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.

Division Midlothian HSCP hosted service

Base East Lothian Community Hospital

Post Permanent

Grade Band 3

Hours 17.28hrs (0.48wte) per week Please note: As this post is part-time, the salary will be pro-rata.

Dietetic Secretary: Community Dietetics:

An administrator/secretary is required to join East Lothian Community Dietetic team based at East Lothian Community Hospital, Haddington. This part time post will be responsible for providing a comprehensive administrative service to the Community Dietetic Service. This exciting post, within an ever-developing service, requires an ability to work in a busy open plan office both autonomously and as part of a team. Working days will be agreed with successful candidate but requirement to support a Monday to Friday service.

Key requirements:

NHS Values. Excellent telephone manner, ability to calmly manage a high call demand; Good keyboard skills; competency with Microsoft Office packages; Accurate record keeping; Excellent communication skills; Administrative experience and effective workload management skills.

Further enquiries welcomed and should be directed to:

Victoria Hilton, Dietetic Team Lead by telephone at 07483692325 or email:- Victoria.hilton@nhs.scot

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• Show us the real you: Your application should reflect your skills, experience, and motivations authentically.
• Use AI wisely: It’s fine to use AI for ideas or to check spelling and grammar, but don’t let it write your answers.
• Why this matters: Applications that rely on AI-generated content may be withdrawn. By applying, you confirm your responses are based on your own knowledge and achievements.

Tip: Think of AI as a helper, not a substitute. We want to understand you—not an AI tool.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy.

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.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

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.