Highly Specialised Dietitian - Adult Mental Health
Are you an enthusiastic and dynamic Dietitian with excellent team-working skills? Are you looking for an opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge, working as part of a specialist team, supporting a complex and varied caseload of adults with a number of different nutritional diagnoses? An opportunity has arisen to join our forward-thinking, dynamic, and well-respected Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Dietetic team. The post-holder will have 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. Innovative service development, training, and education will be central to this role. As a service, we pride ourselves on being a supportive team, promoting staff well-being 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
The post-holder will lead service development, driven by best practice, up-to-date research, as well as national standards and policies such as the Dementia Action Plan for Wales, All Wales Dementia Care Pathway of Standards, and the AHP Dementia Framework for Wales. Providing support to families and carers will be crucial to the role. The successful candidate will demonstrate good experience, knowledge, and understanding of common mental health conditions and have extensive experience of working in older adult mental health. You will be leading service developments, expected to link in to the relevant national groups and work with a range of agencies such as primary care services and third sector organizations. The post-holder will use specialist dietetic knowledge and skills: assessing, planning, and delivering individual and group dietetic interventions across a variety of community, outpatient, hospital, and group settings to meet the needs of the service user, their family, and carers. They will also provide education, training, and expert support to develop the diet and nutrition knowledge and skills of staff. You will work alongside the older adult multidisciplinary team of nurses, occupational therapists, psychologists, speech therapists, and psychiatrists, and contribute to the assessment and care of older adults at different stages of their mental health difficulties including individual, group, community, and specialist older adult ward in-patient care. About us
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organization with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty 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 recognized 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. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future. 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
BSc Nutrition and Dietetics HCPC registration Knowledge
Clinical experience of working with people with mental health conditions Demonstrates good knowledge of, and ability to apply, evidence base in relation to dietetic practice Skills
Demonstrates highly developed communication skills Well established clinical problem-solving skills Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
#J-18808-Ljbffr
Are you an enthusiastic and dynamic Dietitian with excellent team-working skills? Are you looking for an opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge, working as part of a specialist team, supporting a complex and varied caseload of adults with a number of different nutritional diagnoses? An opportunity has arisen to join our forward-thinking, dynamic, and well-respected Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Dietetic team. The post-holder will have 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. Innovative service development, training, and education will be central to this role. As a service, we pride ourselves on being a supportive team, promoting staff well-being 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
The post-holder will lead service development, driven by best practice, up-to-date research, as well as national standards and policies such as the Dementia Action Plan for Wales, All Wales Dementia Care Pathway of Standards, and the AHP Dementia Framework for Wales. Providing support to families and carers will be crucial to the role. The successful candidate will demonstrate good experience, knowledge, and understanding of common mental health conditions and have extensive experience of working in older adult mental health. You will be leading service developments, expected to link in to the relevant national groups and work with a range of agencies such as primary care services and third sector organizations. The post-holder will use specialist dietetic knowledge and skills: assessing, planning, and delivering individual and group dietetic interventions across a variety of community, outpatient, hospital, and group settings to meet the needs of the service user, their family, and carers. They will also provide education, training, and expert support to develop the diet and nutrition knowledge and skills of staff. You will work alongside the older adult multidisciplinary team of nurses, occupational therapists, psychologists, speech therapists, and psychiatrists, and contribute to the assessment and care of older adults at different stages of their mental health difficulties including individual, group, community, and specialist older adult ward in-patient care. About us
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organization with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty 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 recognized 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. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future. 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
BSc Nutrition and Dietetics HCPC registration Knowledge
Clinical experience of working with people with mental health conditions Demonstrates good knowledge of, and ability to apply, evidence base in relation to dietetic practice Skills
Demonstrates highly developed communication skills Well established clinical problem-solving skills Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
#J-18808-Ljbffr
