Job requirements
Essential
42 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Values
Proven team worker. Ability to work under self-direction.
- Values
Flexible approach to work, adaptable and creative.
- Values
Confident and self-motivated.
- Values
Able to respond to unpredictable work patterns and frequent interruptions on a daily basis.
- Values
Able to set priorities and meet daily deadlines. Holistic approach to patient care
- Experience
Experience at a senior level across a variety of settings.
- Experience
Considerable experience with dietetic delivery of community interventions.
- Experience
Demonstrates evidence based specialist public health knowledge.
- Experience
Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver individual, team and organisational objectives.
- Experience
Experience of conducting audit and or research.
- Experience
Experience of clinical supervision of students and junior staff.
- Experience
Experience of organising and implementing training programmes for staff, patients and students.
- Experience
Practical experience of lecturing/teaching.
- Experience
Presentations to large groups or at conferences.
- Experience
Experience of managing projects.
- Experience
Experience at evaluating services and collating reports to update stakeholders.
- Aptitude and Abilities Skills
Demonstrates highly developed motivational and negotiating skills to effect change.
- Aptitude and Abilities Skills
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Aptitude and Abilities Skills
Able to gather, assimilate, appropriately apply and present complex data information.
- Aptitude and Abilities Skills
An ability to communicate complex information to NHS colleagues and partners in external organisations at a national and international level
- Aptitude and Abilities Skills
Clinical supervision skills. Demonstrates critical appraisal skills.
- Aptitude and Abilities Skills
Presentation skills and ability to work effectively single handed with individuals and groups over 20 people.
- Aptitude and Abilities Skills
Ability to focus on research and project objectives and to deliver on these.
- Aptitude and Abilities Skills
Able to maintain effective working relationships with relevant stakeholders.
- Aptitude and Abilities Skills
Able to reflect and appraise own performance and that of others.
- Aptitude and Abilities Skills
Skills in influencing and persuasion on specialist clinical issues with a wide range of staff and internal and external to the UHB.
- Aptitude and Abilities Skills
Ability to carry out accurate anthropometric measurements.
- Aptitude and Abilities Skills
Keyboard skills – data inputting, word processing, internet and dietary analysis.
- Aptitude and Abilities Skills
Adequate dexterity to set up intricate equipment and demonstrate usage of same e.g. enteral feeding pumps
- Aptitude and Abilities Skills
Able to deal appropriately with distressed patients and staff.
- Qualifications and/or Knowledge
BSc. Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent.
- Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Evidence of clinical supervision.
- Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Evidence of or qualification in research and audit.
- Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Health and Care Professions Council registration (HCPC).
- Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Clinical Educators Course.
- Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice.
- Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Detailed specialist knowledge of public health interventions, policies and practices
- Qualifications and/or Knowledge
MSc or its equivalent level of knowledge and advanced post graduate training/experience in specialist clinical dietetics.
- Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Knowledge of audit and research and its application to acute nutrition support.
- Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Behaviour modification training or motivational interviewing training and or skills.
- Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Teaching qualification.
- Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Evidence of professional development.
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Project management qualification.
- Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Member of BDA specialist group or equivalent specialist interest group.
- Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Welsh Speaking and Listening Skills (Level 3 and above/B2) are Desirable for this Role.
Job overview
Are you looking to gain experience in a new role within dietetics?
Would you like to bring your skills to our supportive, innovative, high achieving public health dietetic team at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board?
This is an exiting opportunity to lead dietetic projects within a supportive multiagency partnership steering group, to improve population health.
This post will lead services using a whole-system approach, co-designing solutions that reflect lived experience and the complex drivers influencing population health outcomes.
You will be responsible for ensuring a quality and outcome focussed dietetic service for the health board population, delivering against key project performance indicators.
Posts will be managed by our Public Health Dietetic Professional Manager who will provide regular supervision sessions. Staff will lead the supervision and development of a range of junior staff and students.
We will consider flexible working arrangements.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will lead on the planning, delivery and evaluation of healthy lifestyle programmes across the University Health Board
This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. Whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means being able to communicate in Welsh during routine clinical situations, such as welcoming patients, discussing straightforward aspects of their care and answering routine questions. If you’re comfortable holding everyday conversations in Welsh, we encourage you to apply. Your Welsh language skills will help us provide person-centred care and enable patients to receive services in their language of choice. Have a look at our ‘Croeso Candidate’ booklet below for more information.
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.
Applicant requirements
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
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This advert is for Highly Specialist Public Health Dietitian with Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board in Abercynon, Wales. It is listed as a Band 7 Dietitian role. The advertised salary is £50,129 - £57,365 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 22 Sep 2026.
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