Bank Highly Specialist Public Health Dietitian in Merthyr Tydfil

Bank Highly Specialist Public Health Dietitian

Band 7

Main area Public Health Dietetics Grade Band 7 Contract Bank Hours

• Flexible working
• Other

Bank Job ref 110-BNK394-1126

Employer Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board Employer type NHS Site CTM wide Town Pontypridd Salary £50,129 - £57,365 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 26/11/2026 23:59

Thank you for your interest in joining Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board.

Located in the heart of South Wales, we’re central to Cardiff, Newport, and Swansea. Deeply rooted in our community, as an NHS organisation we are dedicated to providing compassionate patient care and building healthier communities together.

At CTM, you’ll be part of a supportive, inclusive team from diverse nations, cultures, and backgrounds. Every role counts, every person matters, and together, we’re creating a space where everyone can thrive.

Discover more about working with us here:

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.

The worker 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.

The work base is to be confirmed with working from home and flexible hours available to meet service needs.

Main duties of the job

The worker will lead on the planning, delivery and evaluation of a family based healthy lifestyle programme within Merthyr Tydfil. They will train and support multi-agency staff to deliver a range of family interventions that offer the highest value by improving family outcomes, through supporting healthy lifestyle behaviours. The main areas for intervention will be based on the key themes of food and nutrition, active play, physical activity and wider parenting skills.

The worker will communicate complex and sensitive information to a client group where there will be barriers to understanding, and reluctance to engage with services. This will require use of excellent tact, diplomacy, negotiation, motivation and persuasion skills to engage the client group with the multi-agencies.

Working closely with a range of partner agencies and reporting to a multi-disciplinary steering group, they will map current service provision.

Working for our organisation

Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board, part of NHS Wales, serves a large population across a diverse and beautiful region, steeped in history and heritage. With nearly 13,500 staff, our health board is one of Wales’s largest employers.

Together, we are Team CTM; a workforce dedicated to offering excellent patient care and support to the 450,000 people across our three regions, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf. We operate three District General hospitals, several community hospitals, primary and community care facilities.

CTM’s location offers the best of South Wales, just 20 minutes from Cardiff’s vibrant city life, the natural beauty of the Brecon Beacons, and the serene coastline at Ogmore. Whether you enjoy lively urban amenities, peaceful countryside, or seaside escapes, our location makes an ideal setting for both work and personal life.

Our CTM 2030 Strategy—Our Health, Our Future—focuses on uniting our region around shared health and wellbeing goals. Our values guide us daily:

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

CTM employees enjoy benefits including; a leading pension, generous leave, flexible work, career growth, and access to ongoing learning and development.

At CTM, you’ll find a welcoming, team-oriented workplace that values diversity and compassion, where you can take pride in your work and the difference it makes.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents.

This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. Whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means being able to communicate in Welsh during routine clinical situations, such as welcoming patients, discussing straightforward aspects of their care and answering routine questions. If you’re comfortable holding everyday conversations in Welsh, we encourage you to apply. Your Welsh language skills will help us provide person-centred care and enable patients to receive services in their language of choice. Have a look at our ‘Croeso Candidate’ booklet below for more information.

Person specification

Qualifications and/or Knowledge

• 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). Evidence of professional development. Understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice. Detailed specialist knowledge of public health interventions, policies and practices MSc or its equivalent level of knowledge and advanced post graduate training/experience in specialist clinical dietetics.

Experience

• Experience at a senior level across a variety of settings. Considerable experience with dietetic delivery of community interventions. Demonstrates evidence based specialist public health knowledge. Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver individual, team and organisational objectives. Experience of conducting audit and or research. Experience of clinical supervision of students and junior staff. Experience of organising and implementing training programmes for staff, patients and students. Practical experience of lecturing/teaching. Presentations to large groups or at conferences. Experience of managing projects. Experience at evaluating services and collating reports to update stakeholders.

Values

• 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. Able to set priorities and meet daily deadlines. Holistic approach to patient care.
• Welsh language speaking/listening skills at Level 3 or above

Equality and Diversity: We welcome applications from all protected groups under the Equality Act 2010. This includes, but is not limited to, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity, and marriage and civil partnership, as well as those from the Armed Forces community.

Sponsorship: Applicants who are not UK or Republic of Ireland nationals will require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa unless they already hold permission to work via another route. Prospective applicants should self-assess their eligibility for sponsorship by visiting the UK Government’s Work in the UK guidance .

Use of AI: We review applications against role-specific criteria. Whilst AI tools can be helpful, applications that rely heavily on AI-generated or generic content may not provide the necessary detail, which may reduce the chances of being shortlisted. To give your application the best chance, please ensure the information you provide is both accurate and authentic, and tailor your examples to the criteria in the Person Specification.

Correspondence: Please check your email regularly, as all recruitment correspondence will be sent to the address on your application. Applications are accepted in Welsh or English with no preference.

Additional information: We reserve the right to close a vacancy early or withdraw an advertisement to accommodate the redeployment of internal staff into suitable roles. All posts are subject to relevant checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service checks and, where required, Professional Registration verification.

We are proud to be a living wage employer.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Shelley Powell Job title Dietetic Professional Manager - Public Health Email address Shelley.S.Wyer@wales.nhs.uk