Overview
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These post offer an excellent opportunity for a newly qualified or more experienced Band 5 Dietitian wishing to work within Community, Acute, Paediatric and Weight Management Dietetic services, developing within a broad range of clinical specialities. We are looking for a dietitian with clinical expertise and excellent communication and motivation skills. The post will be a rotational post within the Community, Acute, Paediatric and Weight Management teams, initially within the Acute team.
Rotations and clinical areas
The acute rotation is based at Borders General Hospital, working closely with our 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, general surgery and ITU.
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 Paediatric/Weight Management post is based at Borders General Hospital and in community clinic settings. You will work closely with weight management dietitians to deliver Tier 3 and Tier 4 weight management both to individuals and in group settings. The paediatric clinical work will involve working with our existing Band 7 and Band 6 dietitians, both in an acute and community setting.
Support and development
The post holder 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. The department has good IT facilities and utilizes online patient management systems. The Scottish Borders is within commuting distance from Edinburgh.
Requirements and logistics
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: Lynne Cairns (Acute Team Lead) on Tel 01896 826450. Alternatively email lynne.cairns@nhs.scot
Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a regulated role, your appointment will be subject to joining the PVG Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes.
To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement to demonstrate permission to work in the country. This permission is granted by the UK Visas and Immigration Service. As part of pre-employment checks, NHS Scotland Boards will check entitlement to work. This can be evidenced through visa types as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. For more details, please refer to GOV.UK. For specific post types, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa may be possible in certain cases, subject to sponsor status and salary thresholds.
It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.
PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications. 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.
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