Senior Research Dietitian
| Posting date: | 28 April 2026 |
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| Salary: | £49,387.00 to £56,515.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £49387.00 - £56515.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 May 2026 |
| Location: | Leicester, LE5 4PW |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9358-26-0277 |
Summary
The post holder will oversee the provision of specialist dietetic and nutrition support and measurement to patients and/or their families and carers whilst taking part in research, contributing both directly and through the management, guidance and supervision of other research dietitians or nutritionists. They will also oversee the related research spaces, processes and procedures to ensure the safe, effective and efficient delivery of this activity, as well as contributing to the design/development of new study protocols and funding applications. The LDC hosts the Lifestyle Theme within the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), a collaboration between the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) and the University of Leicester, the Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Commercial Research Delivery Centre (CRDC), the Applied Research Collaboration (ARC)-East Midlands, and the Centre for Ethnic Health Research. It is located at Leicester General Hospital and encompasses a floor space of ~ 5000m2 which includes a state-of-the-art exercise and metabolic assessment lab, metabolic kitchen, a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scanner for the gold standard assessment of body composition, clinical assessment rooms, patient education facilities, large and small meeting rooms, and a 4/5 space day ward.