Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 100-AHP025-0325
- Employer
- Hywel Dda University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Glangwili General Hospital
- Town
- Carmarthen
- Salary
- £54,550 - £61,412 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/04/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 23/04/2025
Employer heading

Paediatric Service Lead Dietitian
Band 8a
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Job overview
Are you an experienced paediatric dietetic clinical leader with a passion for paediatrics, ready for an exciting new opportunity? Would you like to live and work in beautiful West Wales and join a dynamic team who promote the importance of achieving a positive work / life balance?
We are seeking a part time (0.5wte) Service Lead for Paediatric Dietetics, Band 8A, based in the paediatric dietetic team hub in Carmarthen. You will lead and manage the paediatric dietetic service Health Board wide, and inform and influence future care of children and young people by working as part of the multi-professional paediatric leadership team.
The post holder will clinically lead in an area of practice to be agreed with the successful applicant, use improvement methodology to support service development and work as part of the dietetic senior leadership team to ensure delivery of a well governed, high quality nutrition and dietetic service.
Main duties of the job
Strategically lead development, implementation, delivery, and evaluation of paediatric dietetic services Health Board wide.
Work as an integral member of the paediatric multi-disciplinary senior leadership team, driving multi-professional prudent approaches,
partnership working and evidence-based practice.
Act as an expert paediatric dietetic clinician; managing a complex clinical caseload, leading Health Board wide evidence-based
paediatric management, informing and leading planning, policy development, training and education, driving quality improvement,
aligning services to National, Health Board and Professional strategy and guidance.
Lead the dietetic paediatric dietetic service, including line management and team leadership duties, ensuring there is an effective
leadership and governance structure.
Please see the job description for full details of the role. We welcome informal discussion and visits to meet the team.
Working for our organisation
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 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services to almost 400,000 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.
Five community hospitals: Amman Valley Hospital and Llandovery Hospital in Carmarthenshire, Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire.
Two integrated care centres (Aberaeron and Cardigan, Ceredigion).
Community facilities, including:
48 General Practices (GP surgeries), 49 Dental Practices, 98 Community Pharmacies (chemists), 44 General Ophthalmic Practices (including eye health and low vision services), 38 sites providing mental health and learning disability services, care within your own homes
Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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 23/04/2025.
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- HCPC registration with a degree in Dietetics.
- Additional professional clinical knowledge and / or qualifications acquired through specialist training, qualification or equivalent experience: willingness to work towards a Master’s qualification
- Expert clinical knowledge of Paediatric Dietetics.
- Knowledge of, and ability to apply evidence-based methodology to support engagement, improvement, and service planning.
Desirable criteria
- Master’s qualification
- Management / Leadership qualification
- Formal Motivational Interviewing qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive clinical dietetic delivery in paediatric dietetics.
- Significant experience of managing a complex, demanding workload using advanced clinical reasoning.
- Substantial postgraduate experience in team leadership, and line management
- Multi-professional working.
- Leading project / quality improvement / development work, with demonstrable outcomes.
- Working at a strategic level, and of engaging and influencing
- Research / clinical audit and interpreting new evidence into practice.
- Planning, delivering, and evaluating programmes of specialist education and training.
Desirable criteria
- Leading national work, a professional network or specialist group
- Managing a delegated budget and resources.
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel to enable role delivery across the Health Board.
- Flexible approach to meet the needs of the service.
Desirable criteria
- Welsh speaker (Level 1)
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Zoe Paul-Gough
- Job title
- Joint Head of Nutrition & Dietetics
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07875 671231
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