Experienced Paediatric and Children’s Weight Management Dietitian in Wales

This is a rewarding opportunity to join the newly established Children and Young People’s Weight Management Team in Hywel Dda University Health Board. We are looking for an experienced dietitian, who is passionate about supporting children, young people and families living with complex obesity related health needs.

The successful applicant will be part of a multi-professional service, delivering a range of evidence based and compassion focussed dietetic and multi-professional interventions, to children and families living with complex obesity, whilst working closely with the wider Health Board Nutrition & Dietetics teams.

The successful applicant will demonstrate considerable and broad weight management or paediatric dietetic experience, have excellent communication skills and be ready to work pro-actively as part of enthusiastic, hard working teams.

Main duties of the job:

• Deliver effective, evidence based weight management interventions to support delivery of the Healthy Weight Healthy Wales Strategy across the Health Board.
• Use specialist paediatric dietetic knowledge and skills: assessing, planning and implementing treatment and delivering holistic dietetic and behavioural/ lifestyle interventions in a variety of settings.
• Through training and education support the development of improved knowledge and skills of the Hywel Dda workforce in the prevention and management of overweight and obesity and associated risk factors.
• Participate in the evaluation of weight management interventions by accurately recording patient reported outcomes and experience measures.
• Support the development and implementation of policy, guidance and standards within the weight management and wider dietetic service.

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

Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties. We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities can be found attached within the supporting documents.

Person specification:

• HCPC Registration
• Specialist clinical knowledge of paediatric dietetics demonstrated through completed training and development to post graduate diploma level or equivalent demonstrable clinical experience.
• Knowledge of, and ability to apply evidence-base to inform paediatric dietetic care.
• Completed Clinical Supervisory Skills training or equivalent.
• Working knowledge of professional and clinical guidance and policy relevant to paediatric dietetics.
• Knowledge of quality improvement methodology in practice.
• Completed the BDA Paediatric modules, or equivalent accredited training.

Experience:

• Experience in paediatric dietetics within NHS or other similar healthcare setting.
• Consolidated and broad dietetic experience managing a complex and varied clinical dietetic caseload using established clinical reasoning.
• Planning and delivery of clinical knowledge-based dietetic and nutrition education and training.
• Participation in project / quality improvement / development / clinical audit work, with demonstrable outcomes.
• Experience of involvement in Student training.
• Interpreting evidence into clinical practice.
• Experience of working with children and young people living with obesity.
• Experience of providing clinical supervision.
• Delegation to unregistered staff.
• Member of a professional network or specialist group.

Other:

• Flexible approach to meet the needs of the service.
• Able to travel to provide services in the community.
• Welsh Speaker (Level 1).