Dietitian

We are looking for a skilled, motivated Band 5 Dietitian to join our dynamic dietetic service, based at Beckford Street, Hamilton

This full time post (37.5 hours per week) is offered on a permanent basis.

The post holder will provide a specialist clinical service to patients across NHS Lanarkshire within a variety of settings, including inpatient, outpatient and domiciliary settings, and via remote (video / telephone) appointment modes.

You will also contribute to service development, quality improvement initiatives and be an active participant in student training.
- Within this post there will be a focus on:
- Nutritional support for patients with / at risk of undernutrition
- Adults, although there may be opportunities to work with paediatric patients

The post holder will:

- Demonstrate excellent team working skills and the ability to work using own initiative
- Be a source of professional dietetic advice
- Be an active participant in student training.
- Have excellent time management skills
- Have working knowledge of basic information technology

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.

**Please note: Car driver with valid UK driving licence is essential.**

**Knowledge Training and/or Experience required to do the job**
- 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

‘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.’

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

**Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence**

**NHS Lanarkshire Recruitment Website**

**Care to join us?