Job summary
- Main area
- Dietitian
- Grade
- Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
- Job ref
- 040-AHP059-0325
- Employer
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Grange University Hospital
- Town
- Llanfrechfa, Cwmbran
- Salary
- £63,150 - £73,379 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Dietitian - Clinical Nutrition & Hydration
Band 8b
We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Job overview
This new and exciting, Consultant Dietitian post for Clinical Nutrition and Hydration, is one of the first of its kind, in Wales. We are looking for a highly experienced dietitian, who is passionate about using their expertise and skills to further improve the provision of complex nutrition support here in Aneurin Bevan UHB.
The successful candidate will be joining our innovative and dynamic acute dietetic team and will support the delivery of high-quality care to patients with highly complex nutrition support needs, across the Health Board, being responsible for a specialist caseload of patients and for providing expert opinion and advice to support the wider acute team and MDT colleagues.
This post holder will have experience of influencing at a senior level and will work in close collaboration with key colleagues, as chair of ABUHB’s Clinical Nutrition and Hydration Group. Working with clinical directors and service professional leads, they will plan, implement and evaluate the health board’s nutrition support and hydration strategies, deliver on multi-profession policy and service development and represent the health board at national policy level.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will undertake the role of Consultant Dietitian – Clinical Nutrition and Hydration within the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.
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They will work within the acute dietetic team, supporting and advising on the safe, timely and appropriate nutrition support to a range of patients with complex nutrition support requirements.
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They will fulfil the role of chair of ABUHB’s Clinical Nutrition and Hydration Group (a sub-group of the overarching strategic group) to ensure clinical nutrition and hydration support services delivered across ABUHB, comply with high quality evidence-based care and meet the requirements of clinical governance.
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They will deliver on multi-profession policy and service development and represent the health board at national policy level. They will also support relevant specialist groups, local and national committees and networks across Wales, as a clinical expert in their field.
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This post holder will develop and lead on research and audit programmes and will be expected to provide clinical expertise, supervision and training to both undergraduate and postgraduate staff across the MDT.
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They will also be expected to develop links and collaborate with national higher education institutions to develop and support both undergraduate and postgraduate education and training.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future
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 and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- BSc Nutrition & Dietetics or Graduate Diploma in Nutrition & Dietetics as recognised by HCPC.
- Professional knowledge supplemented by specialist training to Masters level (clinical/leadership) plus further theoretical knowledge and practical experience in complex nutrition support to doctorate or equivalent level
- Training in clinical supervision
- Healthcare Professions Council Registration (HCPC).
- Up to date knowledge of current local, national and international policies, guidelines, publications and strategic drivers in relation to nutrition support
Desirable criteria
- Training in research design and methodology
- Advanced Practice qualification (including Non-Medical Prescribing qualification)
- Advanced clinical assessment and reasoning qualification
- Behaviour change training and/or motivational interviewing training and/or skills
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive clinical experience, including advanced clinical assessment and reasoning, for patients requiring complex nutrition support
- Experience of working with stakeholders within and external to health board
- Experience of leading on audit, QI, service improvement
- Experience of developing, interpreting and implementing local and national policies and guidelines
- Experience of participating in local, national and professional forums
Desirable criteria
- Clinical leadership experience across multiprofessional groups
Skills and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Excellent, advanced, communication skills, both verbally and written, across a wide range of groups including patients, carers, staff, senior managers, external partners
- Ability to work and lead within a uni- or multiprofessional teams, both within, and external to the health board
- Effective negotiation and influencing skills to effect service change both within service and with external partners
- Advanced analytical and judgemental skills; being able to gather, assimilate, appropriately apply and present complex data, often while under pressure
- Able to deal with conflict in a fair and calm approach
- Able to identify and implement improvements from audit, quality improvement and research objectives
Desirable criteria
- Welsh language skills
Values
Essential criteria
- Highly motivated and an inclusive and supportive leader
- Is respectful and approachable, being able to build effective relationships
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
- Emma Jenkins
- Job title
- Deputy Head - Dietetics and Weight Management
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07773187130
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