Job Advert
Band 3 Pro Rata
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as a Dietetic Support Worker based in the Nutrition and Dietetics Department at St John’s Hospital Livingston but travelling to other sites across Lothian. The post holder will support both the Community Dietetic Team in West Lothian and the Lothian adult diabetes team. The Community team covers a range of specialties and works in all community locations. The adult diabetes team provides service to outpatients and group education for patients with diabetes across a number of sites in Lothian. The dietitians within these teams will delegate work and provide supervision to the post holder.
The post holder will review both outpatients and patients within their own homes/care homes. The post holder will be required to complete office based tasks such as maintaining stock levels of resources for the teams eg. diet sheets, making appointments, answering phones and updating electronic patient records e.g. TRAK, SCI-Diabetes and be responsible for downloading information stored on technical devices eg blood glucose meters and insulin pumps. The post holder will participate in patient group education which includes preparing activities/resources for the dietitians to undertake during group education. There will be the opportunity to be involved in teaching on group education sessions.
For further information please direct enquiries to Dania Wood Dietetic Community Service Lead on 01506 522237 dania.wood@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
or Emma Shaw Dietetic Diabetes Team Lead on 01506 523176 emma.shaw@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
**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**
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.