Team Lead Dietitian Level 3 Paediatric Weight Management ServiceNHS

Job summary

We are excited to be able to offer a new, permanent Band 7 Team Lead Dietitian role within the BCUHB wide Level 3 Paediatric Weight Management Team. The service is looking for a highly motivated individual with a passion for helping children and families to join the MDT. They will work closely with the Service Lead to provide team lead support and direction to the whole team, as well as some direct supervisions. They will also work as a specialist clinician within the MDT, triaging, attending MDT clinics and offering specialist dietetic input at dietetic clinics.

Main duties of the job

Obesity in children is multifactorial so a flexible approach will be needed to help enable the team to tailor support for each child and address their specific needs which may be a mixture of emotional, behavioural, mental or/and physical. As a team we help children engage and set small, sustainable goals to improve their health whilst they attend the 12 month Help Me To Be Healthy programme. These will not all be dietary, so a holistic approach is paramount and the successful applicant is likely to be involved in overseeing design of interventions to support nutritional, emotional, and behavioural (such as binge eating) elements. An ability to synthesise evidence from the literature base and amalgamate pragmatically with service data is important. This skill, alongside a natural passion for iterative quality improvement will support development of pathway/process changes which will ultimately improve team effectiveness and positively impact outcomes for the children on the programme.

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

Job description

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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.

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