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1x Fixed Term to 31/03/2024 - 37.5 hours per week.
1x Fixed Term to 30/09/2022 – 37.5 hours per week.
These posts offer an excellent opportunity for a newly qualified or more experienced Band 5 Dietitian wishing to work within Community, Acute, and Weight Management Dietetic services, developing within a broad range of clinical specialities. We are looking for people with clinical expertise and excellent communication and motivation skills. These posts will be a rotational posts within the Community, Acute, and Weight Management teams, allowing the post holder to work in a variety of settings alongside specialist dietitians. One rotation will be based within the Community team and the other within the Community/Weight Management team.
The community rotation will be working alongside our band 6 community dietetics team and requires travelling to cover outpatient clinics, community hospitals, domiciliary visits and care homes across NHS Borders community.
The Weight Management post is based at Borders General Hospital and in community clinic settings. You will work closely with our Band 7 lead dietitian, weight management dietitian, clinical psychologist and administrator to deliver Tier 3 and Tier 4 weight management both to individuals and in group settings.
The acute rotations are based at Borders General Hospital, working closely with our other band 5 Dietitians, Band 6 dietitians, and Dietetic Support Worker to deliver dietetic services to individuals and in group settings. Clinical areas will include general medicine, stroke, renal clinic, general surgery and ITU.
Post holders will be supported to complete the Flying Start programme. Supervision and support will be provided to enable you to play an active part in the department and develop your clinical skills. You will be joining join a well-respected team of dietitians with a commitment to staff development and clinical excellence. The department has good IT facilities and utilises online patient management systems’
The Scottish Borders is within commuting distance from Edinburgh.
For the community and weight management setting you will be required to travel in order to deliver service needs, and a driving licence is essential.
For further Information please contact: Vanessa Hamilton (Dietetic Service Lead) on Tel 01896 827231
***PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***