Lead Dietitian - Liverpool Women's Hospital | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 19 May 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £57,528 - £64,750 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 June 2026 |
| Location: | Liverpool, L8 7SS |
| Company: | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 8022995/287-RMED-38-26-B |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Lead Dietitian to join Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The role is based at Liverpool Women’s Hospital. You will provide clinical, professional and operational leadership for dietetic services, with a focus on delivering safe, effective and person-centred care.
As a senior clinician with a passion for women’s health, you will lead specialist dietetic provision for gestational diabetes and support pathways across maternity services and gynaecological oncology. Working closely with maternity, diabetes, oncology and wider multidisciplinary teams, you will help to improve outcomes and experiences for women and families.
Service improvement is central to this post. You will lead on clinical governance, audit and quality improvement, developing and maintaining SOPs, clinical guidelines and pathways, reflecting best evidence and high standards of practice.
You will join a large teaching trust with opportunities to shape and influence women’s health dietetic services at senior level. We offer a supportive multidisciplinary environment and are committed to flexible working and continued professional development.
See Key Responsibilities listed within the Job Description.
Clinical Practice and Expertise
Performance and Operational Management
Development activities
Clinical Governance / Quality
Education and training development
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women’s Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit theircareers page.
You will lead and support the dietetic team to deliver high-quality, evidence-based care across inpatient and outpatient services. You will provide visible day-to-day leadership, contribute to service planning, and line manage staff through recruitment, appraisal, supervision and ongoing development, playing an active role in education and training for colleagues, students and the wider workforce.
For full JD - see Job description attached
This advert closes on Tuesday 2 Jun 2026