Health Improvement Dietitian
- Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire
- £39,263-47,280 per year
- Permanent
- Part-time
- Developing, delivering and evaluating accredited nutrition education and training to key community assets; and enabling the role out of level 1 Nutrition Skills for Life courses including quality assurance.
- Being an expert nutrition resource for the health board, partners and communities.
- Quality assurance of nutrition interventions.
- Working autonomously to identify, develop, deliver, and evaluate projects both locally and nationally.
- Leading on project delivery.
- Reporting on activity and outcomes.
- Service development and quality improvement.
- Providing cover and support to the Health Improvement Nutrition & Dietetic team.
- Supervision and mentoring of staff and dietetic students
- Four main hospitals: Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth; Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen; Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli; and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest
- Five community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery hospitals in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals in Pembrokeshire
- Two integrated care centres: Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion, and several other community settings
- 47 general practices (six of which are health board managed practices); dental practices (including four orthodontic); 97 community pharmacies; 43 general ophthalmic practices; and 8 ophthalmic domiciliary providers
- Numerous mental health and learning disabilities services
- Evidence of current HCPC registration.
- Degree, or post graduate qualification in dietetics leading to registration.
- Member of the British Dietetic Association or covered by professional indemnity insurance.
- Demonstrates good knowledge of, and ability to apply, evidence base in relation to dietetic practice and development of practice.
- Critical appraisal skills: knowledge of current and emerging evidence base, national and professional policy, guidance and best practice in the delivery and development of broad spectrum of adult dietetics
- Well established clinical problem solving skills.
- Demonstrates effective organisational skills including prioritisation of workload, effective caseload management and delegation of tasks
- Well established teaching and presentation skills.
- Membership of relevant specialist interest groups.
- Attendance at relevant accredited courses/conferences.
- Level 2 Award in Food Hygiene or working towards this.
- Agored Cymru Assessor training.
- Level 3 Accrediation in education and training.
- Demonstratable and considerable experience in clinical dietetics.
- Experience of teaching health care professionals and staff of other organisations.
- Evidence of involvement in development work in dietetic services e.g. audit, implementing a change in practice, delivering a new dietetic intervention
- Experience of clinical audit, evaluation and service improvement.
- Experience of delivering Agored Cymru accredited training.
- Experience of paediatric dietetics
- Experience of public health dietetics.
- Experience of adult teaching using a range of teaching methods.
- Experience of delivering practical skill based education e.g. cooking sessions.
- Experience of delegating work to and supporting / supervising D.A. / students / junior dietetic staff.
- Experience of service change.
- Experience of research.
- Experience of delivering project work using recognised service improvement methodology
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1)
- Evidence of current HCPC registration.
- Degree, or post graduate qualification in dietetics leading to registration.
- Member of the British Dietetic Association or covered by professional indemnity insurance.
- Demonstrates good knowledge of, and ability to apply, evidence base in relation to dietetic practice and development of practice.
- Critical appraisal skills: knowledge of current and emerging evidence base, national and professional policy, guidance and best practice in the delivery and development of broad spectrum of adult dietetics
- Well established clinical problem solving skills.
- Demonstrates effective organisational skills including prioritisation of workload, effective caseload management and delegation of tasks
- Well established teaching and presentation skills.
- Membership of relevant specialist interest groups.
- Attendance at relevant accredited courses/conferences.
- Level 2 Award in Food Hygiene or working towards this.
- Agored Cymru Assessor training.
- Level 3 Accrediation in education and training.
- Demonstratable and considerable experience in clinical dietetics.
- Experience of teaching health care professionals and staff of other organisations.
- Evidence of involvement in development work in dietetic services e.g. audit, implementing a change in practice, delivering a new dietetic intervention
- Experience of clinical audit, evaluation and service improvement.
- Experience of delivering Agored Cymru accredited training.
- Experience of paediatric dietetics
- Experience of public health dietetics.
- Experience of adult teaching using a range of teaching methods.
- Experience of delivering practical skill based education e.g. cooking sessions.
- Experience of delegating work to and supporting / supervising D.A. / students / junior dietetic staff.
- Experience of service change.
- Experience of research.
- Experience of delivering project work using recognised service improvement methodology
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1)