Specialist Eating Disorder Dietitian

Job summary 37.5 hours per week. Are you an experienced Dietitian looking for a role where you can combine clinical expertise, leadership and innovation? We're looking for a passionate Specialist Eating Disorder Dietitian to become a key member of our Eating Disorder Pathway spanning across the Eating Disorder Intensive Treatment Team (ED-ITT), The Eating Disorder Service (EDS) and the new Nutritional Risk Monitoring Clinic (NRMC), providing specialist nutritional support to people experiencing eating difficulties across these services. In this rewarding Band 7 role, you'll work alongside a dedicated multidisciplinary team, delivering expert assessment and intervention, influencing service development, and leading dietetic practice within the pathway. This is a unique opportunity to help shape high-quality, recovery-focused care while developing your own specialist expertise in a supportive and forward-thinking pathway. Main duties of the job This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful difference to people experiencing eating difficulties and the physical and psychological challenges that can accompany them. This work spans across a range of different services with varying levels of risk, as well as in-reach work during admissions. Working as a senior specialist clinician, you will provide expert nutritional support as part of a multidisciplinary team, helping individuals navigate recovery while managing their physical and psychological health needs. The post combines direct patient care with service leadership, allowing you to influence care pathways, contribute to service development, provide specialist advice to colleagues and partner organisations, and deliver training across the wider system. The successful candidate will work autonomously, using advanced clinical judgement and strong therapeutic skills to build effective relationships with patients and carers, promote recovery-focused care, and ensure the highest standards of evidence-based practice. Please refer to supporting documentation for full details of job description. This role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route; please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility. Please note that Livewell may close the job advertisement earlier than the specified deadline. All Livewell staff are expected to be able and willing to work across a 7 day service. About us Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise delivering integrated health and social care services across Plymouth, South Hams, and West Devon, with specialist services in parts of Devon and Cornwall. Our teams work in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, and health hubs. As an organisation with a strong social conscience we are guided by our values, kindness, respect, inclusivity, ambition, responsibility, and collaboration. We focus on transforming services to ensure sustainability, while empowering staff and those we serve. We involve the people we care for, along with their families and carers, in shaping the care they receive, striving to deliver the right care at the right time and place. Centering our work on individual needs helps people lead healthy, independent lives. We prioritise employees' development, offering protected CPD time, training pathways, leadership programs, and funding for qualifications like the Care Certificate and Nurse Training Scholarships. Our induction and preceptorship programs ensure a smooth transition into our organisation. Livewell Southwest values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community, including those with armed forces experience, lived experience of mental health, neuro-diverse conditions and learning disabilities. If you need assistance or reasonable adjustments during the application process, contact the Recruiting Manager listed in the job advert. Details Date posted 09 September 2026 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 7 Salary £49,387 to £56,515 a year pa, pro-rata Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working Reference number B9832-2026-PTB-866 Job locations Eating Disorder Intensive Treatment Team Glenbourne Unit Morlaix Drive Plymouth Devon PL6 5AF United Kingdom Consultation to Nutritional Risk Monitoring Clinic Glenbourne Unit, Morlaix Road Derriford PLYMOUTH PL6 5AF United Kingdom Eating Disorder Service 140 Mount Gould Rd, Plymouth Devon PL4 7PY United Kingdom Job description Job responsibilities The successful applicant will work as an autonomous specialist dietitian across the Eating Disorder Pathway within ED-ITT, EDS and providing consultation to the NRMC. The role will span varying degrees of risk including those who present with complex mental health and medical needs, including risk of rapid physical deterioration, refeeding complications and mortality. The role spans both direct clinical intervention and wider service-level consultation.The sele