Team Lead Dietitian Level 3 Paediatric Weight Management Service: Sponsorship Available

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • HCPC registered
  • BSc Nutrition and dietetics degree or equivalent
  • Post registration training in specialist area/advanced diploma at Masters level or equivalent
  • Clinical educators course
  • Evidence of CPD activity through portfolio

Desirable

  • Post graduate training within weight management and behaviour change
  • Leadership training and/or qualification
  • Motivational interviewing training

Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience of working in nutrition and dietetics in a range of clinical areas
  • Experience of delivering weight management caseload and additional knowledge and skills acquired through formal and informal supervision
  • Experience of team leadership
  • Experience in service development / improvement
  • Experience of delivering / supporting practice / service change

Desirable

  • Well developed critical appraisal skills
  • Proven well developed communication skills at a variety of levels
  • Teaching/group management experience
  • Working in range of clinical settings
  • Delivery of relevant audit projects
  • Experience of training/supporting others (including students) within specialist clinical area.

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 22 November 2026

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