• Job Description

  Req#: C9298-ATH-487?language=en&page=1050&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Expected Shortlisting Date

  01/04/2026

  Planned Interview Date

  15/04/2026

  An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Nutrition and Dietetic Department at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust as part of our Critical Care Dietetic team.

  We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Dietitian to join our friendly, proactive team on a permanent, full time basis.

  You will be supported by experienced Band 7 Dietetic Leads and will manage a varied and complex inpatient caseload across our Critical Care Units, including Cardiac, Neurosurgical, Major Trauma, Surgical and General ICUs. Working closely with the wider multidisciplinary team, you will deliver high quality, patient centred nutritional care.

  As a Specialist Dietitian, you will contribute to professional development and ongoing service improvement within the Dietetic Department and Critical Care services.

  Health and wellbeing are important to our team, and we pride ourselves on offering a flexible and supportive working environment.

  Main duties of the job

  The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering highly specialist nutritional assessment and evidence based advice to patients requiring nutritional support on the Critical Care Units, with a particular focus on enteral nutrition. They will also provide expert guidance for patients transitioning from Level 2/3 care to the ward environment. Excellent communication and teamwork skills are essential, as is experience in managing enteral feeding via a range of feeding routes.

  Regular participation in MDT ward rounds, patient meetings and education sessions will support the development of strong working relationships and enhance clinical knowledge within the critical care setting.

  The post holder will also contribute actively to the audit and evaluation of patient care practices as part of our quality assurance framework. The role provides an excellent opportunity for both professional and personal development within a supportive and forward thinking team.

  About us

  Our Trust values are being patient centred, empowered, collaborative, fair and accountable. If these values resonate with you, we would be delighted to hear from you. We are committed to supporting the ongoing professional development of all colleagues, helping everyone reach their full potential. Training and career development are encouraged across every department and at every level.

  We pride ourselves on a positive, respectful and inclusive culture where people work together to deliver exceptional patient care. Every role is valued, and everyone contributes to our success.

  The Nutrition and Dietetic Department offers regular professional development opportunities and provides training for A, B and C placement students.

  Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one of the largest in Europe, and Leeds is a vibrant, welcoming city with excellent cultural, educational and leisure opportunities.

  Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

  Details

  Date posted

  09 March 2026

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 6

  Salary

  £39,959 to £48,117 a year

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  C9298-ATH-487

  Job locations

  St. James's University Hospital

  Beckett Street

  Leeds

  LS9 7TF

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  To provide part of a professional Nutrition and Dietetic care service within a Specialist area. This includes advice to in-patients, out-patients, all healthcare staff and participation in the training of student dietitians Shows initiative in assisting and supporting the senior specialist dietitians and the Clinical Dietetic Manager in the day to day management of the department.

  3. JOB DIMENSIONS

  The post holder will:

  Manage own case load to a level agreed with supervisor / line manager.

  Be involved in the provision of education and training to healthcare staff, patients, care providers and students

  Be a key member of the multidisciplinary care team to provide integrated dietetic care

  Shows initiative in assisting and supporting the senior specialist dietitians and the chief dietitian in the day to day management of the department.

  Deliver training to healthcare staff, dietitians and students.

  Be an active member of the out of hours service.

  KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

  BSc (Hons) Nutrition & Dietetics or equivalent

  HCPC Registration as a dietitian

  Experience of working within a Dietetic role within a healthcare setting

  Willing to undergo any training as required to enable performance in the job.

  Awareness of current issues in specialised areas of dietetics

  Able to work within a team, demonstrate initiative, confidence and excellent time management and organisational skills

  Good written, oral and interpersonal communication skills

  Good presentation skills in delivering training to large multidisciplinary groups of staff or members of the public (this may involve groups of more than 50 people).

  6. THE LEEDS WAY VALUES

  Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

  Patient-centred

  Collaborative

  Fair

  Accountable

  Empowered

  All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values

  Additionally the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:

  Comply with professional codes of practice, professional guidelines and departmental policies and procedures

  Maintain strict confidentiality in the provision of dietetic care

  Be compassionate and ethical in the provision of dietetic care

  Demonstrate a commitment to personal and professional development

  7. WEST YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF ACUTE TRUSTS (WYAAT)

  Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.

  By bringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across West Yorkshire and Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and driving forward change to deliver the highest quality care. By working for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust this is your opportunity to be a part of that change.

