabetes practitioners with varying backgrounds in nursing, dietetics, mental health, podiatry and health coaching and an excellent admin team to support. We provide specialist diabetes care to the 21,000 people living with diabetes across North East Essex, in the form of specialist diabetes clinics for the most complex cases, young persons, pre pregnancy, antenatal, insulin pump and MDT foot clinics, numerous local and national diabetes patient structured education courses and a strong emphasis on up skilling and supporting primary care via education sessions, mentorship and in practice support alongside supporting delivery of Diabetes Masters modules at the University of Essex.
We pride ourselves on our close collaborative working with multiple local community services, lifestyle services, health in mind, pharmacy and the CCG. We are an enthusiastic, friendly team and strive to provide a patient centred, safe, effective and high quality service. We nurture an environment of supportive learning with regular CPD scheduled for the team and as well as on an individual basis to support ongoing evidenced based practice and we strongly encourage audit and research within the service.
This post would ideally suit a self-motivated, enthusiastic, innovative team player who is able to work as an autonomous practitioner and enjoys a varied workload. A minimum of 1 year post registration experience and a basic knowledge of diabetes gained from relevant role/ basic study and experience is ideal. Effective group facilitation and general presentation skills, with an understanding of the training and development initiatives in diabetes would be desirable.
Excellent organisation and communication skills are essential. Additional training required for the post will be provided for the right candidate. Candidate’s prior experience will also be considered and pay grade adjusted depending on interview and evidence of experience.
** Please only apply for this post if you meet the ‘essential’ person specification found at the end of the job description - ability to drive is essential for this post **