Main area Dietetics - Assistant Practitioner Grade Band 4 Contract Permanent Hours
* Part time
* Flexible working
22.5 hours per week (Part time - 22.5 hours per week) Job ref 040-ACS115-0426
Employer Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Employer type NHS Site Royal Gwent Hospital Town Newport Salary £28,819 - £31,626 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 06/05/2026 23:59
Dietetic Assistant Practitioner (Diabetes)
Band 4
Job overview
Band 4 Therapy Assistant Practitioner – Dietetics (Diabetes) ABUHB
We are seeking a new member of the Dietetic team to support the work of the Diabetes Specialist Dietitians. This post is part time 22.5 hours a week, and would suit someone who is organised, likes to work in a healthcare environment and enjoys working in a caring role. We would value a candidate who is pro‑active with good communication skills, with the ability to work as part of a team and provide care in a compassionate manner. Some existing knowledge or experience working in diabetes structured education will be of benefit, but isn’t essential and full training will be provided.
The successful candidate will organise the work of a team of Diabetes Specialist Dietitians, planning education courses for adults with Type 1 Diabetes, helping the groups to run and monitoring the waiting lists.
Main duties of the job
This role sits as part of the Dietetic Team for specialist diabetes, based in the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport but travel to other sites will be required.
Our ideal candidate will also enjoy completing administrative tasks to support patient care and therefore have good IT skills.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi‑award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in‑house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world‑class healthcare service fit for the future.
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
Experience/Knowledge
* Experience in the NHS
* Experience of working with people who have chronic medical conditions e.g T1 Diab
Qualifications
* Relevant higher education qualification with nutrition component or equivalent e.g NVQ/Level3
* Good general education 5 GCSE's or equivalent
Skills and ability
* Good written communication skills with people from a wide variety of backgrounds
* Good organisational skills
* Ability to use word processing software, spreadsheets and database soft ware to maintain patient data
* Audit skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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