Dietitian

Nhs View All Jobs; Rhosneigr; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

BCUHB North Wales invites applications from qualified dietitians to join the Public Health Dietetics team to deliver accredited nutrition courses for community staff and to support community-based activities across Gwynedd and Anglesey.

Essential qualifications include a recognised degree in Dietetics and HCPC registration; Welsh language ability is desirable. You will work in a collaborative, multi‑agency environment with a focus on standards and training.

Qualifications

• Recognised degree in Dietetics and HCPC registration.
• Experience across population groups within NHS Dietetics.
• Experience in multi‑professional teams is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Deliver accredited nutrition courses for community staff; recruit, plan, implement and evaluate to benefit service users.
• Liaise with multi‑agency teams to provide nutrition guidance for clients’ needs.
• Improve basic food and nutrition skills among community partners in public health dietetics.
• Participate in partnership groups and work plan activities on nutrition standards and audits.
• Undertake governance responsibilities and contribute to KPI development.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work as a team member

Welsh language ability

Education

Recognised qualification degree/equivalent in Dietetics

HCPC registered

Job description

If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post. Are you passionate about improving health through nutrition? Join our award-winning Public Health Dietetics team and help make a lasting difference to communities across Gwynedd and Anglesey. We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated individual to become part of our friendly and innovative team of registered dietitians, nutritionists and dietetic support workers. You will play a key role in delivering food and nutrition training and supporting community-based activities for both professionals and members of the public. Working collaboratively with colleagues, you will contribute to a range of established programmes aligned with local and national public health priorities, including accredited food and nutrition skills training and the Tiny Tums best practice award for food and drink provision in childcare settings. If you are passionate about promoting healthy lifestyles and would thrive in a supportive, high-performing team, we would love to hear from you.,

• Deliver accredited nutrition courses for community based staff working with a range of groups. This involves the recruitment, planning, implementation and evaluation of courses to ultimately benefit service users.
• Work as a member of the Public Health Dietetics team and within multi‑agency teams liaising with and advising others in relation to specific client's needs by implementing food and nutrition (level 2) course delivery.
• Within the West area team, improving basic food and nutrition skills amongst community partners/ agencies working within the specific area of public health dietetics.
• Participating in various partnership/ Task and Finish groups, in agreement with the Senior Dietitians. This may be within a topic specific group, or across a multi‑agency network, and will be identified within the post holder's Work Plan e.g. nutrition standards; training & development; audit; service user involvement; service evaluation; nutrition resources review/ improvement.
• Working as a member of multi‑agency teams.
• Undertake clinical governance responsibilities in relation to the service area within the relevant specialist groups and multi‑agency networks.
• Support the development, implementation and evaluation of Key Quality Indicators (KQI).

Essential

• Recognised qualification degree/equivalent in Dietetics.
• HCPC registered.

Desirable

• Membership of appropriate clinical network group.

Experience Essential

• A range of nutrition experience across population groups including working with an NHS Dietetics team

Desirable

• Experience of working in multi‑professional teams.

Skills Essential

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work as a team member.

Desirable

• Self‑motivating and ability to motivate others.
• Ability to speak welsh

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Recognised qualification degree/equivalent in Dietetics.
• HCPC registered.

Desirable

• Membership of appropriate clinical network group.

Experience Essential

• A range of nutrition experience across population groups including working with an NHS Dietetics team

Desirable

• Experience of working in multi‑professional teams.

Skills Essential

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work as a team member.

Desirable

• Self‑motivating and ability to motivate others.
• Ability to speak welsh

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and 'Proud to Lead' competence framework.

Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the "Disability Confident Employer" scheme.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form. Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.