Team Lead Dietitian Level 3 Paediatric Weight Management Service

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board; St Asaph; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

BCUHB North Wales is seeking a permanent Band 7 Team Lead Dietitian for the Level 3 Paediatric Weight Management Team. The post combines leadership duties with specialist clinical input, supervising the MDT, triaging referrals, and attending clinics to guide care for children and families.

The role involves developing interventions, quality improvement, and working within a Welsh-English context; Welsh language ability is desirable. HCPC registration and a nutrition/dietetics degree are required.

Qualifications

• HCPC registered and eligible to practice in the UK.
• Bachelor-level degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent.
• Post-registration training in a specialist area or advanced diploma at Masters level or equivalent.
• Clinical educators course and CPD activities should be demonstrated.
• Postgraduate training within weight management and behaviour change is desirable.
• Leadership training and/or qualification is advantageous.
• Experience with motivational interviewing techniques is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide team lead support and direction to the MDT.
• Offer specialist dietetic input at dietetic clinics and triage referrals.
• Attend MDT clinics and supervise dietetic work where appropriate.
• Oversee design of interventions to support nutritional, emotional, and behavioural elements.
• Lead pathway/process improvements to enhance team effectiveness and outcomes for children on the programme.
• Synthesize evidence from literature with service data to inform practice.

Skills

HCPC registered

BSc Nutrition and dietetics

Postgraduate training in specialist/ma

Clinical educators course

CPD portfolio

Weight management & behaviour change

Leadership training

Motivational interviewing training

Education

BSc Nutrition and dietetics degree or equivalent

Post registration training in specialist area/advanced diploma/Masters

Clinical educators course

Postgraduate training weight management & behaviour change

Job description

We are excited to be able to offer a new, permanent Band 7 Team Lead Dietitian role within the BCUHB wide Level 3 Paediatric Weight Management Team. The service is looking for a highly motivated individual with a passion for helping children and families to join the MDT. They will work closely with the Service Lead to provide team lead support and direction to the whole team, as well as some direct supervisions. They will also work as a specialist clinician within the MDT, triaging, attending MDT clinics and offering specialist dietetic input at dietetic clinics.

Main duties of the job

Obesity in children is multifactorial so a flexible approach will be needed to help enable the team to tailor support for each child and address their specific needs which may be a mixture of emotional, behavioural, mental or/and physical. As a team we help children engage and set small, sustainable goals to improve their health whilst they attend the 12 month Help Me To Be Healthy programme. These will not all be dietary, so a holistic approach is paramount and the successful applicant is likely to be involved in overseeing design of interventions to support nutritional, emotional, and behavioural (such as binge eating) elements. An ability to synthesise evidence from the literature base and amalgamate pragmatically with service data is important. This skill, alongside a natural passion for iterative quality improvement will support development of pathway/process changes which will ultimately improve team effectiveness and positively impact outcomes for the children on the programme.

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

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• HCPC registered
• BSc Nutrition and dietetics degree or equivalent
• Post registration training in specialist area/advanced diploma at Masters level or equivalent
• Clinical educators course
• Evidence of CPD activity through portfolio
• Post graduate training within weight management and behaviour change
• Leadership training and/or qualification
• Motivational interviewing training

Experience

• Significant experience of working in nutrition and dietetics in a range of clinical areas
• Experience of delivering weight management caseload and additional knowledge and skills acquired through formal and informal supervision
• Experience of team leadership
• Experience of delivering / supporting practice / service change
• Well developed critical appraisal skills
• Proven well developed communication skills at a variety of levels
• Teaching/group management experience
• Working in range of clinical settings
• Delivery of relevant audit projects
• Experience of training/supporting others (including students) within specialist clinical area.

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.

£50,129 to £57,365 a yearper annum, pro rata