SNR SPECIALIST DIETITIAN | University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated, team player with excellent communication skills to join our dedicated team of diabetes dietitians working as core members of a dynamic Diabetes Service.

This exciting and diverse role will provide an opportunity to further develop your clinical and leadership skills within the diabetes dietetic team. You will be advising patients with diabetes on a one to one basis and via structured education (e.g. DAFNE) and as a non medical prescriber or under an extended role make suggestions for adjusting / titration of drug dosages.You will also provide specialist support for new technologies e.g. pump, CGM (continuous blood glucose monitoring) mobile applications and other applications as they are rolled out in this fast pace area of care.

Depending on your experience to date, we will support you with training and up skilling in the various diabetes technologies such as hybrid closed loop pumps.
• Undertaking Consultant led MDT clinics
• Undertaking stand alone dietetic advisory clinics
• Participating in weekly MDT
• Opportunity to achieve extended scope role status to independently adjust insulin regimes and/or non-medical prescribing status.
• Educating patients on latest diabetes technologies (insulin pumps and continuous glucose sensors and following patients up as required).
• Leading on patient structured education programmes
• Develop patient information and clinical guidelines.
• Actively partake in regional QI projects
• Engaging with the regional and national Diabetes Network meetings and dietetic forums.
• Benchmark practice and clinical outcomes of adults on diabetes diet interventions with other centres to inform on future practice.
• Support education and training of dietitians, pre-registration dietitians and other health professionals.

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We have four primary goals:
• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact, and
• research and education excellence

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
• we are compassionate,
• we are proud,
• we are inclusive, and
• we are one team

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:

• To lead on the development and provision of a high quality, evidence based and effective nutrition and dietetic outpatient service for adults with diabetes with varying degrees of complexity, individually and through structured education.
• To work as part of the Nutrition and Dietetic Service and the Diabetes Service within the Emergency, Specialist Medicine (ESM CMG) without direct supervision and whilst exercising a large degree of autonomy.
• To provide an expert specialist outpatient Dietetic and Nutrition Service to adults with diabetes whilst under the care of Diabetes Consultants, UHL NHS Trust. As part of this role you will be expected to act as an expert resource on diabetes and diet therapy and advise other dietitians and health care professionals on nutrition and dietetic matters (local and national).

This advert closes on Wednesday 6 May 2026