Healthy Weight Assistant Practitioner inCaerleon inCaerleon PUBLISHED SUN 29 DEC 2024

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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Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process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

This role will form a key part in the support of women to maintain a healthy lifestyle during pregnancy and re-establish delivery of the maternal weight management service.

The successful candidates will have a keen interest in supporting people with behaviour change and facilitate positive outcomes in pregnancy and birth, helping to provide the foundations for healthier families.

The post holder will provide high quality interventions to meet the needs of women, offering practical support, through delivery of nutrition courses, walking groups or safe exercise programmes.

The post holder will work under the supervision of a qualified health care professional with the ability to work independently, demonstrating an awareness of the limits of professional practice and knowledge to recognise when to seek appropriate support and advice.

This role is essential in the delivery of the Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales strategy within maternity services, working towards an increase in the number of adults and children who are a healthy weight as part of building a “Healthier Gwent”.

Main duties of the job

Based within the Weight Management Service at St Cadocs Hospital you will become an integral member of the Healthy Pregnancy team to independently deliver programmes to support eating well and being active in the antenatal and postnatal period.

This role works across the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB) area, alongside hospital and community midwifery departments. Travel to different sites to deliver interventions is an essential part of this role and will include both face to face and elements of home working.

As Assistant practitioner, you will have your own caseload of clients, reporting to a lead health professional for supervision and support to deliver weight management interventions.

This Role Will Be Responsible For

• Managing referrals
• Assessing, advising and monitoring individuals
• Using behaviour change and motivational interviewing techniques.
• Delivering group intervention such as the Foodwise in pregnancy programme and safe exercise programmes
• Liaising with a range of partners and organisations to support on-going lifestyle change post-natally
• Health promotion activities
• Ensuring outcome data is collected
• Following direction of the supervising dietitian/public health midwife.
  
  

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. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Advanced apprenticeship/foundation degree in health related topic
• Nutrition related qualification to NVQ level 3 or equivalent
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Agored Cymru Level 2 Community Food and Nutrition Skills
• Teaching Qualification eg PGCE (PCET)
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• A good understanding of nutrition, physical activity and weight management
• Experience of applying knowledge to Public Health needs in complex community environments
• Evidence of CPD e.g. portfolio
• Experience and underpinning knowledge of behaviour change techniques and their usage
• Knowledge of educational limitations in others including potential barriers to meeting nutritional requirements for this type of client.
• Knowledge of impact of social determinants of health and resulting impact on meeting wellbeing goals.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in a healthcare role such as NHS, Social Care or community setting
• Knowledge of local demographic
  
  

Skills

Essential criteria

• The ability to work flexibly - independently and as part of a team
• Good oral and written communication skills with people from a wide variety of backgrounds
• The ability to apply weight management and public health knowledge practically
• Good presentation skills