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Please note that for any part-time posts, the salary for this position will be pro-rata.
Looking for a new dietetic opportunity to innovate, lead and develop in neonatology? These newly funded posts may be for you, working as part of the Neonatal MDT based at University Hospital Wishaw. The hospital has good transport links for the Central Belt. You will be working as part of a team of Band 7 and Band 6 Dietitians to provide excellent, timely evidence-based dietetic interventions. The team will be leaders in the development of neonatal care for Scotland. The post will involve inpatients and outpatients onsite at the University Hospital Wishaw and has the potential for some remote clinical work. These posts are open to applications for part-time and full-time work.
The post holder will be an active member of the Neonatal team promoting gold-standard nutritional care.
The Neonatal MDT consists of consultants, advanced nurse practitioners, midwives, discharge liaison nurses, pharmacists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, psychologists and the infant feeding team.
The role will include
Direct Clinical care
Inpatient ward rounds, MDT meetings, MDT and dietetic outpatient clinics
Providing strategic leadership and direction, locally and nationally
Service development
Creating clinical pathways
Collection and interpretation of data to ensure successful clinical outcomes
Education, training and support of health professionals and others providing neonatal care
The newly established dietetic team will work closely together and support each other to deliver evidence-based care.
Informal enquiries regarding the post will be welcomed by Nadia Bowley on 01698 366412
For queries regarding the application form or recruitment process only, please contact tracy.watson@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk stating the job title and reference number in the subject. Please note: all job-related queries must be directed to the informal contact noted above.
Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.
‘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 interviews may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
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