Senior Dietician in County Dublin
- Salary
- €65,197–€76,767 / year
- Contract
- Other
- Sector
- Public
- Closes
- 12 Nov 2026
About the Role
Senior Dietitian, Paediatrics
Permanent, Full-time, based in CRC Clontarf
35 hours per week | 30 days’ annual leave
Shape the future of specialist paediatric dietetic care
Are you an experienced paediatric dietitian looking for an opportunity to make a lasting difference in the lives of children, young people and their families?
The Central Remedial Clinic is seeking a Senior Dietitian to join our specialist paediatric services in Clontarf. Working as part of an experienced multidisciplinary team, you will provide a comprehensive, person-centred dietetic service to children and young people aged 0 to 18 years with disabilities, complex medical needs, nutritional needs and feeding difficulties.
This is an opportunity to bring your clinical expertise into a highly specialist service, where you will work collaboratively with families, dietetic colleagues and healthcare professionals across the CRC’s Enhanced Complex Care Pathways. You will support children with complex feeding presentations, oral-motor dysfunction, restrictive eating and enteral nutrition requirements, while helping to develop evidence-based resources, care pathways and service improvements.
As Senior Dietitian, you will:
- Provide specialist clinical nutrition and dietetic assessment and intervention for children and young people with disabilities and complex health needs.
- Develop, implement and monitor individualised care plans in partnership with children, young people, families and carers.
- Support children with complex feeding issues, including oral-motor dysfunction, avoidant or restrictive food intake presentations and complex enteral feeding regimens.
- Work within a multidisciplinary team to deliver coordinated, integrated and family-centred care.
- Provide expert advice, guidance and education to dietetic colleagues and other healthcare professionals.
- Contribute to the development of policies, clinical care pathways and evidence-based resources.
- Participate in clinical audit, research, quality improvement and service development initiatives.
- Support the education, induction, supervision and mentoring of colleagues and student dietitians.
- Manage and prioritise a specialist clinical caseload in line with service and departmental requirements.
Requirements
Essential criteria
- Be registered, or be eligible for registration, as a Dietitian with the Dietitians Registration Board at CORU.
- Provide proof of statutory CORU registration before a contract of employment can be issued.
- Have a minimum of three years’ full-time post-qualification dietetic experience, or an aggregate equivalent of three years’ full-time experience.
- Demonstrate depth and breadth of experience in paediatric dietetics.
- Have knowledge and experience of the assessment and treatment of complex feeding issues.
- Demonstrate strong nutrition support skills.
- Have leadership and team management skills, including the ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary team members.
- Demonstrate excellent communication, initiative, clinical reasoning, planning and time-management skills.
- Have the requisite professional knowledge, suitability, management and leadership ability to fulfil the responsibilities of a Senior Dietitian.
- Have access to their own transport, as travel to other CRC locations may be required in accordance with service needs.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of postgraduate continuing professional development relevant to paediatric dietetics.
- Postgraduate education or training in the management of complex feeding difficulties, including approaches such as SOS or responsive feeding.
- Experience supporting children with complex feeding issues associated with oral-motor dysfunction.
- Experience of working with children with neurodisabilities, complex health needs or disabilities.
- Experience in service development, clinical audit, research, quality improvement or practice development.
- Experience providing clinical supervision, mentoring, professional education or student practice education.
- Experience developing evidence-based resources, policies or clinical care pathways.
Details
Location: Dublin
Salary: €65,197–€76,767 per year
Closing date: 12 Nov 2026
It must be clearly demonstrated in your CV and supporting statement how you meet the required skills, competencies and knowledge for the post. Department of Health Salary applies Senior Dietitian grade code 3395 (€65,197 - €76,767)
How to Apply
Please apply through the 'Apply Now' button. Applications must be received on or before 15th November 2026. We reserve the right to close this competition early if we receive a very high volume of applications.
An active recruitment panel may be created as part of this recruitment process.
Documents & Campaign Information
Frequently asked
- What are the essential requirements for this role?
- Candidates must be registered, or be eligible for registration, as a Dietitian with the Dietitians Registration Board at CORU, have a minimum of three years’ full-time post-qualification dietetic experience, demonstrate depth and breadth of experience in paediatric dietetics, have knowledge and experience of the assessment and treatment of complex feeding issues, demonstrate strong nutrition support skills, have leadership and team management skills, demonstrate excellent communication, initiative, clinical reasoning, planning and time-management skills, have the requisite professional knowledge, suitability, management and leadership ability to fulfil the responsibilities of a Senior Dietitian, and have access to their own transport.
- What are the desirable criteria for this role?
- It would be advantageous to have evidence of postgraduate continuing professional development relevant to paediatric dietetics, postgraduate education or training in the management of complex feeding difficulties, experience supporting children with complex feeding issues associated with oral-motor dysfunction, experience of working with children with neurodisabilities, complex health needs or disabilities, experience in service development, clinical audit, research, quality improvement or practice development, experience providing clinical supervision, mentoring, professional education or student practice education, and experience developing evidence-based resources, policies or clinical care pathways.
- What are the day-to-day duties of a Senior Dietitian at the Central Remedial Clinic?
- The Senior Dietitian will provide specialist clinical nutrition and dietetic assessment and intervention for children and young people with disabilities and complex health needs, develop, implement and monitor individualised care plans, support children with complex feeding issues, work within a multidisciplinary team to deliver coordinated, integrated and family-centred care, provide expert advice, guidance and education to dietetic colleagues and other healthcare professionals, contribute to the development of policies, clinical care pathways and evidence-based resources, participate in clinical audit, research, quality improvement and service development initiatives, support the education, induction, supervision and mentoring of colleagues and student dietitians, and manage and prioritise a specialist clinical caseload in line with service and departmental requirements.
- What is the salary for this role?
- The salary for this role is €65,197–€76,767 per year.
- What is the closing date for applications?
- The closing date for applications is 12 Nov 2026.