Advanced Dietitian

Job overview

Are you a qualified, experienced and compassionate Dietitian?

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated band 7 Advanced Dietitian who has experience and an interest in working with children and young people with mental health conditions and learning disabilities.

This is a part-time role working 30 hours per week, your base will be in Penrith Hospital, North Cumbria and you will work into the CYPS Community Eating Disorders Service (CEDS) are based at Fairfield Centre in the Carleton Clinic, Carlisle.

You will work with children and young people (CYPS) in community settings across multiple sites, specifically working into the CYPS CEDS. CEDS provide treatment for children and young people living in North Cumbria, up until 19 years of age (with referrals accepted until age 18 years), who are struggling with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa or binge eating disorder.

Main duties of the job

You will take a lead role, providing expert dietetic input to prioritise clinical caseload and determine appropriate clinical intervention and management. You will be responsible for management and clinical supervision of dietitians and support workers who work with you in the dietetics service.

You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team in CEDS providing expertise in nutrition support and dietetics to children, young people and their families, as well as other key health professionals. There are well established links with the NCIC hospital paediatric dietitians and the Specialist Children’s Eating Disorder Dietitians at CNTW.

You will receive full support from the Trustwide Dietetic Professional Lead, the Dietetic Team Leads as well as the other Advanced Dietitians working in other specialist areas. We hold regular peer supervision, journal sessions and training sessions to ensure our practice is up to date and supported. Our aim is to create an environment where every member of our team can succeed.

You will also be given the opportunity to work on service development and lead on trust wide projects, for example audit of the nutrition policy, outcome measures and quality improvement.

The team have strong links with local universities, and we take dietetic students from Teesside and Newcastle Universities. All staff have a valuable role and are expected to be actively involved in supporting the learning and development of our dietetic students.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be required to travel to various sites, parking in our Trust car parks is free. There are hot desking offices available for dietitians to use across the Trust, and we will provide you with the necessary equipment to enable you to work across multiple sites and access electronic notes and dairies as needed.

It is essential you have current and ongoing registration as a dietitian with the HCPC to be considered for this post.

Please see the separate job description and person specification for more information.

Date advertised - 8th October 2026

Closing date - 22nd October 2026

We welcome your application.

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.