Job summary
- Main area
- Therapies
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- 21 hours per week (Part Time)
- Job ref
- 040-ACS061-0325
- Employer
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Aneurin Bevan UHB, St Cadocs Hospital
- Town
- Caerleon
- Salary
- £26,928 - £29,551 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Dietetic Assistant Practitioner- CAMHS
Band 4
We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Job overview
The ABUHB Childrens and Adolescent Mental Health Service(CAMHS) includes a small team of dynamic dietitians that work as part of a larger multidisciplinary team.
The service supports children and their families to manage their weight and wellbeing through individualised interventions that are tailored to their individual needs. These interventions can be delivered via one-to-one sessions, group work, face to face and virtual clinics.
Main duties of the job
Band 4 Dietetic Assistant Practitioner - CAMHS
We have an opportunity for a Band 4 Dietetic Assistant Practitioner to join the CAMHS team.
As an integral part of the team, the post holder will support dietitians to plan, deliver and evaluate interventions to support children and young people with disordered eating and low body weight and their families.
The post holder will carry a delegated caseload of children and young people to support the patient and families with making positive changes. They will be expected to liaise with a number of stakeholders and co-ordinate care.
The post holder will support the work of registered dietitians as well as other clinicians in the multidisciplinary team and would be required to work within the British Dietetic Association (BDA) Professional Code of Conduct for dietetic assistants.
The post holder will support service users in a variety of settings to include outpatient clinics , in the homes and during admissions to hospital at the Grange University Hospital.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
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
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Nutrition / Health Promotion qualification equivalent to a minimum of 60 credits at level 4 or above (NVQ 3 equivalent)
- Good general education – 5 GCSEs or equivalent
Experience/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with children and families
- Experience of working within the NHS / healthcare or community setting
- Experience of working with patients with healthcare needs to support delivery of their care plans.
- Experience of using Microsoft windows, word, powerpoint and outlook packages
- Experience of dealing with telephone enquiries
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within weight management or with people who have weight management problems
- Experience of supporting the education / delivery of teaching to other health care professionals or patients.
- Previous experience as a Dietetic Assistant or HCSW
Skills and ability
Essential criteria
- Ability to work flexibly - independently and as part of a team
- Demonstrate effective organisational skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sian Taylor
- Job title
- Professional Dietetic Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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