Job summary
Do you have experience leading projects?
This is an exciting opportunity to build upon the success of the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Public Health Dietetic team and lead projects co-designed with communities and key stakeholders.
This bank worker will lead the roll out of a range of nutrition based interventions to support population health and report back to Nutrition and Dietetic services, as well as a range of stakeholders.
If your strengths are communication, organisation, logical thinking and problem solving, and you have the ability translate evidence based clinical practice into everyday supportive and practical food messages, this could be the post for you.
Vacancy base to be confirmed with working from home and flexible hours available to meet service needs.
Full time and part time hours will be considered.
Main duties of the job
This bank worker will be responsible for the co-design and evaluation of a range of nutrition based interventions. Working with multiagency stakeholders and target populations to deliver services that best meet service user needs.
They will be responsible for the development of monthly, quarterly and annual service reports as well as the leadership of a small delivery team and admin resource
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply
About us
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
1. We listen, learn and improve
2. We treat everyone with respect
3. We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Job description
Job 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 and/or Knowledge
Essential
4. BSc. Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent. Evidence of clinical supervision. Evidence of or qualification in research and audit. Health and Care Professions Council registration (HCPC). Evidence of professional development. Understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice. Detailed specialist knowledge of public health interventions, policies and practices MSc or its equivalent level of knowledge and advanced post graduate training/experience in specialist clinical dietetics.
Experience
Essential
5. Experience at a senior level across a variety of settings Considerable experience with dietetic delivery of community interventions Demonstrates evidence based specialist public health knowledge.
Values
Essential
6. Proven team worker Ability to work under self-direction. Flexible approach to work, adaptable and creative. Confident and self-motivated. Able to respond to unpredictable work patterns and frequent interruptions on a daily basis. Able to set priorities and meet daily deadlines Holistic approach to patient care.
Aptitude and Abilities Skills
Essential
7. Demonstrates highly developed motivational and negotiating skills to effect change Excellent oral and written communication skills. Able to gather, assimilate, appropriately apply and present complex data information. An ability to communicate complex information to NHS colleagues and partners in external organisations at a national and international level. Clinical supervision skills. Demonstrates critical appraisal skills. Presentation skills and ability to work effectively single handed with individuals and groups over 20 people Ability to focus on research and project objectives and to deliver on these. Able to maintain effective working relationships with relevant stakeholders. Able to reflect and appraise own performance and that of others. Skills in influencing and persuasion on specialist clinical issues with a wide range of staff and internal and external to the Health Board. Ability to carry out accurate anthropometric measurements Advanced keyboard skills - data inputting, word processing, internet and dietary analysis. Adequate dexterity to set up intricate equipment and demonstrate usage of same enteral feeding pumps. Able to deal appropriately with distressed patients and staff.