Senior Specialist Dietitian for Inherited Metabolic Diseases
| Posting date: | 24 April 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 May 2026 |
| Location: | Bristol, BS2 8HW |
| Company: | University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7961141/387-DT1141-LH |
Summary
A Vacancy at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston (UHBW) are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated dietitian to become our band 7 senior specialist adult dietitian for inherited metabolic diseases (IMD). An exciting opportunity has arisen within a growing service of Adult Metabolics in the south west.
While this post offers extensive training opportunities, some prior experience of IMD dietetics is desirable.
This is a senior specialist post within UHBWs acute dietetic service. You will delivery highly specialist nutritional care to a cohort or patients with a variety of IMDs. You will deliver care primarily to outpatients but also take a lead role in nutritional management during acute hospital admissions.
You will be involved in transitional care from paediatric to adults. The service provides care at both a local and regional level and this will involve occasional outreach clinics.
In conjunction with our band 8a clinical specialist dietitian you will work closely within the UHBW IMD MDT including consultants, a Clinical Nurse Specialist, Specialist Pharmacist, Psychologist, Laboratory Staff and Dietetic Support Workers.
Provides a highly specialist clinical service for adult patients with IMD who require highly complex nutrition support, rehabilitation & prevention dietary therapy both as outpatients and inpatients at UHBW & NBT sites.
Take a pro-active part in all key activities along the pathway including clinics, meetings, audits and research.
Providing a specialist service and training for healthcare professionals, carers, and others. Therefore, you will be committed to the maintenance of personal specialist expertise, which is current, relevant, and accessible.
Support the pathway dietetic team, junior dietitians and support workers through supervision and appraisals.
Support the development of learners at all stages of career ie dietitians, support workers, apprentices and dietetic students.
Provide clinical cover for other dietitians’ duties in their absence.
Undertakes any other reasonable duties, which may be identified in consultation with the clinical & managerial leads for Nutrition & Dietetics services.
Contribute to the wider acute dietetic roster working one in every 8 Saturday and one bank holiday a year.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
For details job description and main duties and responsibilities, please see attached job description and person specification
This advert closes on Sunday 10 May 2026
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston (UHBW) are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated dietitian to become our band 7 senior specialist adult dietitian for inherited metabolic diseases (IMD). An exciting opportunity has arisen within a growing service of Adult Metabolics in the south west.
While this post offers extensive training opportunities, some prior experience of IMD dietetics is desirable.
This is a senior specialist post within UHBWs acute dietetic service. You will delivery highly specialist nutritional care to a cohort or patients with a variety of IMDs. You will deliver care primarily to outpatients but also take a lead role in nutritional management during acute hospital admissions.
You will be involved in transitional care from paediatric to adults. The service provides care at both a local and regional level and this will involve occasional outreach clinics.
In conjunction with our band 8a clinical specialist dietitian you will work closely within the UHBW IMD MDT including consultants, a Clinical Nurse Specialist, Specialist Pharmacist, Psychologist, Laboratory Staff and Dietetic Support Workers.
Provides a highly specialist clinical service for adult patients with IMD who require highly complex nutrition support, rehabilitation & prevention dietary therapy both as outpatients and inpatients at UHBW & NBT sites.
Take a pro-active part in all key activities along the pathway including clinics, meetings, audits and research.
Providing a specialist service and training for healthcare professionals, carers, and others. Therefore, you will be committed to the maintenance of personal specialist expertise, which is current, relevant, and accessible.
Support the pathway dietetic team, junior dietitians and support workers through supervision and appraisals.
Support the development of learners at all stages of career ie dietitians, support workers, apprentices and dietetic students.
Provide clinical cover for other dietitians’ duties in their absence.
Undertakes any other reasonable duties, which may be identified in consultation with the clinical & managerial leads for Nutrition & Dietetics services.
Contribute to the wider acute dietetic roster working one in every 8 Saturday and one bank holiday a year.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
For details job description and main duties and responsibilities, please see attached job description and person specification
This advert closes on Sunday 10 May 2026
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