Clinical Lead Dietitian
The closing date is 07 April 2026
Are you looking to take the next step in your clinical and leadership career as a clinical lead dietitian?
This is an opportunity to diversify and expand your skill set as a dietitian to work within and across multidisciplinary ward teams within the care units of adult mental health and older persons Care unit (OPCU) to enable and drive high quality, effective, and accessible dietetic expertise and management.
The role covers Highbury Hospital and Sherwood Oaks.
Main duties of the job
While experience in mental health is advantageous for the candidate, we also encourage applications from those with other transferable skills. You should be adaptable, enjoy variety, and demonstrate the ability to work autonomously as well as collaboratively. We are looking for an enthusiastic, compassionate, and highly motivated dietetic clinical lead to make a difference to the lives of our patients.
Therefore, applicants should have:
* Proven clinical, leadership, and professional skills to shape and drive specialist dietetic input in the areas of adult and older persons mental health.
* A collaborative approach engaging ward team members and others.
* An aptitude to promote and maintain high standards of care through excellent communication, motivation, supervision, and support to develop staff.
About us
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in‑house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net‑zero commitment.
Job responsibilities
The post holder is responsible for their own complex caseload, providing highly specialist dietetic assessment, formulation and diagnosis, intervention and advice based on evidence‑based practice.
The post holder will lead on strategic developments within adult mental health dietetics with their line manager and dietetic professional lead. They will also lead on the development and delivery of dietetic training and professional mentorship.
The post holder will deliver nutritional guidance and preventative information, working to empower parents, carers, other professionals and agencies.
The post holder will work as part of the wider multidisciplinary team, providing a high quality, effective, accessible, person‑centred service.
Please see attached job description and person specification.
Whilst this role is full time, part‑time options can be considered.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* BSc (Hons) degree or postgraduate Diploma (PgDip) or Master (MSc) in Dietetics
* HCPC registration
Training
* Range of relevant CPD training and qualifications with respect to specialist knowledge of dietetic professional interventions and evaluations.
* Leadership training
* Training as a clinical educator
* Relevant postgraduate Master modules or completed programme
Experience
* Experience of complex caseload of adults with mental health conditions and cognitive impairments requiring dietetic interventions such as nutritional support, weight management, diabetes management, and disordered eating.
* Experience with risk assessment and effective risk management strategies as a dietitian working in mental health.
* Experience of effective working within MDT settings.
* Experience of designing and delivering learning and development opportunities for a range of staff and students.
* Experience in leading and supporting others.
* Experience leading or managing project work.
* Experience of research, quality improvement and service evaluation.
* Experience of working collaboratively across teams or services as a dietitian.
Knowledge
* Able to demonstrate applied specialist clinical knowledge, including areas of nutritional support, oral and enteral feeding, weight management, disordered eating, restriction of food and/or fluid, and management of refeeding syndrome.
* Knowledge of national policy and guidelines and application to practice as a dietitian.
* Highly specialist knowledge of how mental and physical health contribute to risk assessment and support management.
Skills
* Well organised and able to prioritise a high turnover caseload.
* Excellent clinical reasoning skills.
* Evidence of being a team builder and team member.
* Extensive experience of supporting other staff and students.
* Motivated and motivates others.
* Skills demonstrated in managing a project or service initiatives.
Contractual requirements
* Ability to travel between two sites.
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.
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum pro rata
#J-18808-Ljbffr