Job overview
This is a part time position, (18.75 hours per week) and is fixed term until 31st August 2025 to cover maternity leave. The post will be based in Morriston Hospital, Swansea but you will be required to support the paediatric dietetic service provision across the health board.
If you are a Swansea Bay University Health Board employee this post will only be offered on a secondment basis and you will need to have gained your line managers approval for the secondment prior to going to interview.
We are excited to offer the opportunity for someone with a passion for paediatric dietetics to join our team! We are looking for an enthusiastic dietitian with excellent communication skills. Our team have close working relationships with paediatricians, children's community nurses, health visitors, specialist nurses, paediatric speech and language therapists, physiotherapists and occupational therapists.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work autonomously in providing a dietetic service to children and young people across Swansea Bay UHB, this will include enteral feeding, oral nutrition support, faltering growth, complex allergies, preterm term infants and other clinical conditions impacting on the young person’s nutritional status.
You will support the supervision and mentoring of junior members of staff, Placement 1, 2 and 3 student dietitians and support workers and assistant practitioners, delegating duties as necessary and providing the appropriate level of support at all times.
We offer both departmental and personal CPD time to support your development and share best practice. Our Department is committed to the development of evidenced based practice, research and clinical audit and you will be supported in attending relevant professional networking meetings, interest groups and CPD opportunities as well as having an annual appraisal.
We have good support from administrative staff and Dietetic Assistants. The Health Board has University status with Colleges of Medicine on site.
We are happy to discuss this position with interested candidates. Please contact for more information.
Working for our organisation
We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.
As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.
You might be a nurse or doctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - we have a job for you.
There are also apprenticeships, work placements and volunteering roles available.
We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.
Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show that our commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.
If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery, with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. BSc Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent
2. HCPC Registered
3. Post registration training in relevant area
Desirable criteria
4. Student Clinical Educators Course
5. Recognised management/ leadership qualification.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
6. Evidence of a wide variety of clinical knowledge
7. MSc or its equivalent level of knowledge +advanced post graduate training/experience in relevant areas.
Experience
Essential criteria
8. Experience of working as a Specialist Dietitian in Nutrition and Dietetics within specialist area.
9. Experience of specialist knowledge including Management of Common Paediatric disorders such as food allergy, faltering growth, enteral tube feeding and oral nutrition support
10. Experience of supervising/mentoring staff.
11. Experience of Audit and Quality Improvement Methodology.
Desirable criteria
12. Experience of strategic planning process
13. Experience of policy/service development
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential criteria
14. Highly developed interpersonal skills including developed oral and written communication skills with people from a wide variety of backgrounds.
15. Have highly developed organisational skills to be able to set priorities and meet daily deadlines
16. Able to work on own initiative in a professional manner under pressure as well as having effective teamwork skills
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
17. Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy-making, service delivery and employment practices. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race, religion, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable