Team Lead Community Paediatric Dietitian

Job summary

Cardiff & Vale Community dietetic service is looking for an experienced Dietitian to work in our community paediatric team. The post holder will join a team of 6 dietitians working across Cardiff and Vale. The service provides clinical dietetic support to children and their families at home through community clinics, home visits and working with schools. This includes children on Home Enteral Tube feeding and Clinics run jointly with Speech and language Therapy. Services are delivered through a mix of virtual and face to face consultations and group education. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate excellent communication skills, a practical, forward thinking approach to service development and evaluation and the ability to work as part of a team

You will be based in Riverside Health Centre with close links to St David's Children's Centre where Dietitians are a core part of the paediatric MDT. Paediatric dietetic experience is essential and experience of working with babies and children with complex health needs would be desirable, training and clinical supervision will be provided.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will be the lead clinician for the management of our community dietetic service for pre-school children including development, implementation and evaluation of the service linking with key stakeholders. Lead on the design, delivery and evaluation of nutrition education to other health care professionals.The service is a major provider of pre-registration dietetic education and the successful candidate will be involved in the delivery of training/education to students. The candidate will also provide supervision to the community dietetic team.

The ability to travel between sites in a timely manner to meet the requirements of the role is essential, some evening and weekend work may be required.

The post is Band 7, 29 hours per week, additional dietetic hours may be available, part-time and flexible hours applications will be considered.We are searching for someone who shares our values that:o We care about the people we serve and the people we work witho We trust one anothero We respect each othero We take personal responsibilityo We treat people with kindnesso We act with integrityPost holders will be expected at all times to behave in accordance with our values demonstrating commitment to the delivery of high-quality services to patients.The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.

Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.