Maternity and Obstetrics Diabetes Dietitian inPlymouth inPlymouth PUBLISHED
WED 13 NOV 2024
Band 7: £46,148 to £52,809 a year £46,148 - £52,809 Per Annum Pro Rata
PERMANENT
MATERNITY MULTI-DISCIPLINARY NHS
The University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Diabetes Dietitian to enhance their Maternity Diabetes service, focusing on Gestational Diabetes (GDM) and post-natal care. The role involves providing specialized clinical dietetic services primarily in an outpatient setting, while also conducting ward reviews for maternity patients. The Dietitian will collaborate closely with a multidisciplinary team, leading the development of GDM clinics and delivering nutritional education geared towards patients diagnosed with diabetes during pregnancy and those with pre-existing conditions.
Additional responsibilities include offering expert guidance to the multidisciplinary team, conducting research and audits to maintain evidence-based practices, and contributing to the ongoing development of dietetic policies and procedures. The role is designed for a proactive professional who will take charge of service development and evaluation, ensuring that optimal dietetic care is delivered to maternity patients dealing with diabetes.
Additional responsibilities include offering expert guidance to the multidisciplinary team, conducting research and audits to maintain evidence-based practices, and contributing to the ongoing development of dietetic policies and procedures. The role is designed for a proactive professional who will take charge of service development and evaluation, ensuring that optimal dietetic care is delivered to maternity patients dealing with diabetes.
An exciting new post has arisen for an experienced Diabetes Dietitian to join our team. The post holder will be required to develop the Gestational Diabetes service along with the post-natal service. The post holder will need to provide expert guidance and advice to patients and work closely with the Multi-disciplinary Team.
- To provide a specialist, effective, flexible clinical dietetic service to the Maternity Diabetes Service at UHP. This includes antenatal and postnatal care. The post will cover mostly outpatient work, however ward reviews will be done for maternity patients requiring input
- To lead and develop the GDM service to include MDT clinics and delivery of education for those diagnosed in pregnancy; work alongside the diabetes specialist midwife, diabetes specialist nurse, diabetologists and obstetric consultants in the GDM and pre-existing diabetes service.
- Develop a post-natal service/clinic/group for patients with diabetes in pregnancy/pre-existing diabetes to provide specific nutritional education and support.
- To provide expert guidance and advice to other members of the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) within Maternity and Antenatal.
- The post holder will undertake research and audit on a regular basis to ensure that practise is evidence based.
- To lead service development within own clinical area and contribute to the day to day running and development of the dietetic service through the promotion, adaptation and development of policies, procedures and guidelines using evidence-based practise and current research.
- To provide leadership for the dietetic service within Maternity and Antenatal Diabetes service.
- To plan, coordinate, deliver and evaluate the dietetic service.
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To provide expert Dietetic advice to patients and the multidisciplinary team. To plan, deliver and audit the Dietetic service provided. Please see full Job Description attached.
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