Dietitian Senior Grade

Enable Ireland; Kildare; Remote; EUR 63,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent training opportunities

Generous annual leave entitlements

Long service reward scheme

Maternity/Adoptive/Paternity leave

Job summary

Enable Ireland is seeking a Senior Dietitian to join our team across 3 CDNTs – Tallaght, Mid-Kildare and Ballyboden. The post holder will provide clinical nutrition services to service users referred by Children’s services, including initial consultations and ongoing reviews.

Applicants must be CORU registered (or eligible), have postgraduate paediatric dietetic experience, and hold the INDI Paediatric Course; a driving licence and willingness to travel across a large geographic area are

Qualifications

• Be registered, or be eligible for registration, as a Dietician by the Dietitians Registration Board at CORU.
• Have 3 years full time (or an aggregate of 3 years full time) post qualification dietetic experience.
• Provide proof of Statutory Registration on the Dietitians Register maintained by the Dietitians Registration Board at CORU before a contract of employment can be issued.
• On appointment must maintain annual registration on the Dieticians Register.
• Valid driving licence and access to own transport to deliver services across a large geographic area.
• Applicants must be eligible to work in the state.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical nutrition services to service users referred by the Children’s services teams.
• Provide nutritional counselling and ongoing review for service users and their families.
• Initial consultations and ongoing reviews as part of care plans.

Skills

Postgraduate paediatric dietetic exp

Driving licence

Geographic travel

Education

CORU Dietitian Registration

Postgraduate Paediatric Dietetics

Postgraduate INDI Paediatric Course

Job description

Enable Ireland provides services to over 13,000 children and adults with disabilities and their families from 43 locations in 14 counties. Covering childhood to adulthood our expert teams work with the individual and their family on a plan for each life stage. Our services for children and their families cover all aspects of a child's physical, educational, and social development from early infancy through adolescence. For adults we offer a range of services covering personal development, indep

Enable Ireland provides services to over 13,000 children and adults with disabilities and their families from 43 locations in 14 counties. Covering childhood to adulthood our expert teams work with the individual and their family on a plan for each life stage. Our services for children and their families cover all aspects of a child's physical, educational, and social development from early infancy through adolescence. For adults we offer a range of services covering personal development, indep Show more

Description

Would you like to work for a great employer? Enable Ireland is an organisation that makes a real difference to the lives of children and adults with disabilities in Ireland, and is named as one of Ireland's Irish Independent 150 Best Employers 2026.

Enable Ireland, as an equal opportunities employer, proudly maintains a Silver Award in Diversity from the Irish Centre for Diversity. We vigorously advocate for fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion, and engagement, and are dedicated to ongoing enhancement in these areas.

We are currently seeking a highly-motivated Senior Dietician to join our team across 3 CDNT’s – Tallaght, Mid-Kildare and Ballyboden.

Contract Type: Permanent Full-Time

Contract Hours: 1 wte 35 hours per week

Salary Scale: €63,313 to €74,947 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI’s (Long Service Increments)

Annual Leave Entitlement: 33 days pro rata per annum

Overview of the Post:

The post holder will provide clinical nutrition services to Service Users referred by the Children’s services teams. This involves the provision of nutritional counselling and nutritional support to Service Users and their families, and includes the initial consultation as well as ongoing review

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:

Please see Job Description for full list

The successful candidate will have

• Be registered, or be eligible for registration, as a Dietician by the Dietitians Registration Board at CORU.

And

• Have 3 years full time (or an aggregate of 3 years full time) post qualification dietetic experience

And

• Candidates must have the requisite knowledge and ability (including a high standard of suitability and professional ability) for the proper discharge of the duties of the office.

And

• Provide proof of Statutory Registration on the Dietitians Register maintained by the Dietitians Registration Board at CORU before a contract of employment can be issued.
• On appointment practitioners must maintain annual registration on the Dieticians Register maintained by the Dieticians Registration Board at CORU.
• Valid driving licence for within the state / jurisdiction with access to own transport in order to deliver services across a large geographical area
• Applicants must be eligible to work in the state. Please review the criteria at the following link Employment Permits - DETE and ensure you meet the requirements before submitting your application

• Postgraduate experience of working with children with disabilities (in a community based setting).

• Postgraduate paediatric dietetic experience.

• Postgraduate INDI Paediatric Course.

As a staff member of Enable Ireland, you will have access to a wide range of benefits, including:

• Excellent internal and external training opportunities

• Generous annual leave entitlements

• Long service reward scheme

• Pay adjusted Maternity Leave

• Pay adjusted Adoptive Leave

• Pay adjusted Paternity Leave

A panel may be formed from this vacancy for any similar vacancies, which may arise during the next 12 months.

• The post will be subject to reference checks and may be subject to Garda vetting/police clearance, as relevant.

• Due to the large volume of applications, we are not in the position to provide individual feedback to applicants who are not shortlisted for interview.

• Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants from all sections of the community.

• The above information serves only as a guide to the advertised position. Enable Ireland, at its discretion, reserves the right to change this prior to appointment.

• Please review the Enable Ireland’s External Data Protection Notice available at https://www.enableireland.ie/privacy-policy for details on how Enable Ireland processes applicant’s personal information. Please note if you are invited for interview, we will share your personal data with:

• 1) Any virtual service provider we use to host the interview; and

• 2) the interview panel (if applicable). Your information will be stored for this purpose in line with our retention policy

Enable Ireland is an Equal Opportunity Employer