Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a friendly, enthusiastic, confident Dietitian to become part of the Community Dietetic Team delivering community healthcare within the Fylde Coast All Age Eating Disorder Service. The permanent post will be based at Moor Park Health and Leisure Centre in Blackpool but flexibility may be required to work and travel around the area. 

Main duties of the job

Your role will involve the assessment and implementation of care plans for patients in their own home, care homes and community locations including community hospitals. Assist in the training of health care professionals and carers and maintenance of IT systems that support patient care. Offering expert knowledge to a Multi Disciplinary Team. 

Working for our organisation

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We offer a mentoring and clinical supervision programme with an experienced clinician for those new to community work. 

The department has excellent IT facilities with good clerical support across the Fylde locality. 

The Fylde Coast and our surrounding areas have good motorway and train links to Lancashire including the city of Preston. 

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria

• Honours Degree or equivalent in Nutrition and Dietetics approved by the BDA/Health Professions Council.
• Health Professions Council registered Dietitian.
• Evidence of relevant post graduate specialist clinical education at post graduate level or equivalent and /or equivalent experience.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Advanced clinical knowledge relevant to the care environment and evidence of evidence based practice in relevant health setting.
• Knowledge of relevant national policies and guidance including MEED and NICE and relevant assessment tools.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Thorough and sound knowledge of the development and maintenance of Eating Disorders and its physiological, psychological and medical aspects.
• Skills/experience in the use of complex methods of assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Assessment and treatment of adults an/or children with non-complex conditions.
• Experience of collaborative working across / between professions /agencies to achieve agreed outcomes for individuals in delivery of treatment outcomes.

Full job descriptionDate: 25 Oct 2026

Location: London, LND, GB, SE11 5RH

Company: Glanbia

Science and Nutrition Lead, Europe & UK

Glanbia Performance Nutrition

Join this dynamic team focused on delivering better nutrition for every step of life’s journey

The Opportunity

We are exciting to share that we are hiring for a Science & Nutrition Lead, EU & UK for Glanbia Performance Nutrition!

This will play a pivotal role in strengthening Optimum Nutrition’s credibility, education leadership, and premium positioning across the region.

This is a senior, high-impact role for a nutrition expert who thrives at the intersection of science, storytelling, and commercial execution. You will act as the authoritative nutrition voice for the brand—internally and externally—ensuring our teams, partners, and consumers experience consistent, compliant, and compelling nutrition education at every touchpoint.

Reporting into the International Head of Education and Science you will be a part of a centre of excellence to ensure we have world class science-backed business

This is a permanent full time opportunity and can be based in Dublin, Ireland OR London, UK.

Key Responsibilities include:

Education & Capability Building - Internally

• Delivering best-in-class nutrition education across commercial, marketing, partnerships, field and customer-facing teams
• Leading and evolving Live Sports Nutrition School (SNS Live) as a core internal learning platform
• Creating engaging education toolkits, learning modules and product training for all new launches
• Ensuring consistent understanding of claims, compliance and category science across the region

Category Leadership & Commercial Enablement - Externally

• Delivering education to retailer and distributor head offices and store teams
• Supporting key commercial meetings with science-led expertise
• Building category stories around usage occasions, trends and performance needs
• Equipping sales and field teams with credible, confident nutrition knowledge

Consumer Education & Brand Authority

• Supporting ON.com as a hub for education, SEO and discovery
• Supporting and training the Optimum Nutrition’s nutrition spokesperson for media and PR
• Provide rapid expert input for reactive opportunities and issues management

Partnerships with Europe Market Scene Leaders and Content Creators

• Providing nutrition support to elite sports partnerships, athletes and ambassadors
• Ensuring quality and scientific accuracy of athlete and influencer content
• Delivering nationwide gym education programmes and staff training
• Supporting major marketing campaigns

INNOVATION & Product Leadership

• Responsible for local innovation support
• Provide end to end scientific support across current and future product innovation pipelines
• Input into formulation, ingredient selection and product positioning
• Validate product claims, consumer messaging and education materials
• Support compliance with Informed Sport and regulatory requirements
• Lead scientific storytelling to support key brand platforms, including Isopure

The skills you will bring to the team:

• Registered Sports Nutritionist / Dietitian with a Master qualification in Sports Nutrition required
• Strong experience in sports, performance or applied nutrition (2-3 years’ experience)
• Proven ability to deliver engaging education to diverse audiences
• Excellent understanding of EFSA claims landscape, compliance and evidence-based nutrition
• Confident communicator who can translate complex science into simple, compelling messages
• Comfortable working cross-functionally with marketing, commercial and partnership teams
• Passion for performance nutrition and premium brand building

Where and how you will work

The opportunity will be based in Dublin OR London with hybrid working arrangements available which offer you a greater choice in how you work and live, giving you a better work-life balance.

What we would like to offer you!

The opportunity to develop your career on a global stage, continuous learning through an on-demand learning platform, and a competitive compensation package including staff discounts, generous family leave policy, healthcare.

About Glanbia

Glanbia is a better nutrition company with three divisions: Performance Nutrition, Health & Nutrition and Dairy Nutrition. Collectively and with our partners we offer an incredible breadth of expertise in nutrition. We employ a team of 5800 people, work with global food and beverage companies, and sell our award-winning and market-leading brands and ingredients in more than 100 countries worldwide

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a variety of candidates, we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

At Glanbia, our culture celebrates individuality, knowing that together we are more.