Specialist Dietitian-am

**The Role**:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a permanent, Specialist Community Dietitian to join our dynamic team of Dietitian’s in NHS Lanarkshire.

This role is a Band 6. Full-time and Part-time hours will be considered.

We are looking for a skilled, motivated dietitian with excellent communication and negotiation skills
who will provide a clinical service within outpatient and domiciliary settings, and via remote (video / telephone) appointment modes. Within this post there will be a focus on nutritional support and enteral feeding for patients with / at risk of undernutrition and care for adults, although there may be opportunities to work with paediatric patients.

**This post requires travel across NHS Lanarkshire - a full UK/EEA driving license is essential.**

The NHS Lanarkshire Dietetic Service has a clinical remit for people of all ages across a diverse population, with areas of both high deprivation and affluence. Community and hospital based dietetic teams work closely together to provide care to patients across inpatient and outpatient settings. We are a dynamic service who value a culture of helpfulness, support staff development and progression and have a focus on improving clinical pathways using data and digital technology to provide high quality care to our patients.

**NHS Lanarkshire**:
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

**What we'll need you to bring**:

- Registered Dietitian with valid HCPC Registration.
- Be a source of proffessional dietic advice.
- Educated to/working towards/operating at Degree Level.
- Post graduate expertise within speciality / area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently.
- Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the speciality / area of practice.
- Specialist knowledge and experience of relevant conditions, pathology, policies and procedures associated with the speciality/area of practice ensuring that the level of expertise can be utilised to deliver leadership within speciality / area of practice.
- Further education/evidence of Continuous Professional Development in area of speciality including study days/courses/post graduate qualification.
- Contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives.
- Be an active participant in student training.
- Have excellent time management skills.
- Have working knowledge of basic information technology.
- Have excellent team-working/leadership skills and have the ability to motivate others and work using own initiative.

**It would be great if you also have**:

- Member of PENG/Attendance at PENG course or willingness to do so
- Knowledge of current Enteral Feeding, nutritional support and ONS Best Practice Policies

**Contract type**:
Permanent

Full time - Part Time negotiable

37.5 hours

**Location and Working Pattern**:
This role will be based at Beckford Street in the Nutrition and Dietetics Department.

The working pattern for this role is to be confirmed.

**Looking to find out more?**:
If you’re looking to find out a bit more, then we would love to hear from you

**Why NHS Lanarkshire?**:
Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:

- A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
- A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
- Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
- Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
- Occupational health services
- Employee Counselling services
- Work-life Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

**Further Information**:
For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recrui