Band 7 Research Dietitian: Sponsorship Available

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

These posts provide outstanding research and career development opportunities for registered dietitians with an interest in mental health to be part of the delivery of the Wellcome-funded ENERGISE-BD clinical trial.

The ENERGISE-BD trial (Evaluating Nutritional Ketosis versus NHS EatWell Recommended Guidelines for Bipolar Disorder) is a randomised controlled trial for bipolar depression. It will compare the efficacy of nutritional ketosis approach with the NHS EatWell dietary guidelines.

Main duties of the job

Contribute as a key member of a team of researchers, alongside a Senior Dietitian (Jude Munn), recruiting patients and guiding these patients on the two dietary interventions being tested in this study and other clinical research (70% of time)

Collecting data on participants in the study, specifically relating to progress with delivering both of the nutritional interventions (10%)

Providing day-to-day supervision and support to other members of the ENERGISE-BD team, including a postdoctoral researcher and a clinical research fellow (5% of time).

Maintain accurate and up-to-date records to document recruitment progress and present progress reporting data at management group meetings (5%).

Contribute to the presentation of research findings at national and international level conferences (if appropriate) (5% of time)

Maintain clinical skills by participation in continuing professional development (for example on the flexible delivery of nutritional ketosis approaches), as agreed with line manager (5% of time).

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

  • Dietitian and current full registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
  • Experience of supporting patients with nutritional ketosis and the NHS EatWell guidelines
  • Strong communication skills
  • Strong organisational skills
  • Ability to record data collection accurately and in a timely manner
  • Ability to manage multiple competing demands by prioritising tasks
  • Experience of Supervising Staff
  • High level of technical competence in subject matter.
  • Effective analytical and problem solving capability.
  • Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team

Desirable

  • Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
  • Knowledge of open science practices
  • Experience of patient and public engagement work
  • oExperience of clinical research

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 11 October 2026

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