Dietetic Service Lead - Diabetes

Are you a Dietitian with extensive experience of diabetes? Ready to hold a central role in developing and transforming services for people with diabetes living across North Wales? This Band 8a role as service lead for diabetes provides the strategic leadership for diabetes dietetics working across the health board.

The successful candidate will work closely with the overall clinical lead for diabetes, area dietetic teams and the three Heads of Dietetics as well as with dietetic diabetes leads across Wales. In addition to three days dedicated to leadership duties, the role includes two days of clinical management of patients with complex diabetes.

North Wales covers a vast geography, and so although travel has decreased since the advent of video meetings, there will still be a need to travel across the three areas that make up Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The wider dietetic departments across North Wales employ over 100 dietitians and dietetic assistants, supported by an administration team. We support continuing professional development and encourage learning from best practice from both within and external to BCUHB.

Main duties of the job

Work closely with the Clinical Lead for Diabetes in the health board to optimise and standardise diabetes care

Gain intimate knowledge of all relevant policies, guidelines and research within Wales and beyond, using these to inform the development of practice

Represent diabetes dietetics in the health board on relevant working groups and committees at an All Wales level.

Produce and manage data relating to the dietetic care of people with diabetes in North Wales

Devise and manage relevant audits on diabetes to inform service development and redesign.

Produce, execute and revise as needed a diabetes dietetics service plan for North Wales

Bring diabetes dietitians across North Wales together to plan,evaluate and improve services

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and 'Proud to Lead' competence framework.

Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the "Disability Confident Employer" scheme.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.