Nutrition Educator for Diabetes (Band 4) Temporary (Fixed Term) Post
Community Diabetes Service | Gloucestershire | Countywide
Are you passionate about nutrition, healthy lifestyles and empowering people to manage their diabetes?
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Nutrition Educator to join our Team. You will deliver engaging education programmes, both face-to-face and online, helping people with type 2 Diabetes develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to manage their condition effectively.
Working as part of a friendly multidisciplinary team, you will facilitate group education sessions, provide individualised support, promote lifestyle changes, contribute to service development, and help evaluate and improve our education programmes.
We are seeking someone with a recognised qualification in nutrition (or equivalent experience), excellent communication and IT skills, and a genuine interest in diabetes care and health promotion. Experience of delivering training, workshops or group education is an advantage.
If you are an excellent communicator who enjoys supporting people to make positive lifestyle changes and would like to make a real difference to the health of people with type 2 Diabetes in our local community, we would love to hear from you.
As a key member of the Community Diabetes Service, you will support development and provision of structured patient education, including education of families and carers, for people with Type 2 Diabetes.
This involves:
Providing complex nutritional information and managing group dynamics
Supporting development of self-management skills for the person with type 2 diabetes, in liaison with our nurses and dietitians
Offering encouragement and support to enable the person with type 2 diabetes towards a more active lifestyle, according to their needs and abilities
Working collaboratively with internal and external agencies; and promoting the service at meetings and events
Undertaking self-evaluation and administrative duties to support this role.
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
1. Delivering Diabetes and You and Diabetes, Food and You education sessions (online and face to face)
2. Calls to service users to arrange appointments, follow up sessions and signposting
3. Regular education update meetings within the team, and service managers
4. Monitoring, evaluation and audit of the programmes
5. Development and peer supervision of programme delivery
6. Individual consultations for those unable to engage in a group setting
7. Promotion of the sessions in the local area, including using social media platforms.
