Senior Dietician in Kilkenny

About the Role

Enable Ireland provides services to over 13,000 children and adults with disabilities and their families from 43 locations in 14 counties. Covering childhood to adulthood our expert teams work with the individual and their family on a plan for each life stage. Our services for children and their families cover all aspects of a child's physical, educational, and social development from early infancy through adolescence. For adults we offer a range of services covering personal development, independent living, supported employment, social and leisure activities. The demand for our services continues to increase throughout Ireland. We have set ourselves the challenging goal of meeting these needs by providing a full range of high quality services, and expanding into local communities.

Enable Ireland, as an equal opportunities employer, proudly maintains a Silver Award in Diversity from the Irish Centre for Diversity. We vigorously advocate for fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion, and engagement, and are dedicated to ongoing enhancement in these areas.

We are currently seeking a highly-motivated Senior Dietician to join our team in the Children’s Disability Network Team 3.

The post holder will provide clinical nutrition services to children referred to the Children’s Disability Network Teams. This involves the provision of nutritional counselling and nutritional support to children and their families and includes the initial consultation as well as ongoing review.

Requirements

Contract Type: 1 Year Fixed Term

Contract Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary Scale: €63,313 - €74,947 pro rata per annum.

Annual Leave Entitlement: 33 pro rata per annum

Salary scales are subject to LSI’s (Long Service Increments)

The successful candidate will have:-

Essential Criteria:

Qualifications and Experience:

• Hold a recognised qualification in dietetics approved by the Dietitians Registration Board at CORU.
• Be registered as a Dietitian by the Dietitians Registration Board at CORU.
• Have 3 years full time (or an aggregate of 3 years full time) post qualification dietetic experience.
• Candidates must have the requisite knowledge and ability (including a high standard of suitability and professional ability) for the proper discharge of the duties of the office.
• Provide proof of Statutory Registration on the Dietitians Register maintained by the Dietitians Registration Board at CORU before a contract of employment can be issued.
• On appointment practitioners must maintain annual registration on the Dietitians Register maintained by the Dietitians Registration Board at CORU.
• Practitioners confirm annual registration with CORU to Enable Ireland.
• Eligible to work in the State.
• Must have a current, valid driving licence and access to own vehicle.

Organisational and Professional Knowledge:

• Broad knowledge of Enable Ireland Services.
• Delivers care within a best practice/evidence based framework.
• Knowledge, understanding and experience of nutrition intervention required in a variety of clinical specialities including nutrition support.
• Experience working with enteral feeding.
• Demonstrate ability to work with children and young people with feeding, eating, drinking, and swallowing difficulties
• Works within their scope of practice and takes measures to develop and maintain the competence necessary for professional practice.
• Maintain a high standard of professional behaviour and is accountable for their practice.
• An awareness of ethical policies and procedures which pertain to their area of practice.
• Demonstrates a person-centred approach in the delivery of services to people with disabilities.
• Has a working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages and service-related database systems.

Details

Location: Kilkenny, Ireland

Closing date: 6 Nov 2026

How to Apply

To apply, please download the Job Description and Person Specification for your information and complete the online application form. CVs will not be accepted.