Band 6/7 Locum Dietitian – Merthyr Tydfil

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Job summary

A healthcare provider seeks a dedicated Locum Dietitian to improve family outcomes through a healthy lifestyle program in Merthyr Tydfil. The role involves working with multi-agency staff to deliver food and nutrition interventions addressing childhood obesity. Candidates should possess relevant NHS experience and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• NHS experience required.
• Experience in leading healthy lifestyle programmes is essential.
• Commitment to continuous professional development.

Responsibilities

• Train and support multi-agency staff in family interventions focused on food and nutrition.
• Communicate complex and sensitive information to clients.
• Work closely with partner agencies and report to a multi-disciplinary steering group.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Leadership in healthy lifestyle programmes

Tact and diplomacy

Negotiation skills

Job description

Job Title: Locum Dietitian
Banding: Band 6/7
Location: Merthyr Tydfil
Working Hours: Full-time
Duration: Ongoing
Rate: £25-34 per hour

Opening Paragraph:
We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Band 6/7 Locum Dietitian to join our team at Keir Hardie University Health Park in Merthyr Tydfil. The post holder will lead the planning, delivery, and evaluation of a family-based healthy lifestyle programme within Merthyr Tydfil. This role requires immediate availability and involves working closely with multi-agency staff to improve family outcomes through supporting healthy lifestyle behaviours.

Responsibilities:
As a Band 6/7 Locum Dietitian, you will be responsible for training and supporting multi-agency staff to deliver a range of family interventions focused on food and nutrition, active play, physical activity, and wider parenting skills. You will communicate complex and sensitive information to clients, overcoming barriers to understanding and engagement. This role requires excellent tact, diplomacy, negotiation, motivation, and persuasion skills. You will work closely with partner agencies and report to a multi-disciplinary steering group, mapping current service provision and community assets to support a whole system approach to tackling childhood obesity.

Qualifications and Experiences:

• NHS experience
• Experience in leading healthy lifestyle programmes
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to train and support multi-agency staff
• Proficiency in planning, delivering, and evaluating interventions
• Excellent tact, diplomacy, negotiation, motivation, and persuasion skills
• Commitment to continuous professional development.

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