Senior Specialist Dietitian
Listed on 2026-09-21
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Healthcare
Dietitian / Nutritionist, Health Education & Promotion, Healthcare Administration
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.
Could you work as part of a multi-disciplinary team committed to improving the health of people with diabetes across Tayside?
The Nutrition and Dietetic Service in Tayside are seeking to recruit a dietitian to work within our specialist diabetes team.
The postholder will work as a member of the specialist Tayside Dietetic Diabetes Team and will provide a clinical service in secondary care for people in Tayside living with diabetes. The post holder will be expected to work closely with the multi-disciplinary diabetes team taking a pro-active approach in the clinical care of patients, service improvement and pathway development. The primary clinical focus of the post will be on patients with type 1 diabetes requiring insulin therapy including hybrid closed loop systems.
Excellent interpersonal and communications skills and the ability to demonstrate good team working, leadership, time management as well as being able to work autonomously are essential. The post holder should have significant experience of working in a diabetes team as specialist dietitian, including experience of working with a complex case load and hybrid closed loop systems
The Tayside Nutrition & Dietetic Service promotes collaborative working across all our teams in different settings and specialities. This enables and encourages the development and implementation of pathways, standards and innovative practice. It also allows for extensive peer support and opportunities for professional development. We are committed to the training of dietetic students, medical students and other healthcare professionals
Applicants must be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.
Hours of work are: 14.4 per week
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