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NHS Scotland 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 Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
NHS Scotland is reducing their full-time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay. This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff. This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours. However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Recruiting Board.
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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.
Band 7 Dietitian - Advanced Dietetic Practitioner, Lothian Adult Eating Disorder Service
Permanent Full Time (1.0 WTE)
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 7 Advanced Dietetic Practitioner to join our Adult Lothian Eating Disorder Service. This post will provide highly specialised dietetic support to adults with mental health and eating disorder diagnoses across Lothian. This post will be based at the Cullen Centre on the Royal Edinburgh Hospital Site with a requirement to work across Lothian to support community-based work and inpatient liaison.
The Lothian Eating Disorders Service is a well established multi-disciplinary outpatient and community service. The service supports patients with a wide range of eating disorder presentations and offers psychological and medical interventions. The post holder will be expected to perform as a senior member of the LEDS Dietetic and multidisciplinary team. They would be expected to supervise members of staff, provide clinical leadership, participate in student training (A, B & C placements) and provide operational support to the team when required. They will be responsible for a caseload of high-risk eating disorder patients and be part of assessment, care planning, implementation and evaluation alongside the MDT. A substantial part of the post will also lead on service evaluation and development in line with the National Eating Disorder Review Recommendations. The post-holder will be required to travel across Lothian for community visiting, liaising and outreach work when this cannot be delivered via phone or video link.
We are strongly committed to training and support, with annual appraisals, peer support and training opportunities to further develop your specialist clinical skills.
For further information and to discuss details of the post please contact Cherri McCrae REAS and Eating Disorder Dietetic Team Lead on 07890023814/ cherri.mccrae@nhs.scot or Karen Henderson Head of Dietetics on 07854 857905/ Karen.Henderson@nhs.scot
Interviews will be held on 2nd July .
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