Advanced Practitioner Dietitian Adult Allergy

Job summary

We are seeking a highly motivated and proactive Advanced Practitioner Dietitian to join our Adult Allergy Service at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinician with exceptional communication and influencing skills to contribute to a dynamic, forward-thinking MDT.

You will lead and deliver advanced dietetic care for adults with suspected and confirmed food allergy, including specialist assessment, diagnosis, management, and support for open food challenges and reintroduction programmes. You will provide expert advice to the MDT, contribute to weekly case-based discussions, and receive supervision from a Consultant Immunologist. As an Advanced Practitioner, you will lead the Adult Allergy Dietetic Service, line-manage staff, drive quality improvement, and provide clinical, operational, and strategic leadership. You will deliver specialist education, maintain up-to-date expertise, support multidisciplinary learning, and take responsibility for your own advanced professional development. You will also lead research and audit activity, contribute to regional and national initiatives, and help shape evidence-based policies and pathways across the Trust.

Our Adult Allergy MDT has recently achieved IQAS RCP accreditation, reflecting our commitment to delivering safe, high-quality, evidence-based care. This role offers the chance to shape the future of adult allergy services within a nationally recognised team.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Practice

• Deliver an advanced dietetic clinic for new GP referrals with suspected food allergy or hypersensitivity.
• Lead assessment, investigation, diagnosis, and management for patients requiring specialist dietetic input.
• Provide tailored dietary avoidance strategies, lifestyle advice, and long-term management plans.
• Support hospital-based open food challenges and home reintroduction programmes.
• Attend weekly MDT meetings, presenting patients for discussion and decision-making.
• Receive clinical supervision from a Consultant Immunologist within a collaborative MDT.

Leadership

• Provide clinical, operational, professional, and strategic leadership across the MDT.
• Support and develop staff, ensuring value for money and driving quality-improvement activity

Education and Professional Development

• Take responsibility for advanced professional development and act as an authoritative source of specialist knowledge and maintaining expertise in evolving practice
• Provide specialist training to healthcare professionals and contribute to multidisciplinary education, including journal clubs, training sessions, and reflective practice.

Research and Quality Improvement

• Lead research and quality-improvement projects, sharing findings through publications, conferences, and networks, and contribute to regional and national research activity.
• Use expert knowledge to shape and review policies, guidelines, and frameworks, supporting evidence-based standards across the Trus

Please see attached the full job description which provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role. The person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

If you have any questions about this position, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential

• UK Registered Dietitian with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Postgraduate clinical qualifications at Masters level meeting requirements of the national framework for Advanced Level Practice
• Study/knowledge relevant to the speciality
• Recognised Teaching and Assessing Qualification
• Research module as part of Master’s qualification.
• Registered practicing Non-Medical Supplementary Prescriber as appropriate to the role

Desirable

• Clinical based Master’s degree/research qualification as part of Masters Degree
• IT qualification
• Counselling qualification
• Research qualification e.g. Research masters module as part of Masters Degree

Advanced Clinical Skills

Essential

• Evidence of developing advanced skills in clinical history taking and physical examination skills.
• Highly developed communication skills
• Ability to assess, diagnose and action under pressurised environments
• Demonstrates expertise in complex decision making
• Autonomous management of own patient caseload (ward based or clinic environment)
• Autonomously assess, diagnose and development management care plans for referred patients

Desirable

• Evidence of extensive application of learning in practice

Leadership

Essential

• Demonstrate ability to work proactively and innovatively in a highly demanding environment
• Evidence of continued leadership development
• Evidence of significant involvement in change management
• Able to cope with pressure generated by other members of the healthcare team due to conflicting priorities and urgencies
• Able to cope with situations involving exposure to distressed patients and/or relatives and carers

Other requirements specific to the role

Essential

• Working knowledge of local and national clinical and professional policies guidelines and procedures e.g. NICE/British Dietetic Association/Health Professionals Council Code of Conduct/Ethics, Health and Safety, Infection Control, Equality and Diversity, Confidentiality and Data Protection Act
• Has good knowledge of national strategies and clinical evidence.
• Is an active member of appropriate groups in area of expert practice

Physical skills

Essential

• Able to use relevant clinical and teaching equipment unaided
• Good working knowledge and experience of relevant IT software.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Essential

• Able to demonstrate a commitment to and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs
• All staff are expected to engage in compassionate and inclusive leadership in the provision of high quality care and interactions with others

Planning and organisational skills

Essential

• Able to articulate advanced practice and professional accountability
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Vision to develop the service and the role of the AP Dietitian
• Awareness of the national Framework
• Ability to formulate long term strategic plans to develop service across the organisation
• Able to articulate advanced practice and professional accountability
• Can demonstrate safe caseload and workload management and has an influence on developing these skills in staff
• Proactive and flexible style
• Ability to adapt to changing and competing priorities and deadlines
• Ability to sustain high workload through time of service and organisational pressure

Analytical and Judgement skills

Essential

• oAutonomous management of own patient caseload
• oEvidence of working under supervision and developing ability to autonomously assess, diagnose and develop management plans for referred patients
• oEvidence of working with numerical data and ability to analyse, interpret and present data in appropriate forms
• oAbility to think laterally, identify and evaluate options and to find workable solutions to complex issues taking into account internal and external environments
• oPresents advice supported by reasoned argument and evidence
• oUnderstands confidentiality and data protection requirements in relation to own professional practice and in the supervision of others

Experience

Essential

• Highly developed expert practice in relevant speciality and dietetics to include autonomous practice
• Can demonstrate evidence of continued professional development (CPD) e.g. keeps a professional portfolio, Peer reviewed publications, presentations
• Evidence of involvement in policy, guideline and protocol development and implementation and ability to influence service changes
• Significant experience in specialist or practitioner post at band 7 with knowledge and skills that can be accredited or mapped against the criteria of this role
• Experience managing own caseload of patients and autonomous practice
• Experience in QI, Audit and research development
• Experience of teaching, assessing and mentoring of learners
• Proven line manager experience

Desirable

• Lead role in QI, Audit or Research projects
• Evidence of developing services in collaboration or independently of medical consultants
• Evidence of publications and presentations

Communication and relationship skills

Essential

• Excellent leadership skills including listening, influencing, negotiating, organisational awareness and networking skills
• Able to facilitate change
• Can demonstrate ability to work with a wide variety of people at different levels of seniority and from different professional disciplines
• Organisational and negotiation skills
• Effective communicator in complex situations

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s Values and Behaviours

Closing Date: 6 August 2026