  WYAAT is the acute sector arm of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership, one of the largest integrated care systems in the country. The Partnerships ambition is for everyone to have the best possible health and wellbeing, and the work of WYAAT, and each individual trust, supports that ambition.

  8. CORE BEHAVIOURS AND SKILLS

  Demonstrate good office practice in accordance with departmental policies and procedures

  Be a pro-active team member of the dietetics department at LTHT by participating in departmental development projects, attending and participating in departmental meetings and clinical updates

  Demonstrate the ability to communicate highly complex specialised and sensitive information with empathy and understanding

  Demonstrate the ability to communicate highly complex specialised and sensitive information with empathy and understanding

  Demonstrate the ability to provide highly complex nutrition counselling to patients requiring cognitive behavioural therapy skills and use of advanced reassurance motivational and negotiation skills to overcome barriers to change

  Demonstrate the ability to analyse clinical and non-clinical information to form accurate nutrition care plans in specialised areas

  Demonstrate analytical skills in prioritising the best course of dietetic treatment in patients with highly complex clinical conditions, where nutritional goals may conflict with other on-going physical, emotional psychological and medical problems

  Ability to use stadiometers, anthropometric skin-fold callipers with precision and accuracy in the nutritional assessment of patients

  9. CORE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

  Ability to perform specialised nutritional assessment, interpret and plan relevant dietetic care programmes for patients with highly complex nutritional needs and multiple medical conditions

  Advanced knowledge of biochemistry, physiology and pharmacology

  Understanding of the calculations required in dietetic assessment

  Ability to correctly interpret complex nutritional impairments, biochemical parameters and fluid balance. This will involve nutritional diagnosis including interpretation of biochemistry, anthropometrics, clinical condition, Social factors and diet histories in patients with specialised and complex nutritional needs.

  Demonstrate advanced knowledge in interpretation of complex clinical information to develop, monitor and complete nutritional care plans in a specialised dietetic areas. This may include the prescription of dietary treatment, prescribable nutritional products and enteral nutrition.

  Responsible for safe discharge planning including the discharges of patients receiving home enteral nutrition

  Demonstrate the ability to evaluate practice using evidence based practice and critical appraisal

  Ability to advise and suggest nutrition related medications

  Knowledge of clinical governance, quality of care and evidence based practice in specialist areas

  Awareness of national guidance and driving factors in specialist based

  9. PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

  Clinical and Professional

  Be an autonomous practitioner, clinically, legally and professionally responsible for own caseload.

  Responsible as a clinical practitioner in a specialist dietetic field, for delivering high quality specialist dietetic care. This will involve being guided by departmental standards, professional guidelines, broad occupational policies and procedures.

  Collect, analyse and record relevant patient information from clinical and patients sources to develop effective nutritional plans.

  Responsible for providing highly specialised dietary advice within an in-patient and out-patient setting. To patients in a distinct specialist area e.g. advice to renal dialysis patients on calcium and phosphate management oncology patients on enteral feeding

  Communicate the nutrition and dietary treatment of patient to healthcare staff, other professionals and patients carers. This may involve co coordinating nutritional care with other trusts and centres outside the Trust.

  Undertake comprehensive assessment of patients with diverse and complex nutritional issues where investigative and analytical skills are required to formulate accurate treatment plans

  Responsible for developing and maintaining an agreed level of expertise by updating own specialised clinical knowledge and skills through attendance at post-graduate courses, clinical updates and in-service training.

  Participate in the appraisal process as an appraise and develop a strategy for personal and continuous professional development, encompassing a portfolio-based assessment in line with national legislation

  Participate in audit within specialist areas, involving evaluation of research and audit projects to measure clinical effectiveness and promote evidence based practice

  Undertake any other duties appropriate to the grade as requested / agreed with the line manager

  Education and training

  Devise and implement specialised nutritional care plans for inpatients and outpatients according to current national guidelines and standards, including NSFs. This will involve advising patients, relatives or carers, individually or in a group setting.

  Contribute to developing and maintaining agreed levels of expertise of dietetic team members

  Provide effective oral and written specialised dietetic advice and information to patients and their carers to enable achievement of dietary aims.

