Highly Specialist Dietitian

Job overview

Are you an enthusiastic and experienced Dietitian looking for a new role that will challenge and develop you?  Do you want to lead the embedding of nutrition into the Golau Adferiad service in Swansea Bay University HB?

The  Golau Adferiad team includes Clinical Psychology,  Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy , General Practitioners and support staff. The service supports people presenting with Long Covid, ME/CFS,  other post viral  conditions, fibromyalgia, chronic pain and other similar conditions. The team work closely with the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service and there is an opportunity for a small respiratory caseload.

Swansea Bay University Health Board is continuing with the redesign of their community services as part of the Building Capacity in the Community framework.

The post holder will be required to travel/undertake clinical work across the Swansea Bay UHB area to support service delivery working directly and indirectly with patients and families in outpatient clinics/ community groups and in their own homes when necessary and staff members. The Dietitian will also provide training, supervision, consultancy and advice to multidisciplinary colleagues on all dietetic aspects for patients with complex chronic conditions.

You will have the opportunity to link with dietitians working in Pulmonary Rehabilitation, weight management and IBS services

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support the nutritional care of Adferiad service patients through efficient leadership, training & co-ordination of the MDT and effective communication with patients, carers and colleagues across Primary Care, Community Services, Secondary Care and wider agencies.

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate, through experience, their ability to lead/establish a service, support teams managing complex care interventions through targeted assessment and treatment plans, as well as having excellent training skills and be able to act as an expert for consultation for other team members.

The post holder will be able to drive change in a fast-paced environment, providing timely solutions through engagement with relevant community partners to ensure patient treatment is optimised and harm minimised. We are looking for applications from self-motivated, focussed clinicians who are effective communicators with a passion to provide innovative, evidenced based patient care and leadership.

The successful candidate will join a developing MDT Adferiad team and will have the opportunity to shape, develop and expand clinical pathways and models of care to directly benefit the patient population

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.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply