Dietitian Specialist

4 days ago


Swansea, City and County of Swansea, United Kingdom Swansea Bay University Health Board Full time
Job Overview

This is a part-time position, with a 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.

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, including 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.

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.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone, regardless of 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.

Person Specification
  • BSc Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent
  • HCPC Registered
  • Post-registration training in relevant area
Knowledge
  • Evidence of a wide variety of clinical knowledge
  • MSc or its equivalent level of knowledge + advanced postgraduate training/experience in relevant areas
Experience
  • Experience of working as a Specialist Dietitian in Nutrition and Dietetics within specialist area
  • Experience of specialist knowledge including management of common paediatric disorders such as food allergy, faltering growth, enteral tube feeding, and oral nutrition support
  • Experience of supervising/mentoring staff
  • Experience of audit and quality improvement methodology
Aptitude and Abilities
  • Highly developed interpersonal skills, including developed oral and written communication skills with people from a wide variety of backgrounds
  • Have highly developed organisational skills to be able to set priorities and meet daily deadlines
  • Able to work on own initiative in a professional manner under pressure as well as having effective teamwork skills
Personal Attributes
  • 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 Board's 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.



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