An exciting opportunity has arisen for two Band 5 Dietitians to join our forward thinking, supportive and motivated community team of dietitians. The posts are based at Glanrhyd Hospital or Pontypridd Cottage Hospital and provide support across Cwm Taf Morgannwg Community sites. They are full time and permanent positions.

The successful candidates will provide dietetic intervention to patients across community sites including wards, care homes and patients own homes as well as regular outpatient clinics and education sessions. The candidate will have a key role in student training and will also work closely with Dietetic Support Workers.

We are searching for staff that share our health board values of:

o Listen, learn and improve

o Treat everyone with respect

o Work together as one team

The successful candidate will share our values and vision of an integrated community dietetic team. You will be joining a forward thinking group of dietitians who are part of a dynamic Dietetic Department of over 90 dietitians and support staff.

The department enjoys a high profile both within the wider Therapies team and across the Health Board. The department fully supports continuing professional development. With protected sessions in job plans we actively support staff to participate and share learning opportunities and experiences.

Main duties of the job

To support the provision of health care, to the people of the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board catchment area. To have clinical responsibility for a varied caseload made up of adult community patients receiving nutritional support orally or enterally. Also outpatient work including general adult dietetic clinics or group education sessions.

To work as part of a multidisciplinary team which will include medical, nursing, therapy and catering staff and other colleagues and agencies both within the community and hospital settings.

To work autonomously and work within professional policies, standards and conduct as laid down by the British Dietetic Association, the Health Care Professions Council and Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board Dietetic Department.

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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/Knowledge

Essential

• BSc. Nutrition & Dietetics or Equivalent Dietetic qualification with state registration. Registered with Health Care Professions Council.
• Postgraduate CPD where applicable. Aware of current developments in Dietetic practice.
• Knowledge of current reports and publications relevant to the post.

Desirable

• Clinical Supervisory Skills Training.
• Appreciation of factors influencing the health of the local population.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of managing mixed clinical caseload.
• Outpatient experience.

Aptitude and Abilities

Essential

• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
• Good motivational skills. Good analytical skills.
• Computer literate with keyboard skills. Logical approach to problem solving.

Desirable

• Ability to speak Welsh
• Presentation skills

Other

Essential

• Ability to travel throughout community and UHB sites in a timely manner.
• Physically able to undertake anthropometrical measurement of patients (weighing /measuring)

Employer details

Employer name

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Address

To be confirmed with successful candidate

To be confirmed with successful candidate

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Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

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