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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.
Do you have excellent communication skills, an ability to work in partnership with
others, a patient focused approach and a desire to provide and improve services to
meet the needs of people who are overweight?
We are keen to look at new and transformational ways of delivering the service with a view to long term sustainability and have some short term funding to undertake specific pieces of work to enable us to do this.
Pieces of work the postholders will undertake are:
- Roll out Counterweight Plus groups to people who are overweight
You will be part of a team of community dietitians within Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire but will also work as part of the wider health and social care team to deliver services across the partnerships.
This is an ideal opportunity for candidates wishing to develop and progress their career and professional practice in a department that recognises the value of ongoing CPD, robust clinical supervision system and exposure to a variety of development opportunities and for candidates seeking a secondment opportunity.
We participate in undergraduate student training, taking students for their B & C placement. We work with dietetic colleagues across Grampian on shared issues and initiatives such as clinical effectiveness, patient safety and patient centeredness.
Delivery of a high quality dietetic service is high on our agenda.
You must be a car driver and hold a full driving licence.
You will be required to work 5 of 7 days which may include weekend working as required
Informal enquiries to: Carole Noble, Lead Dietitian, Aberdeen Health and Social Care Partnership. Tel. 07772 580254 Email: carole.noble@nhs.scot