Paediatric Dietetic Assistant Practitioner

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.

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Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process

Job Overview

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

Working for our organisation

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.

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• 5 GCSEs or equivalent
• Numeracy and literacy skills
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Catering, food hygiene and safety qualification
  
  

Experience/Knowledge

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in a healthcare setting
• Knowledge of type 1 diabetes
• Experience of working with children and young people
  
  

Skills

Essential criteria

• Good communication skills - written and oral
• Good IT skills
• Organisational skills
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience of audit
• Ability to use diabetes technology
  
  

Personal Skills

Essential criteria

• Motivated and committed
• Team working skills - personable with good communication skills
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Ability to speak welsh