Employer: Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Employer type: NHS
Site: Ty Gwent (Temp base Cleppa Park)
Town: Newport
Salary: £37,898 - £45,637 per annum (Annex 21 at 75% can be considered)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 18/11/2024 23:59
Band 6
We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh; any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are shortlisted for this post, you will be contacted via your email account used to apply, therefore please check your account regularly.
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Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process.
The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2024/2025 and will be implemented in November 2024 backdated to 1st April 2024 where applicable.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Dietitian to work as part of the specialist cardiac heart failure team that provides a multidisciplinary service to the population of Gwent. The postholder would be based with and work as part of the ABUHB Community Dietetics Team. We are an enthusiastic multidisciplinary team with a strong ethos of mentoring and development.
The post holder will support, develop and deliver the specialist dietetic services as part of the Community Dietetic Team. The post holder will be expected to offer dietetic clinics, group sessions, and provide specialist care to a wide variety of patients seen as part of the MDT service. The individual will gain an in-depth knowledge of the management of patients within this specialist area. The below specialist areas will form part of the successful candidate's work plan.
The post holder will require advanced communication skills, including motivational interviewing, to provide a specialist service for the patients as well as being able to effectively report on the service to key stakeholders.
The team offers some Agile & flexible working options as part of the role.
Depending upon previous experience, annex 21 will be considered with up to 12 months prior to completion of training: 75 per cent of the pay band maximum of the fully qualified rate.
Main duties of the job
Below is an outline of some main duties:
* To plan and prioritise own patient workload.
* Assessment of individual patients’ nutritional status, requirements, and intake incorporating complex data including medical history.
* Assimilation of information in the context of the individual’s personal, social, and clinical circumstances to provide appropriate and achievable nutritional treatment.
* Implementation and monitoring of appropriate nutritional support to those patients not meeting their nutritional requirements.
* Effective communication of relevant information and specialist advice to patients, parents/carers, relatives, and healthcare professionals, to ensure understanding of condition and treatment.
* Use of behaviour modification techniques, counselling, and negotiation skills to agree appropriate goals and follow-up arrangements.
* To use communication, empathy, and reassurance skills to foster long-term good relationships with patients/carers to build trusting patient/Dietitian interactions.
* Provide nutritional information as part of the formulation and review of inpatient care plans in weekly multidisciplinary team meetings.
* Communicate appropriately with relevant health and social care professionals regarding planned treatment, progress, and discharge of patients to ensure dietary treatment is integrated into overall care and treatment plans.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh 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 specialty 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
Qualifications
* Bsc Nutrition & Dietetics or equivalent
* HCPC registration
* Demonstration of a sound knowledge of current evidence-based practice
Skills
* Ability to work independently & as part of a team
* Able to develop and plan tasks & set priorities to meet deadlines
* Demonstrates MDT working
* Speak Welsh
Experience
* Relevant Experience working in group & 1 to 1 settings
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name: Donna Price
Job title: Professional Manager For Community Dietetics
Email address: donna.price2@wales.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 01633740144
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