Specialist Liver Dietitian

Leeds Teaching Hospitals Nhs Trust; Ledston; In loco; GBP 40.000 - 48.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

The Liver Dietetic Team at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is hiring a Specialist Dietitian for 12 months at 0.6 WTE to provide maternity cover. You will join a dedicated team focused on hepatology nutrition and developing specialist clinical skills for complex liver disease care.

The role involves assessing nutritional needs across hepatology and transplant pathways, managing malnutrition, sarcopenia, and nutrition support, and delivering patient-centered dietetic care in collaboration with

Competenze

• HCPC registered dietitian with active registration number.
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD).
• Desirable membership of the British Dietetic Association.
• Leadership skills training is an advantage.
• Motivational Interviewing/Behaviour Change training beneficial.

Mansioni

• Assess nutritional status and develop care plans for complex needs.
• Provide nutrition management of liver disease complications and post-transplant care.
• Manage oral and enteral nutrition support as appropriate.
• Contribute to outpatient pathways and multidisciplinary teams.
• Educate patients and carers with practical dietary guidance.
• Maintain accurate records and contribute to governance and service improvement.
• Support education of dietetic students and junior staff.
• Participate in departmental activities and wider Dietetic service support.

Conoscenze

Teamwork

Care & compassion

Supervisory skills

Workload management

Formazione

HCPC Registered Dietitian

CPD evidence

BDA member (desirable)

Leadership skills training (desirable)

Motivational Interviewing/Behaviour Change (desirable)

Descrizione del lavoro

Job reference: 002353
Salary: Band 6 - £39,959-£48,117
Closing date: 28/10/2026
Department: Dietetics Abdominal Medicine, Obesity & CC
Location: Cross Site
Division: Adult Therapies & Psychological Services CSU
Hours Per Week: 22.5
For questions about this job, contact: Liver Dietitians, Email: [e-mail]
Elizabeth Southcott, Clinical Dietetic Manager, [e-mail]
Shortlisting Date: 4.11/2026
Interview Date: n/a
Please Note: All salaries listed reflect the pay for full time roles. Any part time roles will be pro rata.

Job Summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a dietitian to join our specialist Liver Dietetic Team for 12 months at 0.6 WTE, providing maternity cover. If you are interested in liver disease, nutrition support and developing specialist clinical skills, this could be a great opportunity to take the next step in your dietetic career. Our liver dietitians work with patients across the hepatology and liver transplant pathway, supporting people with complex nutritional needs before and after transplantation as well as those requiring specialist inpatient and outpatient dietetic care. Working alongside experienced specialist dietitians and the wider multidisciplinary team, you will have the opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills in the nutritional management of complex liver disease. The role will involve assessing and managing patients with a range of nutritional needs, including malnutrition, sarcopenia, nutrition support and complications associated with advanced liver disease. We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, compassionate and keen to develop. You will need good clinical reasoning, communication and organisational skills and enjoy working collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team. Whether you already have experience within hepatology/gastroenterology or are looking for an opportunity to develop your specialist skills, we would be keen to hear from you. Previous experience in gastroenterology, liver disease or another relevant acute clinical speciality would be advantageous, although support and development will be available within the team. You will be fully supported by an experienced, collaborative liver dietetic team who are committed to developing your confidence and skills while delivering high‑quality, patient‑centred care.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess nutritional status and develop individualised nutrition care plans for patients with malnutrition, sarcopenia and complex nutritional requirements.
• Provide evidence‑based management of nutrition‑related complications of advanced liver disease, including ascites and hepatic encephalopathy.
• Assess and support patients undergoing liver transplant assessment and provide specialist nutritional care following transplantation.
• Assess requirements for and manage oral nutrition support, enteral feeding and other complex nutrition support as appropriate.
• Contribute to specialist hepatology and liver transplant outpatient pathways, including multidisciplinary working.
• Work closely with hepatologists, transplant teams, nursing staff, pharmacists and other members of the multidisciplinary team to provide coordinated patient care.
• Provide patients and carers with clear, practical and individualised dietary education to support effective self‑management.
• Prioritise and manage a specialist caseload, recognising and escalating patients at nutritional or clinical risk.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and contribute to clinical governance, audit and service improvement within the liver dietetic service.
• Contribute to the education and development of dietetic students, junior dietitians and other healthcare professionals.
• Participate in departmental activities and support the wider Dietetic service as required.

As a Specialist Dietitian, you will also contribute to service development, quality improvement and professional practice across the Dietetic Department and Hepatology Services. The team places high value on health, wellbeing and work‑life balance.

The post will be primarily based at St James’s University Hospital.

Why you should join our Team

We are committed to investing in our people so they can achieve their full potential. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust provides extensive training and career development opportunities across all departments and staff groups. Our Trust values are being patient‑centred, empowered, collaborative, fair and accountable. If these values resonate with you, we welcome your application.

What you will bring to the role

Qualifications

• HCPC Registered Dietitian, please provide registration number
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Member of the British Dietetic Association (Desirable)
• Leadership skills training (Desirable)
• Motivational Interviewing/ Behaviour Change Training (Desirable)

Experience

Experience of working as a dietitian within an acute healthcare setting (NHS hospital experience is essential). Demonstrate an understanding of the specialist areas and experience of oral nutrition support and enteral feeding.

Skills & Behaviours

Demonstrate and evidence good teamworking skills. Demonstrate and evidence care and compassion when working with others. Demonstrate and evidence supervisory skills (staff/student/preceptor supervision).

Practical Skills

Demonstrate good workload management and organisational skills. Demonstrate and evidence motivational skills. Experience of developing and delivering nutritional education or training.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients. We are Responsible, Open and Honest, One Team, Kind.

Our purpose

Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.