Are you passionate about nutrition and keen to build specialist expertise in the rewarding and fast developing field of renal care? This is an excellent opportunity to expand your clinical skills within a highly respected service. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Dietitian to join our friendly and forwardthinking Nutrition and Dietetic Department at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. This temporary maternity cover post sits within our Renal Dietetic team and is offered on a full time basis, although part time and flexible working arrangements are warmly welcomed. Being a car driver would be advantageous for this role. You will be fully supported by an experienced, collaborative renal dietetic team that is committed to developing your confidence and skills while delivering high quality, patient centred care. Working closely with the wider multidisciplinary team, you will play a key role in ensuring safe, effective and evidence based nutritional management for people living with kidney disease.
Main duties of the job
- Deliver specialist, evidence based dietetic care across acute inpatient and outpatient services
- Support patients across the full renal pathway, including:
- Chronic kidney disease stages 3 to 5
- Pre‑dialysis care
- Renal replacement therapies
- Post transplantation care
- Undertake comprehensive clinical and dietary assessments to identify nutritional diagnoses
- Develop and implement individualized, patient centred treatment plans that support safe biochemical outcomes
- Educate patients, carers and healthcare professionals on therapeutic diets and nutrition support in kidney disease
About us
We are committed to investing in our people so they can achieve their full potential. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust provides extensive training and career development opportunities across all departments and staff groups.
We foster a culture where people take pride in their work, respect one another and work collaboratively to deliver the highest standards of patient care. We offer a supportive, inclusive and productive working environment, where every role is valued.
You will join a large, friendly and dynamic Nutrition and Dietetic Department, which delivers regular professional development events and supports placement students. The department benefits from strong clerical support and excellent access to IT and library resources.
Our Trust values are being patient centred, empowered, collaborative, fair and accountable. If these values resonate with you, we would welcome your application.
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way, our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.
What you will bring to the role
Qualifications
- HCPC Registered Dietitian, please provide registration number.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Member of the British Dietetic Association (Desirable).
Experience
- Experience of working as a dietitian within a healthcare setting (NHS hospital Desirable).
- Demonstrate an understanding of the specialist area.
Skills & Behaviours
- Demonstrate good team working skills.
- Demonstrate care and compassion when working with others.
- Able to provide an example of innovative practice using own initiative.
Practical Skills
- Demonstrate good workload management and organisational skills.
- Experience of developing and delivering education or training.
- Demonstrate motivational interviewing skills.
Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.
About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:
Patient centred Collaborative Fair Accountable Empowered
All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values.
Sponsorship Eligibility
To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
#J-18808-Ljbffr”, “datePosted”: “2026-05-17”, “hiringOrganization”: { “@type”: “Organization”, “name”: “NHS”, “sameAs”: “https://uk.whatjobs.com/pub_api__cpl__434440248__4861?utm_campaign=publisher&utm_medium=api&utm_source=4861&geoID=918” }, “jobLocation”: { “@type”: “Place”, “address”: { “@type”: “PostalAddress”, “addressLocality”: “Leeds” } } }Are you passionate about nutrition and keen to build specialist expertise in the rewarding and fast developing field of renal care? This is an excellent opportunity to expand your clinical skills within a highly respected service. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Dietitian to join our friendly and forwardthinking Nutrition and Dietetic Department at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. This temporary maternity cover post sits within our Renal Dietetic team and is offered on a full time basis, although part time and flexible working arrangements are warmly welcomed. Being a car driver would be advantageous for this role. You will be fully supported by an experienced, collaborative renal dietetic team that is committed to developing your confidence and skills while delivering high quality, patient centred care. Working closely with the wider multidisciplinary team, you will play a key role in ensuring safe, effective and evidence based nutritional management for people living with kidney disease.
Main duties of the job
- Deliver specialist, evidence based dietetic care across acute inpatient and outpatient services
- Support patients across the full renal pathway, including:
- Chronic kidney disease stages 3 to 5
- Pre‑dialysis care
- Renal replacement therapies
- Post transplantation care
- Undertake comprehensive clinical and dietary assessments to identify nutritional diagnoses
- Develop and implement individualized, patient centred treatment plans that support safe biochemical outcomes
- Educate patients, carers and healthcare professionals on therapeutic diets and nutrition support in kidney disease
About us
We are committed to investing in our people so they can achieve their full potential. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust provides extensive training and career development opportunities across all departments and staff groups.
We foster a culture where people take pride in their work, respect one another and work collaboratively to deliver the highest standards of patient care. We offer a supportive, inclusive and productive working environment, where every role is valued.
You will join a large, friendly and dynamic Nutrition and Dietetic Department, which delivers regular professional development events and supports placement students. The department benefits from strong clerical support and excellent access to IT and library resources.
Our Trust values are being patient centred, empowered, collaborative, fair and accountable. If these values resonate with you, we would welcome your application.
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way, our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.
What you will bring to the role
Qualifications
- HCPC Registered Dietitian, please provide registration number.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Member of the British Dietetic Association (Desirable).
Experience
- Experience of working as a dietitian within a healthcare setting (NHS hospital Desirable).
- Demonstrate an understanding of the specialist area.
Skills & Behaviours
- Demonstrate good team working skills.
- Demonstrate care and compassion when working with others.
- Able to provide an example of innovative practice using own initiative.
Practical Skills
- Demonstrate good workload management and organisational skills.
- Experience of developing and delivering education or training.
- Demonstrate motivational interviewing skills.
Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.
About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:
Patient centred Collaborative Fair Accountable Empowered
All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values.
Sponsorship Eligibility
To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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