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Job reference: 142305
Salary: Band 3 (£23,914 - £25,808)
Job closing date: 03/04/2023
Job Type: Allied Health Professions
Location: NHS Forth Valley Sites
Employment type: Various Contract Options
Hours Per Week: Up to 37.5
Job posted date: 21/03/2023
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Forth Valley
Department: Nutrition and Dietetics - Healthier Future Team

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We are looking for new dietetic/community food (cooking, growing)/ therapy assistants to join our growing team of dietitians, nutritionists and community food workers in NHS Forth Valley (FV). We welcome applicants who would like full or part time hours: please note that 11.25 hours (1.5 days) of this opportunity is a *secondment opportunity / fixed-term for 18 months due to funding.

The role of a dietetic assistant is to support the Registered Dietitians and Community Food Development workers in their day to day work, aiding in the assessment, monitoring and review of patients, assist in the delivery of education, programmes and training and to a lesser extent, related administrative duties e.g. stock ordering, resource administration.

The successful post holder will be interested in food and health and have experience of working with the general public or a range of clients/customers.  Experience in a health or social care environment is highly desirable.   They must be able to work as part of a team, have good organisational and communication skills and basic IT skills.  

Once in post, further training will be given specific to the role. 

The Forth Valley Healthier Future Team is friendly and proactive providing a range of services within Falkirk and Stirling Community Hospitals and a variety of Community Services.  This post will be part of a large team of dietitians, nutritionists, health improvement specialists, community food development & family workers and admin support providing a wide variety of health care and health improvement services.  All team members are expected to actively contribute to departmental activities e.g. student training, department meetings and when necessary provide some cover to other parts of the service.  NHS Forth Valley is centrally located in Scotland with good transport links, easy access to major cities and spectacular countryside.

Our attached person specification details which wider skills, experience, qualifications, values and behaviours are essential within this particular role.  Please share with us, in your application,  how you have demonstrated these in your work in the past and how this is relevant to this role as this will help us get to know you and your unique skills further.    

We love it when people contact us to discuss advertised posts.  It allows you to find out more about us and the role and allows us to support you with your application process which we enjoy doing.  Please do get in touch! 

Informal enquiries to Alyson Conroy on 07766 443353, Rhonda Archibald on 07793 732284 or Louise McCombie on 07968 820081.

The duties of this post require the successful candidate to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme.  More information on this scheme can be found at www.disclosurescotland.co.uk

Please note that the majority of correspondence is sent by e-mail, therefore please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders) and also your Jobtrain account for updates.

NHS Forth Valley is positive about disabled people and is committed to offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.  Please contact the Recruitment Office on 0330 041 4694 if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to assist you with your application and/or interview.

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.

​​​​​​​*Secondment Opportunity – Existing permanent employees must first discuss this opportunity with their substantive line manager and complete the secondment request form prior to interview. The secondment request form and the associated secondment policy can be found on the HR/Recruitment intranet pages and must be completed and signed by the substantive line manager.  The Candidate should then take it with them to interview as confirmation that an agreement has been granted.

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