Dietitian

**The Role**:
To provide a dietetic service to a range of patients within the Lanarkshire area. This is a rotational post across acute and community settings. Patient care will be delivered across a variety of settings including the patient’s own home / homely setting, inpatient settings and outpatient clinics.

There will be a focus on nutritional support within this role, however, some patients will require advice for other conditions e.g. GI disorders, overweight/obesity, enteral feeding.

**Additional Information Specific to the Role**
- The post holder will understand and implement acts, policies and guidelines within relevant areas of practice.
- To act on behalf of team leaders for operational issues, to provide clinical support and contribute to service development including representation at meetings as required.
- The role will provide a range of clinical experience across acute and community dietetics.
- The role also provides the opportunity for uni and multidisciplinary group working, and to assist in service improvement work e.g. development of care pathways
- Delivery of training to health and social care colleagues, and dietetic students

**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 both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provides 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
- The post holder will be required to demonstrate excellent team working skills with the ability to work using own initiative
- Effective listening, communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work with people and as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Excellent time management skills
- Working knowledge of basic information technology

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

- Experience of working in general ward or community clinical setting
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
- Experience of working within a domiciliary visit setting
- Interest and experience of working in nutritional support, enteral feeding and General Dietetics (GP clinics)
- Car driver with a valid driving licence

**Contract type**:
Permanent

Full time

37.5 hours

**Location and Working Pattern**:
This role will be based in Community Dietetics within Beckford St

The working pattern for this role will be confirmed by the hiring manager

**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 recruitment webpage.

**Additional Information for Applicants**:

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In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
- Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.

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