Job overview

Are you a Dietitian with extensive post registration experience managing the dietetic care of patients with intestinal failure? We have an exciting opportunity to join our multidisciplinary nutrition team as Dietetic Clinical & Operational Lead.

This part time, permanent role (17.5hrs per week), will provide both dietetic clinical leadership, and operational management support for the nutrition team dietitians.

The nutrition team dietitians provide dietetic care for patients requiring MDT management under our integrated severe intestinal failure (SIF) service. Our tertiary service manages patients with type 1, 2 and 3 intestinal failure, including home parenteral nutrition. The clinical caseload for this role includes inpatient ward rounds, MDT intestinal failure clinics, and remote support for patients on home parenteral nutrition.

We are a forward thinking, proactive, dietetic team. Indirect calorimetry and bioelectrical impedance assessment are embedded in our daily patient clinical care and research & audit is prioritised within our standard dietetic work. 

This is a great opportunity for the next steps in your career, and you will be supported in this role by the Consultant Dietitian.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP. 

**Please be informed that interviews for this post are provisionally scheduled for 10th April 2026*** 

Main duties of the job

• To provide clinical leadership on the dietetic management of complex patients requiring nutrition support (parenteral and enteral), including highly specialised inpatient and outpatient caseloads of patients with intestinal failure
• To lead the daily operational management of the Nutrition Team dietitians
• To provide leadership on the dietetic care of patients with intestinal failure requiring home parenteral nutrition including working in partnership with other agencies for the provision of specialist homecare services
• Provide expert opinion, education, advice and guidance to other health care professionals including dietetic colleagues regarding intestinal failure and nutrition support
• Lead on clinical audit and research within nutrition support

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.