192644 (MG) Dietetic Support Worker Higher Level inEdinburgh inEdinburgh PUBLISHED 26 JUL 2024

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.


Division: Midlothian Health and Social Care Partnership hosted service



Base: NHS Lothian – Mountcastle Health Centre



Post: Dietetic Support Worker



Grade: Band 3



Hours: 18.5 hrs/week (0.5 WTE) Permanent


An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as a Dietetic Support Worker based within the NHS Lothian Community Dietetic team. The Dietitians within these teams will delegate work and provide training and supervision to the post holder.

The post holder will be involved in the review of patients within their own homes and run virtual clinics, with a particular focus on individuals with malnutrition. In addition to seeing patients, the post holder will be required to make appointments, answer phones, use PECOS ordering service and update electronic patient records e.g. TRAK and other administration tasks.


For Further Information Please Direct Enquiries To


Deborah Currie – Team Lead for Edinburgh Community Dietetics

Dania Wood – Service Lead Community Dietetics

Recruitment Team Use Only - Approved via Local Process

NHS Scotland is reducing their full-time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay. This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff. This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours. However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Recruiting Board.

Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.

We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early.

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We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.

Please note: As this post is part-time, the salary will be pro-rata.