Fixed term/Secondment opportunity for 12 months to improve service delivery.
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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the NHS Forth Valley Dietetic Team to provide the dietetic input to the Hospital at Home Service. Applications are welcome from HCPC Registered Dietitians who are committed to service improvement and collaboration to achieve high quality patient care. This is a fixed term post providing maternity leave cover for the substantive post holder.
The Hospital at Home Service is a multidisciplinary integrated team providing a high level of care for frail older people in a person’s home or homely environment, equivalent to that provided within an acute setting. The team manage a virtual ward with daily virtual ward rounds.
This post offers the opportunity to work within a well-formed MDT and requires the post holder to have excellent wide ranging clinical dietetic experience, team working skills and interpersonal skills. Experience of both acute and community dietetics would be advantageous along with experience in care of older adults / frailty services.
The post holder would provide the dietetic clinical input and would be expected to plan and deliver appropriate training and education to the wider team, patients and carers.
This post is professionally supported by the Acute Dietetic Department at FVRH. The post-holder would be required to deliver a Health Board wide service within the Hospital at Home team.
The successful applicant will possess excellent communication skills and have relevant experience and a demonstrated interest in care of older adults / frailty/ rehabilitation/ multiagency working. They must be committed to personal development and be able to work as part of a proactive team. The post-holder would be expected to actively contribute to departmental activities e.g. student training, department meetings and when necessary, provide some cover to other clinical areas.
The person specification gives details on the wider skills, experience, qualifications, values and behaviours are essential within this role.
This post sits within the wider Clinical Dietetic Service in NHS Forth Valley which has 42 Dietitians and 4 Dietetic Assistants and offers excellent peer support and development opportunities.
Informal enquiries are very welcome. Please contact Fiona Struthers, AHP Coordinator on 01324 566569 ([email protected]) or Aaron Fraser, AHP Coordinator (aaron.fraser.nhs.scot) to discuss your application or if you require any further information about this post.
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
As from 1/4/26, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will be reducing from 37 to 36 hours per week. Part time hours will be reduced pro-rata. However, there will be a corresponding increase in the hourly rate so that pay will not be affected.
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