Consultant Dietitian

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 72,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS foundation trust is looking for an enthusiastic Consultant Dietitian to join their team in Greater London. The postholder will engage in research, education, and clinical leadership while collaborating with King's College London on relevant projects. Candidates should have advanced experience in dietetics, a commitment to research, and a robust publication record. This role offers a salary of £72,921 to £83,362 per annum and provides a supportive, patient-centered work environment.

Qualifications

• Significant experience of working as an integrated member of an MDT.
• Previous successful publication of articles in peer-reviewed journals.
• Experience of writing applications/bids for research grants.

Responsibilities

• Lead research and audit within their field of expertise.
• Support clinical leadership of a designated specialist area.
• Identify clinical research and quality improvement priorities.

Skills

Advanced independent management of complex dietetic issues

Comprehensive research skills

Knowledge of current national initiatives in Nutrition and Dietetics

Advanced autonomous management of patients with complex conditions

Education

Registered Member HCPC

Evidence of ongoing professional development

BDA member

Extensive advanced specialist experience in dietetics

Job description

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Dietitian

The closing date is 27 January 2026

We are seeking an enthusiastic research-active dietitian to hold responsibilities across research, education, clinical and leadership in Nutrition and Dietetics (N&D) as a Consultant Dietitian (Clinical Academic).

The appointee will develop an independent research programme within their specialty and will also have a responsibility to support department wide research and audit linking in with the directorate and AHP research leads.

The post holders have a clinical caseload in their specialty area working at expert level and will have some leadership responsibilities within the specialty and more widely across dietetics. The clinical speciality must be a specialty delivered at GSTT.

The post holder will join 2 other Consultant Dietitian posts in the department (plus one at the Royal Brompton) who specialise in Gastroenterology, HIV and Obesity and Adult Allergy with this appointee expected to expand the breadth of specialities covered.

The academic side of the post will hopefully involve an honorary lectureship with the Department of Nutritional Sciences at King's College London and will deliver regular teaching as well as supervising masters projects and PhD students. This may also involve leading relevant modules. The KCL component of the role is unable to be confirmed until after the appointment.

The N&D Department has around 200 staff made up of mainly dietitians, assistants and nutrition nurses. The post holders will report into the Head of N&D.

Main duties of the job

To lead research and audit within their field of expertise ensuring dissemination of findings including in peer review publications. This will include acting as Chief/Principal Investigator, leading research applications e.g. NIHR applications, charity grants.

Research, audit and quality improvement (QI) lead for N&D department supporting all staff with research and audit activity.

With the other Consultant Dietitians to act as the clinical academic links to Kings College London (KCL) Department of Nutritional Sciences (and or other Higher Education Institutes (HEI)) for research collaboration and student supervision e.g. MSc and PhD students.

Supports the clinical leadership of a designated specialist area providing expert clinical opinion to managers which assists the strategic direction of the N&D service across the whole organisation.

Identifies clinical research, quality improvement and data collection priorities within N&D to drive departmental development strategy.

Uses professional and clinical leadership in the development and implementation of high-quality, evidence based training programmes.

To supportthe Clinical and Operational Lead and Principal Dietitian with the strategic management of a specialist dietetic team.

Responsible, in conjunction with the N&D management team, for maintaining and improving all aspects of clinical governance, evidence based practice and quality assurance across the Trust.

About us

You will be working with a friendly, dynamic and forward-thinking team who provide a patient centred approach to care. We strive to deliver and contribute to evidence-based practice by conducting high level research, audit and service evaluation. We support individual personal and professional development and are passionate about health and wellbeing.

The department of Nutrition and Dietetics is made up of an Adult and Paediatric Nutrition workforce of over 150 staff, generating an income of over £10million. This is a highly complex service, delivering highly specialised Dietetics as part of clinical services across the Trust, and into the Community, including providing professional guidance for our catering services and ensuring our compliance with Nutrition Standards for the Trust.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description, person specification and role descriptor for detailed job description and main responsibilities.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

• Registered Member HCPC
• Evidence of ongoing professional development - e.g. specialist training short courses, etc.
• BDA member
• Extensive advanced specialist experience in an area of dietetics
• Significant experience of working as an integrated member of an MDT
• Previous experience of conducting research, quality improvement projects and implementing change 2
• Previous successful publication of articles in peer reviewed journals
• Experience of writing applications/bids for research grants

Skills and knowledge

• Evidence of advanced independent management of complex dietetic issues
• Knowledge of current national initiatives in N&D
• Comprehensive research skills including: literature review, research design methodology, governance, data collection and data analysis.
• Evidence of advanced autonomous management of patients with complex conditions

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.

£72,921 to £83,362 a yearper annum inc. H.C.A.