Job overview

We are recruiting 3 Band 5 Dietitians who are ready to join our forward thinking, ambitious nutrition and dietetic team in the delivery of excellent dietetic care. Joining the Hywel Dda dietetic team will enable you to develop a broad range of dietetic skills and make an impact through quality improvement, development work and education and training. 

We have a range of opportunities working across acute and community nutritional support, mental health and learning disabilities and paediatrics. 

Main duties of the job

Our vacancies offer flexible rotations including acute, community and the opportunity to develop your experience, knowledge and skills in specialist areas including mental health, paediatrics, oncology, weight management and diabetes. You will work with a friendly supportive team, be networked for clinical practice development and peer support with colleagues across the Health Board and benefit from a robust clinical supervision structure.

Successful applicants will be proactive, motivated and compassionate, with values aligned to those of our Health Board:
– Putting people at the heart of everything we do
– Working together to be the best that we can be
– Striving to deliver and develop excellent services

Working for our organisation

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

  • Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;
  • Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;
  • 48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;
  • Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;
  • Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
  • Detailed job description and main responsibilities

    You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.

    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 04/07/22

    Person specification

    Qualifications and knowledge

    Essential criteria

  • Recognised Degree in Dietetics with state registration
  • HCPC registration
  • Demonstrates consolidated clinical dietetic knowledge and skills in the field of adult Dietetics
  • Demonstrates good knowledge of and ability to apply evidence base in relation to dietetic practice and development of practice
  • Demonstrates effective organisational skills including prioritisation of work and effective caseload management
  • Knowledge of current and emerging evidence base, national and professional policy, guidance and best practice
  • Well established teaching and presentation skills
  • Desirable criteria

  • Recognised IT qualification
  • Aptitude and Abilities

    Essential criteria

  • Demonstrates excellent communication skills
  • IT proficient
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Team player
  • Reflective practitioner
  • Practical
  • Self-motivated
  • Approachable
  • Desirable criteria

  • Motivational Interviewing and behaviour change skills
  • Other

    Essential criteria

  • Flexible Approach to the needs of the service
  • Ability to travel across the Health Board in a timely manner
  • Desirable criteria

  • Local knowledge
  • Health care & Nutrition
  • Experience

    Essential criteria

  • Clinical practice placements in a variety of general and specialist areas of inpatients and outpatients setting
  • Desirable criteria

  • Additional clinical or health care related experience
  • Work experience with public orientation
  • Language Requirements

    Desirable criteria

  • Welsh Speaker (Level 1)
  • Hywel Dda University Health Board operates a bilingual policy. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

    By submitting your application to NHS Jobs/Trac, you are giving your consent for elements of your application data to be transferred to the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and other secure, internal NHS Workforce systems in order to support and manage your recruitment and employment within your employing organisation; to be used by Recruitment for purposes of checking your Professional Registration online (where applicable).

    These processes are in line with Fair and Lawful processing in line with current Data Protection Legislation especially those in relation to your personal or sensitive personal data (sensitive personal data is defined as any declared physical or mental health conditions, racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, trade union membership, political opinion, religious beliefs). As an organisation, we ensure that the legislation defining confidentiality is observed such as use of data for specific, defined purposes, and use of data that is relevant and not excessive whilst practicing data accuracy and security of all held personal identifiable information (PII)

    If you are successfully appointed, by completing the application form you authorise the UHB to obtain any previous NHS service details including all electronically held sickness information, via the Inter Authority Transfer process on the national Electronic Staff Record (ESR).

    To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa , unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK . If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

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