Dietitian

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board for enthusiastic and motivated Dietitians to join our Community Team. We have 2 x permanent 1.0 WTE vacancies available.

The successful candidates will be joining an innovative and forward thinking team who are part of a dynamic Dietetic department of over 90 dietitians. We have vacancies at both community sites based at Glanrhyd Hospital, Bridgend and Pontypridd Cottage Hospital.

This post will give you the opportunity to develop your skills working within our Home Enteral Feeding and Community Nutrition Support Team. The community dietetic team in CTMUHB is split across two sites. Glanrhyd Hospital, Bridgend and Pontypridd Cottage Hospital.

The roles includes domiciliary visits, community hospital sites, outpatient clinics (virtual and face to face), group education sessions and training of other professionals. Multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working will be encouraged.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work alongside fellow clinical and support staff to support the care of adult patients in community hospital, care homes and own homes settings requiring oral and artificial nutrition support. You will have regular supervision and support as well as encouragement to continually develop your skills and knowledge within this specialist team.

To support the provision of health care, to the people of the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board catchment area. To have clinical responsibility for a varied caseload made up of adult acute patients on enteral feeding and/or oral nutritional supplements. Also outpatient work including general adult dietetic clinics or group education sessions.

To work as part of a multidisciplinary team which will include medical, nursing, therapy and catering staff and other colleagues and agencies both within the hospital and the community.

To support the provision of health care, to the people of the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board catchment area. To have clinical responsibility for a varied caseload made up of adult acute patients on enteral feeding and/or oral nutritional supplements. Also outpatient work including general adult dietetic clinics or group education sessions.

To work as part of a multidisciplinary team which will include medical, nursing, therapy and catering staff and other colleagues and agencies both within the hospital and the community.

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.