Job Summary
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated dietitian to join our Diabetes team.
As part of a team of four specialist diabetes dietitians, you will contribute to the delivery of a comprehensive diabetes service supporting people living with Type 1, Type 2 and gestational diabetes, including those using insulin pump and hybrid closed-loop technologies. This role is primarily focused on managing an outpatient caseload across Queen Charlotte, Charing Cross & St’ Marys hospital .
The post is well integrated within a dynamic multidisciplinary team, offering excellent opportunities for collaborative working alongside the autonomy to further develop your clinical expertise within this specialist area.
You will be joining a well-established and forward-thinking Dietetics department that is committed to continuous professional development and innovation. The role offers a range of opportunities, including involvement in student training, service development, and quality improvement initiatives.
We are seeking an experienced, knowledgeable and proactive Band 7 dietitian who thrives in a busy multidisciplinary environment and is dedicated to delivering high-quality, patient-centred nutritional care.
Main duties of the job
- To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including management of patients in your care and undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
- To provide comprehensive and specialist therapy assessment and diagnosis for patients with a range of highly complex presentations, by utilising advanced clinical reasoning, evidence-based knowledge, investigative and analytical skills and specialist assessment techniques.
- To plan and organise time efficiently and effectively with regard to patient management and use of time. To be accountable for the designated area of work.
- To flexibly manage responsibilities for own complex caseload, service delivery and teaching commitments. To decide priorities for own work, balancing other patient related and professional demands and ensure that these remain in accordance with those of the teams as a whole.
- To employ excellent presentation skills to promote multidisciplinary and interagency liaison and collaborative practice to a broad range of audiences, including other professionals and users.
- Promote a culture of research awareness, research preparedness and activity in the team.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- Degree (or equivalent) in Dietetics
- State registration with the Health Professions Council
- Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio, especially in the relevant clinical area.
- Clinical Educators course or equivalent
Desirable
- Post registration validated professional course e.g. BDA CED Advancing Diabetes, MSc module in Diabetes, X-pert Train the trainers, DAFNE/BDEC training
- Registered for MSc in Advanced Dietetic Practice or Diabetes
- Advanced communication training
- Post registration training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Supervisory skills training
- Management skills training
Experience
Essential
- Significant recent clinical experience in the dietetic management of Type 1 Diabetes
- Evidence of a broad base of clinical experience at Band 6 level or equivalent
- Significant experience of working as an integral member of a multidisciplinary team and inter agency working
- Experience of multidisciplinary goal planning, development of care pathways and using outcome measures
- Experience of organising and implementing training programmes for therapists, MDT members, support workers, students and apprentices
- Experience of service development/change management
- Experience in implementing evidence based practice in speciality
- Experience of on-call and weekend working in an acute hospital (if required for job role)
Desirable
- Previous Band 7 or equivalent experience in relevant post
- Leadership of a therapy team
- Recent, relevant work in an NHS environment
- Experience of using clinical governance framework to monitor and improve quality of patient care
- Clinical research experience
- Experience of planning and managing service improvement activities
- Experience of planning and managing service improvement activities
- Experience of working with insulin pumps, including interpreting downloaded data and advising on changes to pump settings
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential
- Advanced knowledge of assessment and treatment approaches for the effective management of relevant conditions
- Advanced skills in the appropriate application of a range of techniques and approaches to the management of relevant conditions
- Advanced clinical reasoning and problem solving skills
- Advanced knowledge of relevant conditions
- Advanced knowledge of the evidence base of the relevant therapy area
- Knowledge of the influence of psychosocial and cultural factors health/illness behaviours
- Ability to remain updated with professional practice and research and integrate this into daily patient management
- Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate as appropriate and manage time effectively
- Able to make sound judgments and reliable decisions in a variety of demanding situations
- Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes
- Understanding of clinical governance and the implications for therapy services including experience of quality issues and audit
- Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust’s policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety and meet differing patient needs
Desirable
- Knowledge of recent NHS developments and their impact on service provision
- Advanced computer skills for presentation and data analysis
- Negotiation and conflict resolution skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Closing Date: 04 May 2026
