Job summary
This post is fixed term / secondment for 12 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.
Do you have experience leading projects?
This is an exciting opportunity to build upon the success of the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Public Health Dietetic team and lead projects co-designed with communities and key stakeholders.
This post holder will lead the roll out of a range of nutrition based interventions to support population health and report back to Nutrition and Dietetic services, as well as a range of stakeholders.
If your strengths are communication, organisation, logical thinking and problem solving, and you have the ability translate evidence based clinical practice into everyday supportive and practical food messages, this could be the post for you.
Vacancy base to be confirmed with working from home and flexible hours available to meet service needs.
Main duties of the job
This post holder will be responsible for the co-design and evaluation of a range of nutrition based interventions. Working with multiagency stakeholders and target populations to deliver services that best meet service user needs.
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
Supervision and training of student Dietitians on the national pre-registration training programme, dietetic support staff and other community based staff will also form part of 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.
Job description
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.
Job description
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.
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Essential
- BSc Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent
- Evidence of clinical supervision
- Evidence of or qualification in research and audit
- Health and Care Professions Council Registration (HCPC)
- Clinical Educators Course
Desirable
- Project management qualification
- Member of BDA specialist group or equivalent specialist interest group.
Experience
Essential
- Experience at senior level across a variety of settings
- Considerable experience with dietetic delivery of community interventions
- Demonstrates evidence based specialist public health knowledge
- experience of wokring as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver individual, team and organisational objectives
Aptitude and Abilities Skills
Essential
- Demonstrated highly developed motivational and negotiating skills to effect change
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Able to gather, assimilate, appropriately apply and present complex data information
- An ability to communicate complex information to NHS colleagues and partners in external organisations at a national and international level
Values
Essential
- Proven team worker
- Ability to work under self-direction
- Flexible approach to work, adaptable and creative
- Confident and self-motivated
- Able to respond to unpredictable work patterns and frequent interruptions on a daily basis
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Essential
- BSc Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent
- Evidence of clinical supervision
- Evidence of or qualification in research and audit
- Health and Care Professions Council Registration (HCPC)
- Clinical Educators Course
Desirable
- Project management qualification
- Member of BDA specialist group or equivalent specialist interest group.
Experience
Essential
- Experience at senior level across a variety of settings
- Considerable experience with dietetic delivery of community interventions
- Demonstrates evidence based specialist public health knowledge
- experience of wokring as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver individual, team and organisational objectives
Aptitude and Abilities Skills
Essential
- Demonstrated highly developed motivational and negotiating skills to effect change
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Able to gather, assimilate, appropriately apply and present complex data information
- An ability to communicate complex information to NHS colleagues and partners in external organisations at a national and international level
Values
Essential
- Proven team worker
- Ability to work under self-direction
- Flexible approach to work, adaptable and creative
- Confident and self-motivated
- Able to respond to unpredictable work patterns and frequent interruptions on a daily basis
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Address
Keir Hardie University Health Park
Aberdare Road
Merthyr Tydfil
CF48 1BZ
Employer's website
https://joinctm.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)
