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.

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They must be able to travel to undertake the duties of the post at various locations across the health board.

 

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 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.

 

About us

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.

 

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • 5 GCSEs or equivalent.
  • Numeracy and literacy skills.

Desirable

  • Catering, food hygiene and safety qualification.

 

Experience/Knowledge

Desirable

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

 

Skills

Essential

  • Good communication skills – written and oral.
  • Good IT skills.
  • Organisational skills.

Desirable

  • Experience in audit.
  • Ability to use diabetes technology.

 

Personal Skills

Essential

  • Motivated and committed.
  • Team working skills – personable with good communication skills.

Desirable

  • Ability to speak Welsh.

 

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).

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