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Job overview

Are you an enthusiastic and dynamic Dietitian with excellent team-working skills? Are you looking for an opportunity to work as part of specialist team, whilst maintaining experience supporting individuals with a number of different nutritional diagnoses?

An opportunity has arisen to join our forward thinking, dynamic and well respected Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Dietetic team across Hywel Dda. The post-holder will have some experience of working with individuals with mental illness and/or learning disabilities and will have a compassionate and flexible approach to Dietetic care; they will have the opportunity to engage in clinical supervision and training as part of enhancing their skill set and development.

The post holder will support service users within mental health and learning disabilities services with a range of conditions working as part of a uni-professional and multi-professional team.

Training and education will be a central part of this role as well as supporting student training and the development and implementation of our Dietetic support worker roles.

As a service we pride ourselves on being a supportive team, promoting staff wellbeing and work life balance. We welcome applicants wishing to discuss opportunities for flexible and remote working.

Full time or part time working (minimum 22.5 hours) will be considered. 

Main duties of the job

Works as a specialist mental health and learning disability dietitian and as a member of mental health and learning disability multi-disciplinary teams, managing a complex and varied caseload of patients, and supports others to work effectively with people with mental health needs, and learning disabilities. 
 
Uses specialist dietetic knowledge and skills: assessing, planning, implementing treatment and delivering dietetic interventions in a variety of settings including community, outpatient, and hospital and group settings in line with the needs of the patient, and their family and carers. 

Provides education, training and expert support to develop the diet and nutrition knowledge and skills of others’ working with people with mental health needs or learning disabilities. Contributes to the work of dietetic and mental health services, actively participating in development, evaluation and improvement work, and the implementation of policy, guidance and standards. 

Working for our organisation

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;

Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;

48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;

Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;

Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.