Job summary
Do you have experience engaging with communities? Would you like to bring your skills to our supportive, innovative, high achieving public health dietetic team at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board?
These posts will be based at Glanrhyd or Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda and travel across the Cwm Taf Morgannwg geographical footprint.
The opportunity has arisen to employ 2 Dietetic Assistant Practitioners to work with communities to deliver a range of community based initiatives; utilising a range of agreed approaches to support positive changes to food, nutrition, and physical activity behaviours.
We will consider full time, part-time and flexible working arrangements.
Welsh Skills Desirable:This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn’t need to have skills in Welsh, we’ll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see ‘Welsh Language Guidance’ in the documents right at the bottom.
Main duties of the job
Post holders will be leading on our Cwm Taf Morgannwg wide roll out of the PIPYN (Pwysau Iach Plant Yng Ngymru) healthy weights programme and will be expected to support other areas of Public Health Dietetic service delivery based on service and population health needs.
Successful candidates will need to apply a whole-system, human-centred approach to healthy weights, recognising the social, environmental, and personal factors that shape people’s health and lived experience, to deliver sustainable outcomes.
They will also be responsible for providing evidence based age appropriate information across children, young people and families, to support achievable and sustainable positive behaviour change within our communities. This will include utilising behaviour change and motivational interviewing techniques to encourage goal setting as a family.
These posts will work alongside fellow Dietetic Assistant Practitioners in Public Health Dietetics, under the guidance of the Senior Public Health Dietitians. They will receive weekly supervision sessions with a registered dietitian and will work closely with a range of partner agencies to promote positive healthy lifestyle behaviours.
All post holders will work relatively independently, working to an agreed framework with a degree of autonomy and will be responsible and accountable for these tasks.
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Essential
- NVQ Level 3 or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through a combination of credited training, short courses and experience.
- Knowledge of public health nutritional messages and current services
Desirable
- Teaching or training qualification
- Food Hygiene Certificate
- Agored Cymru Level 2 Community Food and Nutrition Skills
- Working towards obtaining level 4 credits in line with the Health Care Support Worker Framework
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working in NHS, social care or community setting
- Experience of team working. Experience dealing with telephone enquires
- Experience of using Windows, Microsoft Office , Outlook packages and experience of data inputting,
- Experience working with groups
Desirable
- Attendance at relevant courses/conferences. Experience of presenting to small groups
Aptitude and Abilities Skills
Essential
- Ability to work independently with community groups and experience working with groups
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Excellent communication skills – verbal and written
- Ability to prioritise workload according to service needs Time management skills
- Accurate keyboard skills- inputting data, word processing, internet use
- IT skills to include e-mail, Excel and PowerPoint to a good standard
- Able to motivate others
Desirable
- Welsh language skills in Speaking/Listening at Level 3 or above
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Confident and self motivated Flexible approach to work in order to meet service needs
- Able to deal with moderate physical activity e,g. transportation of equipment to groups and setting up of suitable group environment
- Professional manner and Positive, enthusiastic approach
Other
Essential
- Able to travel throughout the geographical area covered Cwm Taf University Health Board, transporting educational materials and resources, as required and in a timely manner
- Ability to work flexible hours
Desirable
- Experience of participation in the supervision and training of students
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.
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).
Closing Date: 23 July 2026
