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Job Title: Senior Dietitian
Location: Athlone (covering Athlone, Moate & Ferbane)
Contract Type: Full-time, 35 hours per week, Monday-Friday
Contract Duration: 1-Year Specified Purpose Contract (with strong potential for extension)
Salary: Aligned with HSE Senior Dietitian Pay Scales

Excel Healthcare are recruiting a Senior Dietitian to join a Children’s Disability Network Team in Athlone. This exciting role offers the opportunity to work with children (0-18 years) with complex needs arising from disability, while collaborating closely with families and colleagues.

Job Purpose:

The Senior Dietitian will be responsible for providing a specialist nutrition and dietetic service to children and young people with a range of disabilities. This includes supporting feeding, eating, drinking and swallowing (FEDS) needs, ensuring nutritional well-being, and empowering families through education and guidance.

You will work as part of an interdisciplinary team that includes Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Psychologists, and Social Workers, delivering a holistic service that promotes children’s development, health, and quality of life.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide specialist assessment, intervention, and advice to children and young people (0-18 years) with complex needs, including FEDS.
• Develop individualised nutrition care plans in partnership with families and caregivers.
• Support children with growth, development, and complex feeding difficulties, ensuring evidence-based dietetic care.
• Work collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to joint goal-setting and integrated care planning.
• Deliver education and training to families, carers, schools, and community partners.
• Provide supervision, support, and guidance to junior colleagues and students as required.
• Contribute to service development, audits, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Maintain up to date knowledge of paediatric dietetics and engage in ongoing CPD

Requirements:

• BSc/MSc in Human Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent
• CORU Registration as a Dietitian (essential)
• Minimum of 3 years post-qualification experience, with at least 1 year working with children or young people.
• Experience in paediatric nutrition and FEDS management within a disability or healthcare setting.
• Excellent communication, teamwork, and family-centred practice skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team.
• Full clean driving licence and access to own transport.

Apply Now:

If you are a Senior Dietitian ready to bring your skills and passion to a Children’s Disability Network Team in Athlone, we would love to hear from you.

Contact Charlene Cooke confidentially at or call +353 89 9455139.

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