Job summary
Employer heading
Specialist Dietitian for Tier 2 - Adult Mental Health
Band 6
We encourage applications from those who consider themselves to have a disability and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application 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Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
Are you an enthusiastic Dietitian with excellent team-working skills? Are you looking for an opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge, working as part of specialist team, supporting a complex and varied caseload of individuals with a number of different nutritional diagnoses?
Dietetic experience is required in a relevant area, an Annex 21 contract will be considered.
An opportunity has arisen to join our forward thinking, dynamic and well respected Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Dietetic team in ABUHB.
The post-holder will have some experience of working with individuals with mental illness and will have a compassionate and flexible approach to Dietetic care. They will be encouraged and supported to engage in clinical supervision and ongoing training as part of enhancing their skill set, development and well-being.
As a service we pride ourselves on being a supportive team, promoting staff wellbeing and work life balance. We welcome applicants wishing to discuss opportunities for flexible and remote working.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint a Specialist Band 6 Dietitian to work within Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Tier 2 Adult Mental Health Services.
The post-holder will be responsible for Dietetic input to a number of the community mental health teams and tier 2 adult specialist mental health wards across Gwent
The post-holder will need an awareness of the main psychological therapies and treatments for a range of mental health conditions and an interest in ongoing development of their knowledge and skills.
The successful candidate will demonstrate a good experience, knowledge and understanding of common mental health conditions and have some experience of working with this population.
You will work alongside the adult multidisciplinary team of nurses, occupational therapists, psychologists, speech therapists and psychiatrists, and contribute to the assessment and care of adults at the different stages of their mental health difficulties including individual, group, community and specialist adult ward in-patient care.
You will be expected to travel to a range of sites, and work both face to face and electronically to allow improved access for families and care closer to home.
The post holder will join a team of committed clinicians who strive to provide high quality care to adults whilst protecting staff wellbeing and development.
Your professional base will be with ABUHB St Cadoc’s Dietetics team.
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
- BSc Nutrition and Dietetics
- HCPC registration
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Able to apply sound knowledge to clinical practice
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
Skills
Essential criteria
- Clinical experience of working with people with mental health conditions
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Andy Hayes
- Job title
- Lead Dietitian for Adult Mental Health
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07930531695
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