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Have you ever thought about developing your career in the tropical, low-tax island of Bermuda?

We are partnering with a Bermuda-based medical practice who are looking for a qualified Dietitian to join their team. Priding themselves on providing ‘gold-standard’ evidence-based care for Endocrinology and Diabetes Management, we are looking for a Dietitian who excels working with a similar patient load. While case load is weighed this way, any successful candidate will be expected to work with varying different needs.

Relationship and rapport building are key for this clinic-based role, and we are looking for candidates that can showcase clearly their medical experience providing nutrition therapy, and who can lead educational classes and workshops.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient-based medical nutrition therapy for individuals requiring dietary modifications, including diabetes self-management education and weight management.
• Conduct comprehensive nutritional assessments for patients, considering medical history, lifestyle, and dietary preferences.
• Assess and reassess patients to develop or modify individual treatment plans with collaborative goals, providing adequate support and follow-up to enable them to achieve competency in dietary modifications.
• Educate patients on proper nutrition, healthy eating habits, and lifestyle modifications.
• Collaborate with healthcare teams to integrate nutrition strategies into overall treatment plans.
• Develop, manage, and provide education classes for group programs during usual working schedules, with occasional agreed-upon evenings or weekends.
• Maintain accurate documentation of assessments, care plans, and patient interactions, including maintaining patient records and billing in Trimed EMR.
• Stay current with the latest research and best practices in nutrition science to provide up-to-date advice.
• Develop business plans and grant proposals to support applications for additional programs aimed at improving the public health of the Bermuda community.

Skills

• Strong knowledge of nutrition principles and dietary guidelines
• Ability to develop clear, practical care plans tailored to individual needs
• Excellent communication skills to effectively educate and motivate patients
• Ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary healthcare teams
• Compassionate approach with a focus on patient-centered care
• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple cases efficiently, with a focus on problem-solving, project management, and execution

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Dietetics and Nutrition
• Must be a Registered Dietitian in Bermuda
• Certified Diabetes Educator preferred
• At least two years of related experience, including Type 1, Type 2, and gestational diabetes, management of diabetes-related technologies (insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring), obesity management, and GLP-1 dietary management

Professional Requirements

• Comply with all policies and standards regarding ethical business practices
• Complete annual education requirements
• Participate in performance improvement and continuous quality improvement activities
• Experience with data entry and data analysis

Join us in empowering individuals through expert nutritional guidance! This role offers a dynamic environment where your expertise will directly impact health outcomes. We value energetic professionals who are eager to inspire positive change through science-backed nutrition practices.

Important Notes

• This role will be based in Bermuda
• This contact is for an initial 2-years, with an option to renew
• Your work permit and immigration application will be sponsored by the employer
• During our introductory call, we can discuss the details of relocation, compensation, etc
• The salary for this role is $100,000 Bermuda Dollars, which is roughly £75,949.50

Pay: £75,994.50 per year

Work Location: In person

Benefits

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Employee discount

On-site gym

On-site parking

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About The Role

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a part time Dietitian to join our Primary Care team at HMP Eastwood Park, located in Gloucestershire

HMP Eastwood Park is a women's prison focused on rehabilitation, wellbeing, and helping individuals build positive futures. Health care is situated in the prison and provides a 24 hour healthcare and has a capacity of around 400 females.

As part of this Dietitian role, you will have a varied and rewarding workload, including managing a clinical caseload, delivering training and upskilling staff, facilitating group sessions for patients.

This is an excellent opportunity to shape the role and make it your own. You'll have the autonomy to develop services, introduce new ideas

Site offers:

• Onsite parking
• Onsite Café
• Access to gym

Hours:

• Monday - Friday
• 18.75 hours per week
• We are flexible in the working days / hours

Salary

You’ll receive an annual salary between £21,805 - £24,578 per annum, depending on experience.

How will we support you?

• Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
• Competency framework
• Regional and national career development opportunities
• Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
• Support from the wider team

Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

What you'll be doing

As a Dietitian your responsibilities will vary. You will

• Advise on therapeutic diets and specialist nutritional requirements, ensuring these are Deliver a comprehensive dietetic service to patients within the prison, managing a varied and complex caseload.
• Undertake specialist nutritional assessments and develop evidence-based treatment plans tailored to individual patient needs.
• Provide expert dietary advice and interventions for patients with a range of clinical conditions, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, gastrointestinal disorders, malnutrition, obesity, and food allergies or intolerances.
• Monitor, review, and evaluate patient progress, adjusting care plans as required.
• Work collaboratively with healthcare professionals, prison staff, catering services, and external agencies to ensure effective nutritional care and support.
• Provide nutritional education and health promotion activities to individuals and groups, supporting behaviour change and self-management.

If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning.

It doesn’t stop there… we also offer:

• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

What we’ll look for in you

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We’re the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.

Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

• we treat patients and each other as they would like to be treated
• we act with integrity
• we embrace diversity
• we strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

• Dietician Degree Qualification or equivalent - HCPC
• Experience of working as a dietician in a large multi- disciplinary team,
• Health Professions Council– Licence to Practice.
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development
• Understanding of the complexities of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working
• Knowledge of healthcare policies and best practice

Although not essential ideal applicants would have experience in a hospital, community or prison environment.

Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you’re looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you

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