Specialist Dietitian

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Borders General Hospital

Borders Weight Management Team

Specialist Weight Management Dietitian

Permanent, 37 Hours per week

Band 6: £41,608 - £50,702

The borders weight management team is looking for an experienced, motivated and compassionate dietitian to join their team. This is a new post for the safe and effective care of supporting patients with weight loss medications.

The post holder will be required to act independently to provide a comprehensive specialist service. Service delivery will involve face-to-face and virtual contact in both group and one to one support settings. They will develop and deliver training programmes, alongside clinical triage of referrals and service development. They will be involved in the supervision of dietitians, dietetic support workers and our project support officer. They will be giving the opportunity to undertake the supplementary prescribing for healthcare professional’s course, which will be essential to this role.

This post will be based at the Borders General Hospital with some home working. It may also require travel throughout the borders in order to deliver service needs, a driving licence is essential.

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For further information, please click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information, you have any questions please contact:

Joeleen McKean (Joint Weight Management Team Lead) on 01896 827236

Gill Archibald (Joint Weight Management Team Lead) on 01896 826447.

Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (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 for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here. 

For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found here.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that 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 so please ensure your application is submitted early**
  
  

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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Role Level: Mid-Level Work Type: Full-Time Country: India City: india ,Chandigarh Company Website: https://www.nhsaaa.net/ Job Function: Healthcare & Medical Services Company Industry/

Sector: Hospitals and Health Care

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