  Develop resources used in the education and training of patients, health professionals and the public

  Deliver formal and informal talks on nutrition and dietetics to health care staff as required

  Plan and deliver student training as assigned after an appropriate induction period / supervisory training course

  Train ward staff to use dietetic resources appropriately

  Participate in providing specialised advice, teaching and training to other members of the multidisciplinary team regarding the nutritional managements of a specialised group of patients

  Be an active member of the in-service training programme through delivery of training sessions and tutorials at staff meetings and by attending external courses and demonstrating reflective practice

  Managerial

  Disseminate clinical information to other members of the multidisciplinary team by attendance and participation in ward rounds and case conference as required.

  Responsible for ordering and cancelling additional snacks and nutritional supplements from catering and pharmacy according to patients clinical condition and requirements.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  To provide part of a professional Nutrition and Dietetic care service within a Specialist area. This includes advice to in-patients, out-patients, all healthcare staff and participation in the training of student dietitians Shows initiative in assisting and supporting the senior specialist dietitians and the Clinical Dietetic Manager in the day to day management of the department.

  3. JOB DIMENSIONS

  The post holder will:

  Manage own case load to a level agreed with supervisor / line manager.

  Be involved in the provision of education and training to healthcare staff, patients, care providers and students

  Be a key member of the multidisciplinary care team to provide integrated dietetic care

  Shows initiative in assisting and supporting the senior specialist dietitians and the chief dietitian in the day to day management of the department.

  Deliver training to healthcare staff, dietitians and students.

  Be an active member of the out of hours service.

  KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

  BSc (Hons) Nutrition & Dietetics or equivalent

  HCPC Registration as a dietitian

  Experience of working within a Dietetic role within a healthcare setting

  Willing to undergo any training as required to enable performance in the job.

  Awareness of current issues in specialised areas of dietetics

  Able to work within a team, demonstrate initiative, confidence and excellent time management and organisational skills

  Good written, oral and interpersonal communication skills

  Good presentation skills in delivering training to large multidisciplinary groups of staff or members of the public (this may involve groups of more than 50 people).

  6. THE LEEDS WAY VALUES

  Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

  Patient-centred

  Collaborative

  Fair

  Accountable

  Empowered

  All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values

  Additionally the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:

  Comply with professional codes of practice, professional guidelines and departmental policies and procedures

  Maintain strict confidentiality in the provision of dietetic care

  Be compassionate and ethical in the provision of dietetic care

  Demonstrate a commitment to personal and professional development

  7. WEST YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF ACUTE TRUSTS (WYAAT)

  Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.

  By bringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across West Yorkshire and Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and driving forward change to deliver the highest quality care. By working for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust this is your opportunity to be a part of that change.

  WYAAT is the acute sector arm of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership, one of the largest integrated care systems in the country. The Partnerships ambition is for everyone to have the best possible health and wellbeing, and the work of WYAAT, and each individual trust, supports that ambition.

  8. CORE BEHAVIOURS AND SKILLS

  Demonstrate good office practice in accordance with departmental policies and procedures

  Be a pro-active team member of the dietetics department at LTHT by participating in departmental development projects, attending and participating in departmental meetings and clinical updates

  Demonstrate the ability to communicate highly complex specialised and sensitive information with empathy and understanding

  Demonstrate the ability to communicate highly complex specialised and sensitive information with empathy and understanding

  Demonstrate the ability to provide highly complex nutrition counselling to patients requiring cognitive behavioural therapy skills and use of advanced reassurance motivational and negotiation skills to overcome barriers to change

  Demonstrate the ability to analyse clinical and non-clinical information to form accurate nutrition care plans in specialised areas

  Demonstrate analytical skills in prioritising the best course of dietetic treatment in patients with highly complex clinical conditions, where nutritional goals may conflict with other on-going physical, emotional psychological and medical problems

  Ability to use stadiometers, anthropometric skin-fold callipers with precision and accuracy in the nutritional assessment of patients

  9. CORE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

  Ability to perform specialised nutritional assessment, interpret and plan relevant dietetic care programmes for patients with highly complex nutritional needs and multiple medical conditions

  Advanced knowledge of biochemistry, physiology and pharmacology

  Understanding of the calculations required in dietetic assessment

  Ability to correctly interpret complex nutritional impairments, biochemical parameters and fluid balance. This will involve nutritional diagnosis including interpretation of biochemistry, anthropometrics, clinical condition, Social factors and diet histories in patients with specialised and complex nutritional needs.

  Demonstrate advanced knowledge in interpretation of complex clinical information to develop, monitor and complete nutritional care plans in a specialised dietetic areas. This may include the prescription of dietary treatment, prescribable nutritional products and enteral nutrition.

