Senior Tutor in Health, Nutrition and Exercise

I am a state registered dietitian with over 23 years of continuous NHS professional practice. During this time I have worked in a number of settings, including major teaching hospitals in London fulfilling such roles as acute hospital dietitian, community dietitian, GP dietitian, diabetes specialist dietitian, obesity dietitian, enteral feeding dietitian, gastro specialist dietitian, oncology specialist dietitian and free-lance dietitian.

My dietetic roles have covered a wide section of the population, allowing me to provide dietetic support to numerous groups including, children, teenagers, mother & baby groups, the elderly, obese patients, neurological patients, eating disorders patients, mental health patients, religious groups, young offenders, social workers and a dietetic service to prison inmates.

My most recent NHS role was as a dietetic manager at Milton Keynes University Hospital, where I led a team of 28 dietitians for a number of years, covering adult inpatient and outpatient care, paediatrics and community dietetics. The community dietitians played a special public health role in the areas of adult obesity and diabetes management and providing a paediatric service for overweight children.

Since 2018, I left the NHS to concentrate on private practice, specialising in the areas of gastroenterology and oncology. I am super excited about my role at the University of Bedford where I will have the opportunity to share my passion, knowledge and experience that I have gained as a reflective dietetic practitioner.

Qualifications

• MSc Healthcare Leadership – University of Bedfordshire
• BSc (Hons) Human Nutrition & Dietetics – University of North London

Membership of professional bodies

• Health Professions Council (HCPC): Registration number DT06709
• British Dietetic Association (BDA) membership. Membership number 6135
• Member of the BDA Oncology Specialist Group

Teaching Expertise

• Placement Co-ordinator for BSc students studying Human Nutrition & Dietetics
• General Practitioner Educator on managing malnutrition in the community
• DESMOND Educator – self management education programme for people with Type 2 diabetes

Research Interests

• Oncology: the role of phytonutrients in decreasing cancer risk
• Gastroenterology and the efficacy of probiotics in addressing food intolerance
• The role of very low calorie diets to induce Type 2 diabetes remission

Projects

• Designing a nutritional screening tool for cancer patients in the outpatient setting in a private oncology institution
• Providing professional dietetic input in the creation of a cancer Head & Neck pathway

External Roles

• BMI Healthcare Freelance Dietitian
• GenesisCare Oncology Specialist Dietitian

Publications

• Johns Christopher (2017) Becoming a Reflective Practitioner. 5th published edition. ISBN 978-1-119-19392-0. Chapter 22 by Gerald Remy: Reflective Leadership

Contact Details

T: +44 (0)1234 793237
E: gerald.remy@beds.ac.uk