Paediatric Dietetic Assistant Practitioner

Job summary

The Assistant Practitioner will be part of the Paediatric Diabetes team and assist in the provision of the Nutrition and Dietetic service to Paediatric patients. This will involve supporting the diabetes team to coordinate insulin pump starts and facilitate education to children, young people and their families in accordance with the British Dietetic Association code of professional conduct for dietetic assistants.

This will include working on their own in the home, school, children's centre or clinic environment with individuals or groups of children, their families and other health professionals.

They must be able to travel to undertake the duties of the post at various locations across the healthboard.

Main duties of the job

The paediatric diabetes team are a dynamic multidisciplinary team comprising paediatric dietitians, nurses, psychologists and paediatricians. The post holder will support the team in the management of children and young people with Type 1 diabetes and help to coordinate and facilitate education and diabetes care.

The post holder will be required to work with other health professionals and with schools and social services as required. They will receive training, guidance and supervision from a registered dietitian and the wider diabetes team.

Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply

About us

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.