SEHSCT_Specialist Diabetes Dietitian Band 6

Job details

• Branch: Trustwide (SEHSCT)
• Location: UH, Main Building
• Salary: Band 6 (£38,682 - £46,580)
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Opening Date: 18/05/26
• Closes: Tue, 02 June 2026 @ 5:30 PM
• Interview Dates: TBC

Notes

If you are submitting a manual application, please post it to: Recruitment Shared Services, Rosewood Villa, Longstone Hospital Site, 73 Loughgall Road, Armagh, BT61 7PR. Applications received after the advertised closing date/time cannot be considered, so please allow enough time for postage. “A waiting list may be created for similar posts that may arise while the waiting list is live, this may include temporary or part-time posts. This will be managed in line with the updated HSC waiting list principles effective from 1 April 2026”. Where a part-time waiting list is required, one part-time waiting list will be created- regardless of any specific hours advertised, this waiting list will cover all future vacancies where part-time posts arise. A part-time post is defined as any post that has less than 37.5 hours per week.” Please remember to save or print a copy of the job description before submitting your application, as it will not be accessible afterwards. Flexible Working We welcome flexible working requests from day one. All HSC organisations offer a range of flexible working options. The options available for this post will depend on the requirements of the role. Find out more about flexible working options on our website.

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE Specialist Diabetes Dietitian

BAND 6

DIRECTORATE Primary Care and Older People

INITIAL LOCATION Ulster Hospital

REPORTS TO Clinical Lead Dietitian

ACCOUNTABLE TO

Lead Dietitian

JOB SUMMARY

Assist the Lead Dietitian in the development and management of a quality Nutrition and Dietetics Service throughout the Trust and particularly within the specialist area diabetes.

Liaise with relevant staff to promote good nutritional care for all patients.

Act as a source of expertise for professional colleagues in these specialist areas of work and ensure the dissemination of up to date information on diet therapy to all relevant staff.

Assess and treat patients who may have complex and/or chronic presentations and determine independent nutritional diagnosis/diagnoses and resultant diet therapy indicated.

Work independently as a Specialist Diabetes Dietitian.

KEY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES

Operational Delivery;

Calculate individual dietary regimens in accordance with dietetic assessment for inpatients and outpatients, care home and domiciliary patients

Co-ordinate staff to ensure that patients on diet therapy receive suitable menus, and that the meals served are in accordance with their diet therapy needs

Counsel patients and/or their relatives as appropriate and review their progress

Identify, develop and evaluate dietary information leaflets in agreement with Lead Dietitian.

Ensure the availability of stocks of prescribable foods, identified as "Borderline Substances".

Ensure accurate and consistent dietary advice is provided to patients and carers by members of the Health Care Team through up to date evidence based nutritional education.

Deliver group education sessions to patients and carers

Provide appropriate and tailored advice to patients with life limiting illnesses who require complex symptom management as an integral part of the Multidisciplinary Team.

Maintain professional standards and be willing to undertake professional updating.

Contribute to the development of and comply with Nutrition and Dietetics and Trust strategies, policies, procedures, guidelines, protocols and codes of conduct.

Participate in the Trust’s KSF Appraisal Conversations process.

Provide cover for other dietitians as required throughout the Trust.

Ensure effective and economic use of resources.

Contribute to the development of educational displays and participate in health improvement education initiatives.

Participate in the education of groups of patients and health professionals as deemed appropriate by the Clinical Lead Dietitian and Lead Dietitian.

Participate in recruitment and selection panels as appropriate.

Ability to work unsocial hours including availability for seven day working as required

Undertake any other duties as required

Information Management;

Keep legible, comprehensive and accurate written records to agreed Standards and ensure patient confidentiality is maintained.

Ensure statistical and other information is collected, updated on databases and made available for service evaluation.

Key Working Relationships;

Liaise with Medical, Nursing and Catering Staff, Social Workers, Pharmacists and other allied health professionals as appropriate.

Work as a member of the relevant Multidisciplinary Teams across the Trust and promote good interpersonal relationships within the team to achieve good nutritional care for all patients.

Provide training and supervision of junior dietetic staff and students as appropriate.

Participate in dietetic team, dietetic service and multi-disciplinary team meetings

Represent the service at specialist meetings as required and in agreement with the Clinical Lead Dietitian and Lead Dietitian

Ensure effective communication.

Quality

Lead and participate in clinical practice development and quality improvement projects.

Monitor the quality of service by Clinical Audit and investigate in partnership with the core dietetic team and/or within their specialist role or multidisciplinary team

Maintain professional registration with the Health and Care Professions Council

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

The post holder will be required to

Ensure the Organisation’s policy on equality of opportunity is promoted through his/her own actions and those of any staff for whom he/she has responsibility.

Co-operate fully with the implementation of The Organisation's Health and Safety arrangements, reporting any accidents/incidents/equipment defects to his/her manager, and maintaining a clean, uncluttered and safe environment for patients/clients, members of the public and staff.

Adhere at all times to all Trust policies/codes of conduct, including for example

Smoke Free policy

IT Security Policy and Code of Conduct

standards of attendance, appearance and behaviour

Contribute to ensuring the highest standards of environmental cleanliness within your designated area of work.

Co-operate fully with regard to Trust policies and procedures relating to infection prevention and control.

Take responsibility to minimise the Trust’s environmental impact wherever possible. This will include recycling, switching off lights, computers, monitors and equipment when not in use. Helping to reduce paper waste by minimising printing/copying and reducing water usage, reporting faults and heating/cooling concerns promptly and minimising travel.

