Dietetic Service Lead for Community

Hywel Dda University Health Board; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Health Board in Wales seeks an experienced Dietetic lead to manage its Community Dietetic services. This role involves collaborating with clinical teams to enhance nutrition support across health pathways. Applicants should have substantial leadership experience, a Dietetics degree, and knowledge of community dietetics. The position emphasizes quality improvement and patient-centered leadership. A flexible location is available across various sites in the region, offering a salary ranging from £56,514 to £63,623 annually.

Qualifications

• Substantial postgraduate experience in team leadership and line management.
• Expert knowledge of community-based dietetic processes.
• Ability to apply evidence-based methodologies for service planning.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of Clinical leads for Community Dietetic services.
• Develop, implement and evaluate community dietetics services.
• Lead performance reporting and workforce strategy.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Teamwork

Quality Improvement

Budget Management

Education

HCPC registration with a degree in Dietetics

Membership of the BDA

FODMAP training

Formal Motivational Interviewing qualification

Job description

Are you an experienced Dietetic lead working in a Community Health setting or a highly experienced Clinical lead, ready for your next step up the career ladder? If yes, then we have the ideal post for you!

Do you want to join the 1st Health Board in Wales to have a Malnutrition strategic lead, as well as an award-winning team, who have for 2 years running been recognised by BAPEN as 'top Nutritional screeners' , then read on!

If you are an innovative and compassionate leader, who thrives on leading and supporting service development, then this may be the post you have been looking for!

We are looking for an experienced Dietetic lead to join our friendly and supportive team, as a lead for our Health Board Community Dietetic service. You will work closely with our Community clinical leads, Dietetic service leads, CNS nutrition nurses, professional practice nurses and Malnutrition strategic lead, to ensure Malnutrition is a key priority, embedded operationally across acute pathways Health Board wide.

Main duties of the job

You will manage a team of Clinical lead Dietitian's working in Community HB wide, lead on workforce strategy and service development plans.

You will have excellent communication and team working skills and will work collaboratively with the wider multi professional team, to ensure all aspects of Community Nutrition support are embedded safely in practice. A key aspect of this role is developing, implementing, and evaluating the development of a cohesive healthboard wide community service, ensuring a robust supervision and governance structure is in place, whilst embedding a candid and learning culture.

You will set the direction of travel for community, intermediate and urgent dietetic service and will pro-actively lead and support clinical leads with performance reporting. You will have a passion for promoting workforce wellbeing, as well as driving professional development opportunities, utilising the pillars of professional practice. You will be pro-active in highlighting the work of community Dietetics and will have experience in innovation, transformation and quality improvement.

You will have extensive knowledge and experience of specialist aspects of community dietetics and will hold a caseload of complex community caseload and clinics. This post is across the health board, requiring travel across sites. Ideally based in Ceredigion, however this post base can considered flexible to the right candidate.

About us

Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties.

We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services.

We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers.

Our services are provided in:

• Four main hospitals: Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth; Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen; Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli; and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest
• Five community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery hospitals in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals in Pembrokeshire
• Two integrated care centres: Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion, and several other community settings
• 47 general practices (six of which are health board managed practices); dental practices (including four orthodontic); 97 community pharmacies; 43 general ophthalmic practices; and 8 ophthalmic domiciliary providers
• Numerous mental health and learning disabilities services

Job responsibilities

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

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 27/01/2026.

Person Specification

Qualifications and knowledge

• 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 knowledge of community based dietetic and home enteral feeding process, national clinical guidance and emerging evidence base in areas of speciality within community dietetics
• Knowledge of, and ability to apply evidence-based methodology to support engagement, improvement, and service planning
• Member of the BDA
• FODMAP trained
• Formal Motivational Interviewing qualification
• Member of BDA Specialist network and / or related BDA subgroup

Experience

• Substantial postgraduate experience in team leadership and line management
• Multi-professional working
• Project / quality improvement / development work, with demonstrable outcomes.
• Working at a strategic level, and of engaging and influencing
• Significant clinical experience of managing a complex, demanding workload using advanced clinical reasoning
• Experience of research or clinical audit and interpreting new evidence into practice
• Experience in planning and delivering education and training to service users and health and care professionals
• Experience of leading national work, a professional network or specialist group
• Experience of managing a budget / resources

Other

• Ability to travel to enable role delivery across the Health Board.
• Flexible approach to needs of the service

Language Skills

• Welsh Speaker (Level 1)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£56,514 to £63,623 a yearper annum (pro rata if part time)