Specialist Public Health Dietitian

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen to provide expert dietetic advice, training, professional development and quality assurance to a range of community based staff and initiatives, within a team that has excellent administrative and supervisory support.

The Band 6 Specialist Public Health Dietetic post works as an integral part of the national network of Public Health Dietitians in Wales and will implement the delivery and evaluation of award winning Nutrition Skills for LifeTM programmes within Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board area.

Based in the community you will act as a central resource for quality and consistency of food and nutrition advice, skills and expertise, to ensure access to a well-balanced diet and healthy lifestyle choices.

This post will work regularly with groups, to transfer and cascade evidence based food and nutrition information to inform practical and sustainable changes. It heavily involves supporting and developing others to provide the best services possible within their local communities and enhancing the assets they currently poses.

The service will be delivered across the whole of Cwm Taf Morgannwg so being able to travel around the area is vital.

Main duties of the job

o Work autonomously, prioritising own specialist workload, balancing all service user related and professional demands and works to deadlines within time constraints.

o Design and deliver training sessions on behaviour change and facilitation of food related nutrition topics.

o Contribute to the planning and organisation of Level 1 Nutrition Skills for LifeTM programmes and related community initiatives, with personal responsibility of information accuracy, evidence base and quality assurance.

o Demonstrates understanding and acknowledges motivational principles and barriers in relation to change management, gaining the cooperation of others and demonstrates empathy and reassurance skills.

o Act as a specialist resource for community based and weight management services and other agencies, by providing advice, support and training to service users and health care professionals in this specialist area.

This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable at Level 3 Speaking/Listening (or 'B1' Level if you've learnt Welsh as an adult). This doesn't mean you have to be fluent or able to write long reports in Welsh; it just means being able to hold simple conversations with patients. Have a look at the 'Croeso Candidate!' guide attached below for more informat

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.