  Responsible for safe discharge planning including the discharges of patients receiving home enteral nutrition

  Demonstrate the ability to evaluate practice using evidence based practice and critical appraisal

  Ability to advise and suggest nutrition related medications

  Knowledge of clinical governance, quality of care and evidence based practice in specialist areas

  Awareness of national guidance and driving factors in specialist based

  9. PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

  Clinical and Professional

  Be an autonomous practitioner, clinically, legally and professionally responsible for own caseload.

  Responsible as a clinical practitioner in a specialist dietetic field, for delivering high quality specialist dietetic care. This will involve being guided by departmental standards, professional guidelines, broad occupational policies and procedures.

  Collect, analyse and record relevant patient information from clinical and patients sources to develop effective nutritional plans.

  Responsible for providing highly specialised dietary advice within an in-patient and out-patient setting. To patients in a distinct specialist area e.g. advice to renal dialysis patients on calcium and phosphate management oncology patients on enteral feeding

  Communicate the nutrition and dietary treatment of patient to healthcare staff, other professionals and patients carers. This may involve co coordinating nutritional care with other trusts and centres outside the Trust.

  Undertake comprehensive assessment of patients with diverse and complex nutritional issues where investigative and analytical skills are required to formulate accurate treatment plans

  Responsible for developing and maintaining an agreed level of expertise by updating own specialised clinical knowledge and skills through attendance at post-graduate courses, clinical updates and in-service training.

  Participate in the appraisal process as an appraise and develop a strategy for personal and continuous professional development, encompassing a portfolio-based assessment in line with national legislation

  Participate in audit within specialist areas, involving evaluation of research and audit projects to measure clinical effectiveness and promote evidence based practice

  Undertake any other duties appropriate to the grade as requested / agreed with the line manager

  Education and training

  Devise and implement specialised nutritional care plans for inpatients and outpatients according to current national guidelines and standards, including NSFs. This will involve advising patients, relatives or carers, individually or in a group setting.

  Contribute to developing and maintaining agreed levels of expertise of dietetic team members

  Provide effective oral and written specialised dietetic advice and information to patients and their carers to enable achievement of dietary aims.

  Develop resources used in the education and training of patients, health professionals and the public

  Deliver formal and informal talks on nutrition and dietetics to health care staff as required

  Plan and deliver student training as assigned after an appropriate induction period / supervisory training course

  Train ward staff to use dietetic resources appropriately

  Participate in providing specialised advice, teaching and training to other members of the multidisciplinary team regarding the nutritional managements of a specialised group of patients

  Be an active member of the in-service training programme through delivery of training sessions and tutorials at staff meetings and by attending external courses and demonstrating reflective practice

  Managerial

  Disseminate clinical information to other members of the multidisciplinary team by attendance and participation in ward rounds and case conference as required.

  Responsible for ordering and cancelling additional snacks and nutritional supplements from catering and pharmacy according to patients clinical condition and requirements.

  Person Specification

  Skills & behaviours

  Essential

  • Able to work in a team demonstrating time management skills and initiative
  • Committed to personal and professional development
  • Good written and oral communication skills
  • Experience of delivering education and training

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • BSc(Hons) Nutrition & Dietetics or Equivalent
  • Attendance on relevant specialist accredited post-graduate courses at post-graduate diploma level or equivalent
  • HCPC registration

  Experience

  Essential

  • Knowledge of current issues in Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Experience of working as a Dietitian within a healthcare setting
  • Demonstrate awareness of specialist dietetic areas

  Person Specification

  Skills & behaviours

  Essential

  • Able to work in a team demonstrating time management skills and initiative
  • Committed to personal and professional development
  • Good written and oral communication skills
  • Experience of delivering education and training

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • BSc(Hons) Nutrition & Dietetics or Equivalent
  • Attendance on relevant specialist accredited post-graduate courses at post-graduate diploma level or equivalent
  • HCPC registration

  Experience

  Essential

  • Knowledge of current issues in Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Experience of working as a Dietitian within a healthcare setting
  • Demonstrate awareness of specialist dietetic areas

  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).

  Additional information

  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).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Leeds Teaching Hospitals

  Address

  St. James's University Hospital

  Beckett Street

  Leeds

  LS9 7TF

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Leeds Teaching Hospitals

  Address

  St. James's University Hospital

  Beckett Street

  Leeds

  LS9 7TF

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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