Public Health Dietitian/ Nutritionist Development Role

Job summary

Are you keen to develop your skills in an exciting development role?Want to live and work in an outstandingly beautiful area with beaches and mountains on one side and the bustling cities of Chester, Liverpool and Manchester on the other? Then come and join our dynamic team based in North Wales! An opportunity has arisen for a part time, Band 5 Development Role to work with our Award Winning Public Health Dietetic Teamto enable improvements in nutritional health and wellbeing amongst key community groups across Wrexham and Flintshire. This post is suited to Associate Nutritionists (ANutr) who are looking to build their experience on route to becoming a Registered Nutritionist (RNutr) with the AFN (Association for Nutrition). Training opportunities and support will be given for the role, and the service is committed to the training and development of all its staff.

This is a development role, with opportunity to develop skills and experience needed to fulfil the needs of the post during the course of your employment. Your training period will be for 3 years and the pay will be determined using a proportion of the fully qualified Band 5 Salary and Annex 21.

Year 1 Salary 65% of the top of a band 5

Year 2 Salary 70% of the top of a band 5

Year 3 Salary 75% of the top of a band 5

Where applicants are able to demonstrate that they can fulfil the full requirements of the Band 5 role without development, there may be the potential to offer this as a standard Band 5 role.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will support the team in the development, implementation, delivery and evaluation of evidence based food and nutrition training and promotional activities, working as an integral member of, and in partnership with multi-agency community teams. Examples of successful innovations developed and managed by our service that you will be part of, are our 'Tiny Tums' scheme that supports and rewards early childcare settings for achieving best practice in food and drink provision, and our family focused 'Come and Cook' courses.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and 'Proud to Lead' competence framework.

Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the "Disability Confident Employer" scheme.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.