Clinical Specialist Weight Management Dietitian | Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in Huddersfield is seeking innovative Dietitians to join a new weight management service. As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will provide evidence-based care for adults with complex obesity, conduct clinics, and contribute to service innovation. Candidates should hold a degree in Nutrition and Dietetics, be HCPC registered, and have experience in obesity care. This role offers a chance to make a significant impact on health inequalities.

Qualifications

• HCPC registration required.
• Experience with obesity patients and related interventions.
• Strong understanding of dietary and lifestyle impacts.

Responsibilities

• Deliver interventions for bariatric surgery and weight management.
• Conduct clinics and support patient education.
• Contribute to service development and innovation.

Skills

Evidence-based care

Excellent communication

Understanding of weight bias

Proactive teamwork

Education

Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics

Job description

We are excited to offer the opportunity for innovative, enthusiastic, and knowledgeable Dietitians to join a newly funded specialist weight management service, expanding upon our existing bariatric surgical service.

This is your chance to be part of a forward-thinking, multidisciplinary team delivering holistic, person-centred care to reduce health inequalities for adults living with complex obesity across Calderdale and Kirklees.

The successful candidates will:

• Deliver evidence-based, timely care for patients requiring specialist interventions including bariatric surgery, weight-loss medications, and non-surgical weight management programmes.
• Work closely with a well-established MDT including Bariatric Surgeons, Endocrinologists, Specialist Nurses, Psychologists, and Dietitians.
• Conduct independent and MDT clinics, facilitate patient education and support groups, and provide pre-operative and post-operative care.
• Contribute to service development, audit, and pathway innovation.

About You

We are looking for Dietitians who:

• Hold a degree/diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics and are HCPC registered.
• Have experience working with patients living with obesity, including dietary and lifestyle interventions, GLP-1 RA medications, and bariatric surgery.
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of weight bias and stigma in healthcare and society.
• Are excellent communicators, proactive, and able to work both independently and as part of a team.

CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.

Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients.

Please note that this advert closes on Sunday 19 Oct 2025.