Senior Specialist Dietitian | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

North East London NHS Foundation Trust; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Maidstone is seeking a dietitian to join their team, focusing on nutritional care for ARFID patients. The role involves managing a diverse caseload, contributing to audits, and supporting junior staff. Applicants should demonstrate adaptability and collaborative skills, with experience in mental health being a plus. This full-time position offers opportunities for agile working and development within a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health is advantageous.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively.
• Adaptability and enjoyment of variety in tasks.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance dietetic skills in eating disorders.
• Manage a diverse caseload across community and inpatient settings.
• Support student and apprenticeship training programs.

Skills

Experience in dietary care

Ability to work autonomously

Transferable skills from other fields

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join an established and specialised dietetic team within the All‑Age Eating Disorder Service and work collaboratively with a local general adolescent mental health unit. The role will predominantly focus on the delivery of nutritional care for both adult and child ARFID patients, but opportunities to learn and work across all diagnosable eating disorders will be encouraged.

Our team is committed to delivering the highest quality of care, enabling our service users to have autonomy and choice in their recovery. We achieve this through regular developmental opportunities, journal reviews and twice‑monthly CPD, delivered both by dietitians and the wider MDT.

While experience in mental health is advantageous, we also encourage applications from those with transferable skills. You should be adaptable, enjoy variety, and demonstrate the ability to work autonomously as well as collaboratively. This role also includes contributing to audits and research, developing innovative approaches to care, and supporting the recruitment, training and development of junior dietetic staff and students.

The role is full‑time, though part‑time hours will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Work under the operational guidance of the Dietetic Lead and Advanced Dietetic Practitioner, with support from the ARFID Operational Lead to develop and enhance your dietetic skills in eating disorders.
• Manage a diverse caseload across community and inpatient settings, predominantly with ARFID patients and General Adolescent Mental Health.
• Provide care across various outpatient sites within Kent, with opportunities for agile working.
• Deliver educational groups and attend regular meetings with internal and external stakeholders.
• Support our student and apprenticeship training programmes and support junior members of staff assigned to each pathway within the team.

Values 2025‑2030

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co‑produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT: We are kind. We are respectful. We work together with our communities. These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.

Induction and Probation

All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process, new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop‑in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex. This post will be subject to a probationary period.

This advert closes on Tuesday 9 Dec 2025.