Specialist Dietitian - Weight Management/Team Leader

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Cardiff seeks a Specialist Dietitian to manage and coordinate a weight management service. This role involves operational management of a team, collaborating with healthcare specialists, and ensuring service delivery objectives are met. The ideal candidate will hold a relevant degree, have experience in clinical settings, and possess strong leadership and communication skills. The position offers £48,527 to £55,532 a year pro rata and requires HPC registration.

Qualifications

• Evidence of current HPC registration.
• Post-registration experience in community and weight management settings.
• Experience of service delivery in clinical settings.

Responsibilities

• Manage and deliver the dietetic service to specialist weight management.
• Collaborate with the healthcare team to design and deliver educational courses.
• Supervise a team of specialist Dietitians.

Skills

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Project management skills

Education

Degree in dietetics

HPC registration

MSc or equivalent

Job description

Specialist Dietitian - Weight Management/Team Leader

Closing date: 04 January 2026

Specialist Area – Complex Obesity. To further develop, manage and co‑ordinate a community dietetic service for a defined specialist client group, Level 2 and Specialist Weight Management. Clinical work will involve working closely with an MDT comprising Medical, Nursing, Psychological, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy specialties.

The role includes operational management of a Level 2 team of specialist Dietitians and Health Care Support Workers, shared with the Diabetes Specialist Team Leader to provide the Chronic Conditions Management Community Service. 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

• Management and delivery of the overall dietetic service to the specialist weight‑management service, including all stages of development, implementation and evaluation. Working in partnership with key stakeholders to enable delivery of the service objectives within available resources.
• Collaborate with the psychologist to design, deliver and evaluate the nutrition and dietetic component of group education courses that are evidence‑based, using education theories and appropriate to the target audience.
  • Formal PowerPoint presentations to large groups face‑to‑face or virtually.
  • Informal teaching sessions with food models, activities and group work including patient group education sessions and tutorials.
• Production of regular monitoring and evaluation reports for the Health Board on service delivery, including dietetic needs assessment, development, evaluation and financial performance.
• Supervision of a team of highly specialist Dietitians working across Weight Management and Diabetes.
• Develop and co‑coordinate the dietetic service for this area, undertaking research and audit to fully evaluate the continual effectiveness of the service.

About us

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest integrated health boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff and providing over 100 specialist services. Working across six hospital sites, we offer diverse career opportunities. We serve over 500,000 people and are focussed on local health and care needs, working with partners to develop regional services. Our mission – \"Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together\" – and our vision that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal guide our work.

Our 10‑year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, provides an opportunity to work collaboratively with the public and workforce, making our health board more sustainable for the future.

Job 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.

Qualifications

• Evidence of current HPC registration. Degree or equivalent, or post‑graduate qualification in dietetics. Member of the BDA or covered by professional indemnity insurance. Attendance at relevant accredited courses/conferences to demonstrate post‑graduate professional development. MSc or equivalent post‑graduate experience/training, including teaching qualification or clinical educator's course. Post‑registration behaviour change and/or motivational interviewing training and experience.
• Evidence of audit and research. Food Hygiene Certificate or working towards this.

Experience

• Post‑registration experience working with a wide range of clients across a variety of clinical settings, including community and weight‑management. Understanding of professional ethics and application in practice. Evidence of ongoing CPD. Experience of service delivery in a variety of clinical or community settings. Experience of student training. Experience of research methodology, particularly evaluation of community nutrition projects. Experience of developing evidence‑based resources, guidelines, protocols and policies. Experience of project work.
• Experience of working in a leadership role.

Skills

• Excellent leadership skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills – able to communicate highly complex sensitive information.
• Organisational and project management skills – well organised methods of working.
• Reporting, IT skills, clinical supervisory/educator skills, budget management skills, analytical skills, accurate keyboard/nutritional analysis skills, audit and research skills, accurate anthropometric measurement skills, behaviour change/motivational interviewing skills, good time management, good record keeping, advanced clinical reasoning skills, development of nutrition education training skills, effective presentation skills using a variety of teaching methods to promote adult learning, prioritisation skills, critical appraisal skills.

Special Knowledge

• Knowledge of complex weight management, including obesity medications.
• Knowledge of nutritional requirements of adults.
• Awareness of health & safety risk and clinical governance, vulnerable adult procedures, knowledge of multi‑cultural population.

Other

• Flexible to the needs of the service and able to work occasional evenings and weekends if required.
• Ability to travel flexibly to meet the requirements of the job.

Personal Qualities

• Self‑motivated, enthusiastic, professional caring manner and appearance.
• Ability to work independently and on initiative with individuals and groups.
• Ability to respond to unpredictable work patterns and meet daily deadlines.
• Flexible, adaptable, innovative.
• Ability to deal with distressed clients and relatives.
• Ability to counsel and support staff.
• Ability to work with people from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds and skills.

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.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

£48 527 to £55 532 a year pro rata