All employees of the Organisation are legally responsible for all records held, created or used as part of their business within the South Eastern H&SC Trust including patients/clients, corporate and administrative records whether paper-based or electronic and also including emails. All such records are public records and are accessible to the general public, with limited exceptions, under the Freedom of Information act 2000 the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. Employees are required to be conversant with the South Eastern H&SC Trust policy and procedures on records management and to seek advice if in doubt.

Take responsibility for his/her own ongoing learning and development, in order to maximise his/her potential and continue to meet the demands of the post.

Represent The Organisation’s commitment to providing the highest possible standard of service to patients/clients and members of the public, by treating all those with whom he/she comes into contact in the course of work, in a pleasant, courteous and respectful manner.

This Job Description will be subject to review in the light of changing circumstances and is not intended to be rigid and inflexible but should be regarded as providing guidelines within which the individual works. Other duties of a similar nature and appropriate to the grade may be assigned from time to time.

It is a standard condition that all Trust staff may be required to serve at any location within The Organisation's area, as needs of the service demand.

eHealth

The South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust has invested in eHealth to deliver better, faster, safer care to our community and is committed to supporting staff to utilise associated information systems that directly and indirectly inform care. Trust staff are therefore required to commit sufficient time to ensure that they acquire and/or retain the core technology skills required to support their role.

Personal and Public Involvement (PPI)

Staff members are expected to involve patients, clients, carers and the wider community were relevant, in developing, planning and delivering our services in a meaningful and effective way, as part of the Trust’s ongoing commitment to Personal and Public Involvement (PPI).

Please use the link below to access the PPI standards leaflet for further information.

http://www.publichealth.hscni.net/sites/default/files/PPI_leaflet.pdf

PERSONNEL SPECIFICATION

JOB TITLE AND BAND Specialist Diabetes Dietitian Band 6

DEPARTMENT / DIRECTORATE Nutrition and Dietetics / Primary Care and Older People

SALARY Band 6

HOURS 37.5 hours per week or Part-time (A minimum of 22.5 hours per week may be considered)

Ref No: 55672364

Notes to applicants

You must clearly demonstrate on your application form under each question, how you meet the required criteria as failure to do so may result in you not being shortlisted. You should clearly demonstrate this for both the essential and desirable criteria.

Shortlisting will be carried out on the basis of the essential criteria set out in Section 1 below, using the information provided by you on your application form. Please note the Trust reserves the right to use any desirable criteria outlined in Section 3 at shortlisting. You must clearly demonstrate on your application form how you meet the desirable criteria.

Proof of qualifications and/or professional registration will be required if an offer of employment is made – if you are unable to provide this, the offer may be withdrawn.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

SECTION 1: The following are ESSENTIAL criteria which will initially be measured at shortlisting stage although may also be further explored during the interview/selection stage. You should therefore make it clear on your application form whether or not you meet these criteria. Failure to do so may result in you not being shortlisted. The stage in the process when the criteria will be measured is stated below.

Factor

Criteria

Method of Assessment

Experience

No less than 2 years post registration clinical dietetic experience

Shortlisting by Application Form

Qualifications/ Registration

Degree or Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics, or equivalent.

Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council

Shortlisting by Application Form

Other

Wide range of post registration clinical dietetic experience including inpatient and outpatient settings

Post registration clinical experience in the dietary management of people with diabetes

Evidence of post registration training/education in diabetes dietary care or willing to undertake

Evidence of post registration behaviour modification training or willing to undertake

Experience of delivering group education to patients.

Experience of delivering training to other health professionals.

Hold a current full driving licence which is valid for use in the UK and have access to a car on appointment. This criteria will be waived in the case of applicants whose disability prohibits driving but who have access to a form of transport approved by the Trust which will permit them to carry out the duties of the post.

Shortlisting by Application Form

SECTION 2: The following are ESSENTIAL criteria which will be measured during the interview/ selection stage:

Skills / Abilities

Ability to work independently and collaboratively as a multidisciplinary team member.

Interview / Test

Knowledge

Wide range of post registration clinical dietetic experience including inpatient and outpatient settings.

Interview / Test

As part of the Recruitment & Selection process it may be necessary for the Trust to carry out an Enhanced Disclosure Check through Access NI before any appointment to this post can be confirmed.

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Protecting and using your information

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THE TRUST IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER

Successful applicants

may be required to attend for a Health Assessment

can expect to be placed at the minimum point of the pay scale, although a higher starting salary, within the range of the pay band may be available if the person appointed has experience relevant & equivalent to the post. Request for recognition of previous service with non-direct NHS/HSC organisations towards starting salary and incremental credit must be made via the Retained Recruitment team within 3 months from commencement of employment. Requests made after 3 months will not be considered. If the successful candidate is an existing HSC employee moving to a higher band, AfC Pay on Promotion will apply

are able to request Flexible Working from the 1st day of their employment. A number of flexible working provisions are offered by all HSC Organisations including Full-time working, Fixed working patterns, Part-time working, Flexi-time, Compressed/elongated hours, Average hours working patterns, Term-time working, Job-share or Homeworking for some or all of the working pattern, depending on the role being undertaken. Successful applicants are encouraged to discuss with their manager what Flexible Working provisions may be available in the role they are taking up, prior to commencing employment, to help them achieve a positive Work/Life Balance

All staff are expected to display the HSC Values at all times