Are you an enthusiastic and dynamic Dietitian with excellent team-working skills? Are you looking for an opportunity to work as part of specialist team, whilst maintaining experience supporting individuals with a number of different nutritional diagnoses?

An opportunity has arisen to join our forward thinking, dynamic and well respected Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Dietetic team across Hywel Dda. The post-holder will have some experience of working with individuals with mental illness and/or learning disabilities and will have a compassionate and flexible approach to Dietetic care they will have the opportunity to engage in clinical supervision and training as part of enhancing their skill set and development.

The post holder will support service users within mental health and learning disabilities services with a range of conditions working as part of a uni-professional and multi-professional team.

Training and education will be a central part of this role as well as supporting student training and the development and implementation of our Dietetic support worker roles.

As a service we pride ourselves on being a supportive team, promoting staff wellbeing and work life balance. We welcome applicants wishing to discuss opportunities for flexible and remote working.

Full time or part time working (minimum 22.5 hours) will be considered.

Main duties of the job

Works as a specialist mental health and learning disability dietitian and as a member of mental health and learning disability multi-disciplinary teams, managing a complex and varied caseload of patients, and supports others to work effectively with people with mental health needs, and learning disabilities.Uses specialist dietetic knowledge and skills: assessing, planning, implementing treatment and delivering dietetic interventions in a variety of settings including community, outpatient, and hospital and group settings in line with the needs of the patient, and their family and carers.

Provides education, training and expert support to develop the diet and nutrition knowledge and skills of others' working with people with mental health needs or learning disabilities. Contributes to the work of dietetic and mental health services, actively participating in development, evaluation and improvement work, and the implementation of policy, guidance and standards.

About us

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest

Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire

48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres

Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services

Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.

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.

The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.

Interviews will be held on 2/10/2024.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Knowledge

Essential

• Recognised Degree in Dietetics
• HCPC registration
• Clinical supervisory skills training
• Demonstrates consolidated and broad clinical dietetic knowledge and skills
• Evidence of further knowledge and / or training in relation to mental health / learning disability
• Developed some specialist knowledge as evidenced by dietetics qualification and / or additional formal post graduate learning
• Able to demonstrate how current knowledge & skills are transferrable to specialist area of dietetic practice
• Demonstrates good knowledge of, and ability to apply, evidence base in relation to dietetic practice
• Critical appraisal skills: able to interpret current and emerging evidence base, national and professional policy, guidance and best practice in the delivery of dietetics
• Well established clinical problem solving skills
• Demonstrates effective organisational skills including prioritisation of workload, effective caseload management and delegation of tasks
• Well established teaching and presentation skills

Desirable

• Other professional, technical or academic qualification which relate to area of clinical Dietetic practice
• Completed BDA Specialist / Accredited Dietetic training / modules relevant to the role
• ECDL or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable broad experience in clinical dietetics
• Experience of dietetic work with people with mental health needs and / or learning disabilities
• Evidence of working as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of delivering education and training
• Evidence of involvement in development / improvement / audit / implementing a change in practice / delivering / evaluating a new way of working
• Experience of clinically supervising and supporting other health care staff

Desirable

• Experience of delegating work to and supporting / supervising junior staff.
• Experience of research
• Experience of delivering project work
• Mental health or learning disability dietitian

Language Skills

Desirable

• Welsh Speaker - Level 1

Employer details

Employer name

Hywel Dda University Health Board

Address

Health Board wide

Health Board wide

SA31 2AF

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