We are excited to offer the opportunity for someone with a passion for paediatric dietetics to join our team! This is a new post funded to develop a service with the Adferiad team. You will work as part of the team supporting children presenting with Long Covid, other post viral and fatiguing conditions, chronic pain and other similar conditions.

This is a permanent, part time role. The post will be based alongside the MDT but you will be required to travel to other sites to deliver clinics and home visits as needed.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an enthusiastic dietitian with excellent communication skills. The new team will be multidisciplinary (dietetics, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, psychology and Paediatrician) and will have a generic therapy assistant practitioner and administration support.

You will have close working relationships with the Paediatric Dietetic team based in Morriston Hospital. You will draw on your experience of working with children and young people to autonomously manage your caseload, providing a high standard of assessment and management.

You willsupport the supervision and mentoring of junior members of staff, Placement 1, 2 and 3 student dietitians and support workers and assistant practitioners, delegating duties as necessary and providing the appropriate level of support at all times.

We offer both departmental and personal CPD time to support your development and share best practice. Our Department is committed to the development of evidenced based practice, research and clinical audit and you will be supported in attending relevant professional networking meetings, interest groups and CPD opportunities as well as having an annual appraisal.

We have good support from administrative staff and Dietetic Assistants. The Health Board has University status with Colleges of Medicine on site.

Please contact leanne.john@wales.nhs.uk for more information.

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About us

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Job description

Job responsibilities

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BSc Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent
• HCPC Registered
• Post registration training in relevant area

Desirable

• Student Clinical Educators Course
• Recognised management/ leadership qualification.

Knowledge

Essential

• Evidence of a wide variety of clinical knowledge
• MSc or its equivalent level of knowledge +advanced post graduate training/experience in relevant areas.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working as a Specialist Dietitian in Nutrition and Dietetics within specialist area.
• Experience of a high level specialist knowledge of service delivery in a variety of different settings .
• Experience of supervising/mentoring staff.
• Experience of Audit and Quality Improvement Methodology.

Desirable

• Experience of strategic planning process
• Experience of policy/service development

Aptitude and Abilities

Essential

• Highly developed interpersonal skills including developed oral and written communication skills with people from a wide variety of backgrounds.
• Have highly developed organisational skills to be able to set priorities and meet daily deadlines
• Able to work on own initiative in a professional manner under pressure as well as having effective teamwork skills

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance

Employer details

Employer name

Swansea Bay University Health Board

Address

To be confirmed

To be confirmed

SA6 6NL

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