Highly Specialised Dietitian - Adult Mental Health inCwmbran (temporary base) inCwmbran (temporary base) PUBLISHED 13 DEC 2023

Band 7: £44,398 to £50,807 a year per annum  PERMANENT 
The post-holder will have experience of working with individuals with mental illness and will have a compassionate and flexible approach to Dietetic care.

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.

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 specialist team, supporting a complex and varied caseload of older 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 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.

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 a 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 organisations.

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.

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.

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 specialist team, supporting a complex and varied caseload of older 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 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.

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 a 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 organisations.

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.



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