Job summary
- Main area
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: Band 7 (Annex 21 remuneration applies)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 110-AHP096-0624-A
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Tonteg Hospital
- Town
- Pontypridd
- Salary
- £44,398 - £50,807 per annum (Annex 21 remuneration applies)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Highly Specialist CAMHS Dietitian in Eating Disorders (Annex 21)
Band 7
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
This is a training and development role under Annex 21 of the Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions. The Highly Specialist CAMHS Dietitian – Eating Disorders will be required to undertake up to a 14 month training programme/competency framework upon commencement of this role, with an aim to obtain the relevant training and work experience to fully meet this job description.
Annex 21 remuneration applies.
Completion of the training programme/competency framework is a requirement of the contract of employment.
During this training period, salary will be paid in accordance with Annex 21 of the Terms and Conditions as follows:
- Months 1 - 12 of the training period will be paid at 70% of the top of Band 7 pay scale, and
- Months 13 - 14 of the training period will be paid at 75% of the top of Band 7 pay scale.
Upon successful completion of the training programme/competency framework, even if sooner than the 14 month allocated timeframe, the post holder will automatically move to the bottom of Band 7 as they will then meet the full KSF outline of this role and be expected to undertake all duties within this Job Description as indicated.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will lead a team of professionals to deliver a specialist service to children and young people presenting with eating disorder symptoms within the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB) locality. In addition to leading the service, the post holder will also function as an autonomous clinical practitioner, providing comprehensive eating disorder assessments and specialised treatment plans.
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/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Annex 21 Will be required to undertake up to a 14 month training programme/competency framework upon commencement of this role as indicated in the Job Summary. During this training period, salary will be paid in accordance with Annex 21 of the Terms and Conditions. Fully Qualified BSc. Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent. Evidence of clinical supervision. Health and Care Professions Council registration (HCPC). Evidence of professional development. Relevant post registration training. Understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice. Specialist clinical knowledge of Eating Disorders and Mental Health. MSc or its equivalent level of knowledge and advanced postgraduate training/ experience in specialist clinical dietetics. Knowledge of audit and research and its application to acute nutrition support. Knowledge of the requirements of clinical governance. Knowledge of Health Issues affecting the local population and strategies in place to support improvement in these areas. Knowledge of health & safety, and clinical governance.
Desirable criteria
- Student clinical educator’s course. Post-registration behaviour change training. Knowledge of paediatric / adolescent nutritional requirements. Awareness and knowledge of safeguarding including its implementation. Knowledge, understanding and implementation of MEED guidance. Understanding of relevant legislation (including but not limited to Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act etc. Awareness of Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice. Evidence of or qualification in research and audit.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Clinical experience of working with Mental health and Eating Disorder clients at a senior level. Significant experience of working with a broad range of patients across a variety of clinical settings. Demonstrates evidence based specialist clinical knowledge. Experience of working as part of a clinical team to deliver patient and organisational objectives. Experience of conducting clinical audit and or research. Experience of clinical supervision of students and junior staff. Experience of organising and implementing training programmes for staff, patients and students. Practical experience of human resource management, supervision and mentoring. Practical experience of lecturing/teaching/ presentations to large groups or at conferences.
Desirable criteria
- Experience in operational management/Leadership. Experience of CAMHS/ Paediatrics.
Aptitude/Abilities
Essential criteria
- Proven team worker. Ability to work under self- direction. Flexible approach to work, adaptable and creative. Skills in influencing and persuasion on specialist clinical issues with a wide range of staff and internal and external to the UHB. Able to deal appropriately with distressed patients and staff. Confident and self-motivated. Able to respond to unpredictable work patterns and frequent interruptions on a daily basis. Able to set priorities and meet daily deadlines. Clear thinking. Good Communicator. Can work under pressure. Focused. Team player. Imaginative approach.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to speak Welsh.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Angharad Banner
- Job title
- Highly Specialist Dietician
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01443 443008
- Additional information
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