About this role
Job summary
Do you have experience leading projects?
This is an exciting opportunity to build upon the success of the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Public Health Dietetic team and lead projects co-designed with communities and key stakeholders.
The worker will lead the roll out of a range of nutrition based interventions to support population health and report back to Nutrition and Dietetic services, as well as a range of stakeholders.
If your strengths are communication, organisation, logical thinking and problem solving, and you have the ability translate evidence based clinical practice into everyday supportive and practical food messages, this could be the post for you.
The work base is to be confirmed with working from home and flexible hours available to meet service needs.
Main duties of the job
The worker will lead on the planning, delivery and evaluation of a family based healthy lifestyle programme within Merthyr Tydfil. They will train and support multi-agency staff to deliver a range of family interventions that offer the highest value by improving family outcomes, through supporting healthy lifestyle behaviours. The main areas for intervention will be based on the key themes of food and nutrition, active play, physical activity and wider parenting skills.
The worker will communicate complex and sensitive information to a client group where there will be barriers to understanding, and reluctance to engage with services. This will require use of excellent tact, diplomacy, negotiation, motivation and persuasion skills to engage the client group with the multi-agencies.
Working closely with a range of partner agencies and reporting to a multi-disciplinary steering group, they will map current service provision.
About us
Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board, part of NHS Wales, serves a large population across a diverse and beautiful region, steeped in history and heritage. With nearly 13,500 staff, our health board is one of Wales's largest employers.
Together, we are Team CTM; a workforce dedicated to offering excellent patient care and support to the 450,000 people across our three regions, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf. We operate three District General hospitals, several community hospitals, primary and community care facilities.
CTM's location offers the best of South Wales, just 20 minutes from Cardiff's vibrant city life, the natural beauty of the Brecon Beacons, and the serene coastline at Ogmore. Whether you enjoy lively urban amenities, peaceful countryside, or seaside escapes, our location makes an ideal setting for both work and personal life.
Our CTM 2030 Strategy--Our Health, Our Future--focuses on uniting our region around shared health and wellbeing goals. Our values guide us daily:
o We listen, learn, and improveo We treat everyone with respecto We work together as one team
CTM employees enjoy benefits including; a leading pension, generous leave, flexible work, career growth, and access to ongoing learning and development.
At CTM, you'll find a welcoming, team-oriented workplace that values diversity and compassion, where you can take pride in your work and the difference it makes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. Whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isnt fluency, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means being able to communicate in Welsh during routine clinical situations, such as welcoming patients, discussing straightforward aspects of their care and answering routine questions. If youre comfortable holding everyday conversations in Welsh, we encourage you to apply. Your Welsh language skills will help us provide person-centred care and enable patients to receive services in their language of choice. Have a look at our Croeso Candidate booklet below for more information.
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Essential
- BSc. Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent. Evidence of clinical supervision. Evidence of or qualification in research and audit. Health and Care Professions Council registration (HCPC). Evidence of professional development. Understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice. Detailed specialist knowledge of public health interventions, policies and practices MSc or its equivalent level of knowledge and advanced post graduate training/experience in specialist clinical dietetics.
Experience
Essential
- Experience at a senior level across a variety of settings. Considerable experience with dietetic delivery of community interventions. Demonstrates evidence based specialist public health knowledge. Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver individual, team and organisational objectives. Experience of conducting audit and or research. Experience of clinical supervision of students and junior staff. Experience of organising and implementing training programmes for staff, patients and students. Practical experience of lecturing/teaching. Presentations to large groups or at conferences. Experience of managing projects. Experience at evaluating services and collating reports to update stakeholders.
Values
Essential
- Proven team worker. Ability to work under self-direction. Flexible approach to work, adaptable and creative. Confident and self-motivated. Able to respond to unpredictable work patterns and frequent interruptions on a daily basis. Able to set priorities and meet daily deadlines. Holistic approach to patient care.
Welsh language skills
Desirable
- Welsh language speaking/listening skills at Level 3 or above
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Address
CTM wide
Pontypridd
CF37 4AL
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://joinctm.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)