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Employer Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board Employer type NHS Site Ysbyty Cwm cynon Town Moutain Ash Salary £31,516 - £38,364 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 20/08/2025 23:59 Community DietitianNHS AfC: Band 5Thank you for your interest in joining Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board. Located in the heart of South Wales, we’re central to Cardiff, Newport, and Swansea. Deeply rooted in our community, as an NHS organisation we are dedicated to providing compassionate patient care and building healthier communities together. At CTM, you’ll be part of a supportive, inclusive team from diverse nations, cultures, and backgrounds. Every role counts, every person matters, and together, we’re creating a space where everyone can thrive. Discover more about working with us here: The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2025/2026 and will be implemented in August 2025 with arrears backdated to 1st April 2025 where applicable. Job overviewAre you looking for a band 5 Dietitian post which will give you a wide range of nutrition support and enteral feeding experiences?An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Dietitian to join our forward thinking, supportive and motivated team of community Dietitians. This post will give you the opportunity to develop your skills working within across Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB and specifically, Merthyr Tydfil, Cynon and Taf Ely. The role, supports our work within across a range of clinical areas and includes domiciliary visits, community hospital ward cover, outpatient clinics (virtual and face to face), group education sessions and training of other professionals. It is a great opportunity for a Dietitian looking for maximum variety in their first or second dietetic role. We are a dynamic team working holistically with multi-agency partners, including medical, social, nursing, AHPs, catering staff and third sector organisations. The department enjoys a high profile both within the wider Therapies team and across the Health Board. The department fully supports continuing professional development and actively enables this with protected sessions in job plans; we actively support staff to participate and share learning opportunities and experiences. Main duties of the jobTo support the provision of health care, to the people of the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board catchment area. To be clinically responsible for a varied caseload made up of adult community patients across their own homes, care homes, day centres, community hospitals services and adult outpatient clinics. You will have a mixed caseload predominantly supporting patients requiring nutritional support (enteral feeding and oral nutritional support). To ensure CPD opportunities are scheduled for project development including sustainability, digital, frailty and dementia services but welcome innovative ideas to support your development. To work autonomously and work within professional policies, standards and conduct as laid down by the British Dietetic Association, the Health Care Professions Council and Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board Dietetic Department. Please note, the ability to effectively undertake urgent community work by travelling across the health board at short notice is important for this role. Welsh Skills Desirable:This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable at Level 3 Speaking/Listening (or ‘B1’ Level if you’ve learnt Welsh as an adult). This doesn’t mean you have to be fluent or able to write long reports in Welsh; it just means being able to hold simple conversations with patients. Have a look at the ‘Croeso Candidate!’ guide attached below for more information. English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply Working for our organisationCwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf. We live by our core values: We listen, learn and improve We treat everyone with respect We all work together as one team We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve. Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesYou will be able to find a full Job Description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click ‘Apply now’ to view in Trac. Person specificationQualifications and/or KnowledgeBSc. Nutrition & Dietetics or Equivalent Dietetic qualification with state registration. Registered with Health Care Professions Council. Postgraduate CPD where applicable Aware of current developments in Dietetic practice Knowledge of current reports and publications relevant to the post Clinical Supervisory Skills Training Appreciation of factors influencing the health of the local population. ExperienceExperience of managing mixed clinical caseload Aptitude and AbilitiesExcellent communication skills (verbal and written) Good motivational skills Computer literate with keyboard skills Good analytical skills Postgraduate CPD where applicable Logical approach to problem solving Welsh Language Skills (Level 3 and above/B2) are Desirable for this Role. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome applications from individuals within protected groups as outlined in the Equality Act 2010. This includes, but is not limited to, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity, and marriage and civil partnership. We also warmly welcome applications from members of the Armed Forces community. Applicants who are not UK or Republic of Ireland nationals will require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa unless they already hold permission to work via another route. Prospective applicants should self-assess their eligibility for sponsorship by visiting the UK Government’s Work in the UK guidance . For eligible candidates, the Health and Care Visa offers reduced application costs and exempts payment of the annual Immigration Health Surcharge. Please ensure you check your email regularly, as all recruitment correspondence will be sent to the email address provided on your application form. Applications are welcome in either Welsh or English, with no preference given to the language used. We reserve the right to close a vacancy early or withdraw an advertisement to accommodate the redeployment of internal staff into suitable roles. All posts are subject to relevant checks, including a Disclosure and Barring Service check and, where required, Professional Registration verification. We are proud to be a Living Wage Employer. Employer certification / accreditation badgesYou must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.#J-18808-Ljbffr