Dietetic Support Worker, Dietetics
- Employer
- NHS National Services Scotland
- Location
- Edinburgh Technopole, UK
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- 5 Dec 2020
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- Sector
- Healthcare
- Contract Type
- Permanent
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Job Details
NHS Lothian is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.
To this end, NHS Lothian welcomes applications from all sections of society.
***PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as a Dietetic Support Worker based within the NHS Lothian Community Dietetics team who work out of 4 dedicated bases across Lothian. The dietitians within these teams will delegate work and provide training and supervision to the post holder.
The post holder will be involved in the review of in patients, outpatients and patients within their own homes/care homes with a particular focus on individuals with malnutrition. In addition to seeing patients, the post holder will be required to complete office based tasks such as maintaining stock levels of resources for the teams eg. diet sheets, making appointments, answering phones and updating electronic patient records e.g. TRAK
For further information please direct enquiries to
Dania Wood - Service Lead Community Dieteticsor to
Deborah Currie - CommunityTeam Lead
This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.
**Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage**
To this end, NHS Lothian welcomes applications from all sections of society.
***PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as a Dietetic Support Worker based within the NHS Lothian Community Dietetics team who work out of 4 dedicated bases across Lothian. The dietitians within these teams will delegate work and provide training and supervision to the post holder.
The post holder will be involved in the review of in patients, outpatients and patients within their own homes/care homes with a particular focus on individuals with malnutrition. In addition to seeing patients, the post holder will be required to complete office based tasks such as maintaining stock levels of resources for the teams eg. diet sheets, making appointments, answering phones and updating electronic patient records e.g. TRAK
For further information please direct enquiries to
Dania Wood - Service Lead Community Dieteticsor to
Deborah Currie - CommunityTeam Lead
This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.
**Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage**
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