Highly Specialist Public Health Dietitian

Job summary

This is an exciting new opportunity to build upon the success of the Merthyr PIPYN programme, delivering level 1 Children, Young People and Families weight management services in the Rhondda Cynon Taf area.

This post holder will lead the roll out or PIPYN, based on the model of delivery piloted within Merthyr Tydfil and report back to Nutrition and Dietetic services as well as local primary care clusters.

This is a unique opportunity to work with local communities to support healthy weights and feed into the development of the wider Children, Young People and Families weight management services for CTM UHB.

We currently have a minimum of 18.75 hours available, with up to full time hours of employment available, depending on candidate needs. This post will be funded until 31st March 2026.

Main duties of the job

This post holder will be responsible for the co-design and evaluation of the PIPYN intervention, using stakeholder and families feedback, as well as process and outcome data collection tools

They will be responsible for the development of monthly, quarterly and annual service reports as well as the leadership of a small delivery team and admin resource.

This post is fixed term / secondment for 24 months due to the needs of the service.

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.

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

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.