Bank Public Health Dietetic Assistant Practitioner

2 weeks ago

Merthyr Tydfil, United Kingdom Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board Full time

Job summary Do you have experience engaging with communities, supporting healthy lifestyles or weight management services?
Would you like to bring your skills to our supportive, innovative, high achieving public health dietetic team at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board?
The opportunity has arisen to employ a team of Dietetic Assistant Practitioners to work with communities across Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board to deliver a range of community based initiatives, to support weight management services.
Staff will utilise a range of agreed approaches to support positive changes to food, nutrition, and physical activity behaviours, with signposting to the local services on offer.
The successful candidates will receive a range of training opportunities to support them in this role and they will work alongside fellow Dietetic Assistant Practitioners in Public Health Dietetics; under the guidance of the Senior Public Health Dietitians.
They will receive weekly supervision sessions with a registered dietitian and will work closely with a range of partner agencies to promote positive healthy lifestyle behaviours.
All post holders will work relatively independently, working to an agreed framework with a degree of autonomy and will be responsible and accountable for these tasks.
This will involve having their own caseload and working with a range of partners and organisations in a complex community environment.
Main duties of the job o To plan, develop, coordinate and deliver nutrition based group education sessions, practical cooking skills and community based nutrition interventions to a range of audiences, under the direction of Specialist Public Health Dietitians o To contribute to team and community needs assessments, to plan and implement nutrition and health promoting activities under direction of Specialist Public Health Dietitians o To review, monitor and coordinate progression of nutrition training packages and food initiatives for a range of community based partners, under the guidance of Specialist Public Health Dietitians and in line with recognised standards o To motivate, guide and encourage participants to participate in health promoting activities, monitor their progress and report outcomes/findings to the team or wider partners o To work autonomously and under own initiative on specific projects, as agreed with supervising Public Health Dietitian, seeking advice and support as necessary o To maintain clear and accurate records in line with professional and departmental standards; recording and collating activity, evaluation and outcome data pertinent to role and Public Health Dietetic team 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: We listen, learn and improveWe treat everyone with respectWe 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 NVQ Level 3 or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through a combination of credited training, short courses and experience.
Knowledge of public health nutritional messages and current services Desirable Teaching or training qualification Food Hygiene Certificate Agored Cymru Level 2 Community Food and Nutrition Skills Working towards obtaining level 4 credits in line with the Health Care Support Worker Framework Experience Essential Previous experience of working in NHS, social care or community setting Experience of team working Experience dealing with telephone enquires Experience of using Windows, Microsoft Office , Outlook packages and experience of data inputting, Experience working with groups Desirable Attendance at relevant courses/conferences Experience of presenting to small groups Aptitude and Abilities Skills Essential Ability to work independently with community groups and experience working with groups Ability to work as part of a team Excellent communication skills - verbal and written Ability to prioritise workload according to service needs Time management skills Accurate keyboard skills- inputting data, word processing, internet use IT skills to include e-mail, Excel and PowerPoint to a good standard Able to motivate others Desirable The ability to speak or learn Welsh to a satisfactory level.
Personal Qualities Essential Confident and self motivated Flexible approach to work in order to meet service needs Able to deal with moderate physical activity e,g.
transportation of equipment to groups and setting up of suitable group environment Professional manner and appearance Positive, enthusiastic approach Desirable Ability to speak Welsh Circumstances Essential Able to travel throughout the geographical area covered Cwm Taf University Health Board, transporting educational materials and resources, as required and in a timely manner Ability to work flexible hours Other Desirable Experience of participation in the supervision and training of students

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