Dietetic Consultant and Trust Wide Lead

This is a rare opportunity to shape Dietetic practice at a Trust-wide level within a progressive mental health and learning disability organisation. You will have the opportunity to influence strategy, lead change, and contribute meaningfully to improving outcomes for service users, while maintaining expert clinical practice. We are seeking an experienced and highly skilledDietetic Consultant and Trust-wide Lead to provide strategic, professional and clinical leadership for Dietetics across Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This senior role will lead the development, quality, safety and innovation of Dietetic practice across mental health and learning disability services, ensuring consistent, evidence-based and high-quality care. The postholder will work closely with the Director of Allied Health Professions (AHPs), senior clinical leaders, operational managers, and external partners to shape Dietetic services aligned with Trust priorities and national standards. The role includes a strategic leadership remit alongside a specialist clinical caseload, contributing expert opinion to highly complex cases, service development, research, and quality improvement., As Dietetic Consultant and Trust-wide Lead, you will:

• Provide professional and clinical leadership for Dietetic staff across the Trust, ensuring high standards of practice, governance, and professional accountability.
• Lead the strategic development and expansion of Dietetic services, working in partnership with operational leads and senior AHP colleagues.
• Act as a clinical expert, managing a specialist caseload and providing highly complex assessment, consultation, and intervention.
• Lead and embed evidence-based practice, research, audit, and quality improvement across Dietetic services.
• Co-chair and support delivery of the Trust-wide Food and Nutrition Plan, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives.
• Take a senior role in clinical governance, risk management, complaints, and patient safety investigations related to Dietetic practice.
• Contribute as a key member of the AHP Senior Leadership Team, leading agreed workstreams and influencing Trust strategy.
• Support workforce development, including recruitment, supervision, CPD, education, placements, and leadership development.
• Represent Dietetics at senior strategic and external forums, advocating for Dietetic and AHP contributions to service redesign and policy development.
  
  Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability and neurodevelopmental services across Sussex for people of all ages.
We value compassionate leadership, collaboration, continuous improvement, and evidence-based practice. As a Trust, we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, creating a supportive environment where staff are valued and can thrive. You will join a strong and collaborative AHP leadership community, working alongside professional leads and senior clinicians to shape services that make a real difference for service users, carers and communities.

This is a part-time (0.6 WTE / 22.5 hours per week), permanent role at Agenda for Change Band 8b.