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Main area
Community Dietetics
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 8.30 - 4.30)
Job ref
110-AHP234-0724
Employer
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
Glanrhyd Hospital
Town
Bridgend
Salary
£28,834 - £35,099 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/08/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board logo

Dietitian

Band 5

We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000.  We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.

Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.

We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the  living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until  the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed

Job overview

Dietitian (Band 5)

 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Dietitian to join our forward thinking, supportive and motivated team of community Dietitians. The post is based at the Glanrhyd Hospital, Bridgend. It is a full time and permanent position. 

The successful candidates will be joining an innovative and forward thinking team who are part of a dynamic Dietetic department of over 90 dietitians. 

This post will give you the opportunity to develop your skills working within our Home Enteral Feeding and Community Nutrition Support Team within Bridgend. 

The role will be supervised by our Band 7 Community Lead working mainly within the clinical areas of dementia and frailty services in Bridgend and include domiciliary visits, community hospital sites, outpatient clinics (virtual and face to face), group education sessions and training of other professionals. Multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working will be encouraged. 

 

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 on enteral feeding and/or oral nutritional supplements.  Also outpatient work including general adult dietetic clinics or group education sessions.

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

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.

Works within clearly defined organisational policies, work is managed rather than supervised.

 

These posts sit within the teams based at Glanrhyd Hospital and Pontypridd Cottage Hospital however due to the nature of the role you will be required to deliver services to patients across the whole of Cwm Taf University Health Board therefore, the ability to travel throughout the geographical area in a timely manner is essential.

 

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

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main 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

Essential criteria
  • 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 practise
  • Knowledge of current reports and publications relevant to the post
Desirable criteria
  • Clinical Supervisory Skills Training
  • Appreciation of factors influencing the health of the local population.

Experience

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

Aptitute and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
  • Good motivational skills
  • Computer literate with keyboard skills
  • Good analytical skills
  • Postgraduate CPD where applicable
  • Logical approach to problem solving
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to speak Welsh
  • Presentation skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Age positiveStop Smoking Wales is the NHS Smoking Cessation Service in WalesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerHyderus o ran anabledd crflogwrAccredited Living Wage EmployerWelsh logo for Armed Force Bronze Award for Cym Taf UHBAccredited Living Wage EmployerCore principlesPrentisiaethau Apprenticeships

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Eleri Wright
Job title
Dietetic Professional Manager - Community Services
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01656 311121
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