Lead Dietitian
LocationLiverpool, England, United Kingdom
Posted At3/5/2026
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Description
Lead Dietitian - Liverpool Women's Hospital
Band 8a
Main area
Dietitian
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Job ref
287-RMED-38-26
Department name
LUH - 1 General Staffing (AFC posts)
Site
Liverpool Women's Hospital
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£55,690 - £62,682 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
18/03/2026 23:59
Job Overview
As part of Liverpool University Hospitals Foundation Trust (LUHFT), a service level agreement is in place to provide the dietetic service to Liverpool Women's Hospital (LWH). This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced HCPC registered Dietitian with a passion for women's health to lead and develop dietetic services across maternity, diabetes in pregnancy and gynaecological oncology at LWH. The service comprises a team of seven dietitians delivering inpatient and outpatient care across the hospital. As Dietetic Lead, you will provide clinical, professional and strategic leadership, leading on service improvement, governance, and the development of SOPs and care pathways, while supporting and developing the team within a collaborative MDT environment. The role includes responsibility for recruitment, staff appraisal and supervision, alongside preparation of monthly performance reports. You will bring significant post qualification experience, confidence in managing complex clinical
cases, and a strong interest in leadership, quality improvement and service development. In return, you will join a specialist women's hospital offering a high level of autonomy, opportunities to influence care at pathway level, strong multidisciplinary working, and a genuine commitment to flexible working and professional development. The team is strongly committed to collaborative working, innovation and supports student training through P1, P2 and P3 placements.
Main duties of the job
See Key Responsibilities Listed Within The Job Description.
Band 8a
Main area
Dietitian
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
Job ref
287-RMED-38-26
Department name
LUH - 1 General Staffing (AFC posts)
Site
Liverpool Women's Hospital
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£55,690 - £62,682 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
18/03/2026 23:59
Job Overview
As part of Liverpool University Hospitals Foundation Trust (LUHFT), a service level agreement is in place to provide the dietetic service to Liverpool Women's Hospital (LWH). This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced HCPC registered Dietitian with a passion for women's health to lead and develop dietetic services across maternity, diabetes in pregnancy and gynaecological oncology at LWH. The service comprises a team of seven dietitians delivering inpatient and outpatient care across the hospital. As Dietetic Lead, you will provide clinical, professional and strategic leadership, leading on service improvement, governance, and the development of SOPs and care pathways, while supporting and developing the team within a collaborative MDT environment. The role includes responsibility for recruitment, staff appraisal and supervision, alongside preparation of monthly performance reports. You will bring significant post qualification experience, confidence in managing complex clinical
cases, and a strong interest in leadership, quality improvement and service development. In return, you will join a specialist women's hospital offering a high level of autonomy, opportunities to influence care at pathway level, strong multidisciplinary working, and a genuine commitment to flexible working and professional development. The team is strongly committed to collaborative working, innovation and supports student training through P1, P2 and P3 placements.
Main duties of the job
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
Working for our organisation
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 Hospital is 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 Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is 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 their careers page.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Performance and Operational Management
Development activities
Clinical Governance / Quality
Education and training development
Working for our organisation
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 Hospital is 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 Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is 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 their careers page.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
For full JD - see Job description attached
Job Summary
Qualifications
Essential criteria
Job Summary
- To improve the experience and outcomes of care for patients.
- To provide a consistent and personalised service by ensuring that the patients receive the best care, in the best place from the best person or team.
- To deliver specialist evidence based care including: development, assessment, planning, implementing, evaluating programmes of evidence based care for a defined caseload.
- To make appropriate referral to consultants/other specialist/members of the multidisciplinary team in primary, secondary or tertiary care settings.
- To provide Dietetic leadership and line management of staff within the service.
- To be aware of risk management issues both locally and nationally and develop strategies to address identified issues.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc/ Nutrition and Dietetics
- Educated to Masters level / equivalent
- Validated training in specialist area or member of specialist group of British Dietetic Association (BDA)
- Evidence of leadership and supervision/mentorship training
- Prescribing qualification
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable relevant previous dietetic experience
- Evidence of appropriate management/leadership skills development
- Experience of undertaking clinical audit
- Experience in the clinical supervision of staff and staff development
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working and understanding of current clinical service issues and developments
Essential criteria
- Working knowledge of a variety of clinical conditions and the current evidenced best practice within clinical area
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills and supportive of colleagues
- Committed to achieving high standards of patient care
- Ability to prioritise own workload/work as part of a team
- IT skills, presentation skills
Posts advertised to 'internal staff' are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.
Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months' of their 18^th birthday.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working
Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months' of their 18^th birthday.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working
options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.
Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £26.50 (standard disclosure) or £54.50 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.
From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.
Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.
This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people a
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.
Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £26.50 (standard disclosure) or £54.50 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.
From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.
Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.
This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people a
nd vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.
Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.
All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.
As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.
If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.
Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Job Description (PDF, 278.0KB)
Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.
All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.
As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.
If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.
Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Job Description (PDF, 278.0KB)
Risk ID (PDF, 352.6KB)
Life at LUHFT Benefits (PDF, 333.2KB)
Apply online now
Further details / informal visits contact
Name
Beverly Sheaf
Job title
Lead Therapist (Royal)
Email address
Telephone number
01517062761
Additional information
Catherine Gallagher, Lead Dietitian, Liverpool Women's Hospital,
01517089988 ext 1676
LNKD1_UKTJ
Life at LUHFT Benefits (PDF, 333.2KB)
Apply online now
Further details / informal visits contact
Name
Beverly Sheaf
Job title
Lead Therapist (Royal)
Email address
Telephone number
01517062761
Additional information
Catherine Gallagher, Lead Dietitian, Liverpool Women's Hospital,
01517089988 ext 1676
LNKD1_UKTJ