Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Specialist Dietitian - Clinical Community
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Job Overview
If you are a Band 5 looking for the next step or a Band 6 looking for a new challenge, this may be the opportunity for you.
You will join a friendly team of dietitians with good dietetic assistant and admin support. This post will cover a caseload of community patients, including general clinics, home enteral feeding patients and community hospital ward work. The patient group can have complicated chronic nutritional presentations which require specialist dietetic treatment.
MDT working is a key part of the role and developing these relationships will be vital.
Main duties of the job
To work as an integral part of the clinical community dietetics team
- You will be responsible for a caseload which includes outpatient clinics, care homes, and home visits caring for patients who are both orally and enterally fed.
- In addition your job plan will include clinics and some group education.
- You will have access to support from a dietetic assistant, who will be able to help with booking appointments, reviews and resource management.
- The health board is a Nutricia contract, and you will be responsible for managing your home enterally fed patients who receive their feed and equipment via Nutricia Homeward.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
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Quality Improvement work is essential to ensure continued service improvements are identified and encouraged within the team.
The role will also require supervision for junior staff, dietetic assistants and student training will be an integral part of the job.
Working for our organisation
If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales. Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and ‘Proud to Lead’ competence framework.
Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme.
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Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Detailed Job Description And Main 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
Essential criteria
- Degree in Dietetics
- HCPC registration
Desirable criteria
- Member of specialist interest group. Working towards MSc or evidence of research qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post registration training in specialist area/advanced diploma in dietetics
- Member of British Dietetic Association
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of service development and ability to use own initiative.
- Clinical educators course
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to work in a team and unsupervised.
- Ability to manage own workload.
- Proven organisational skills.
- Good time management skills.
- Good teaching, supervisory and appraisal skills.
Desirable criteria
- Basic IT/Keyboard skills.
- Experience in working in the community/lone working.
- Experience in risk management.
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