Community Dietitian Medical / Elderly Medicine

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included. 

The shift pattern for this position is 4 over 7 days (30 hours).

Interested in working a post where you are able to support a patient from an in-patient setting out in the community. Interested in hospital dietetics and community dietetics. Well the West Quadrant Community Dietetic Service has just such a post. The team are looking for a Band 6 Dietitian to come and join our team. You will provide dietetic care to in-patients at the Vale of Leven Hospital and where appropriate you will have the opportunity to follow them up in the community. The post also includes community work too a mix of clinics and domiciliary visits. The post is based at the Vale Centre for Health and Care.

The Dietetic Service are passionate about quality improvement: the role will include reviewing and improving service delivery by undertaking quality improvement opportunities.

You will be part of the wider West Quadrant Community Dietetic team, a friendly, forward thinking and enthusiastic community team which supports practice placements, clinical supervision, general community dietetics and innovation.

A BSc in Human Nutrition & Dietetics, HCPC registration and a full driving license are essential for this role.

If this sounds interesting and you would like to hear more, please get in touch. We would also like to hear from you, if you are interested in one aspect of the post. Judith Pender, judith.pender@ggc.scot.nhs.uk, tel: .

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs.

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