Senior Dietitian

Looking for a new opportunity at British Heart Foundation (BHF)?

We have a rare opening to join our nutrition team as our new Senior Dietitian, on a fixed term contract. 

In this non-clinical role you’ll use your skills and knowledge in the development of our award-winning resources. This includes the well-known heart matters magazine and printed resources, which are used by patients and health professionals.

You'll act as our expert resource of food, nutrition and dietetic knowledge, you'll help to maintain the reputation of BHF by ensuring the accuracy of all food and nutrition information within BHF information and resources. This will be achieved by taking a proactive approach to working with project teams across the organisation on the development and delivery of both mission and fundraising campaigns, projects and resources.

In addition to this, you’ll be a sought-after spokesperson for the BHF. You will receive excellent media training before joining  the clinical team press rota. You will then work with our media team to respond to press stories as well as help to publicise BHF campaigns.

Working arrangements 

Please note this is a fixed term contract for 12 months.

This is a blended role, where your work will be dually located between your home and our London office. 
 
At BHF we believe in the power of working together. On a blended contract, you  can expect to spend some time in the office, at least one day each week, on average.  The use of office spaces is driven in part by your role and the work you will do with other teams.  This may vary from time to time, so you will need to work in a flexible way to unlock your best work for our cause. 
 
Need more help balancing your work and home life? Talk to us about the flexibility offer available at the application or interview stage.  

About you 
 
As an HCPC registered dietitian, you’ll have extensive NHS dietetic experience of working with adults with cardiovascular diseases. You will also understand the impact the work of the BHF has on cardiovascular care.

You'll be a proactive clinical support team member, with excellent organisation, time management and customer service skills. You'll also be enthusiastic about taking on new challenges and seek out feedback on your performance.

Committed to your continuing professional development, wanting to ensure equality, diversity and inclusion are embedded into your work and working life, you’ll prioritise and build effective working relationships with colleagues in other teams, able to negotiate and problem solve to find shared solutions when issues arise.

For an informal chat, or to arrange a visit to our London offices, please reach out to Tracy Parker, Nutrition Lead.

About us 

We value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, celebrate diversity, and make inclusion part of what we do every day. 

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, Igniting Change, along with our internal EDI group, Kaleidoscope, and a growing number of employee network groups (our Affinity Groups), help us create an environment where all our colleagues and volunteers can succeed.
 
Benefits 

To find out more about benefits available at the BHF please download our benefits document at the bottom of this page.

Interview process

Please note interviews, which will include a presentation element, will be held via MS Teams on Tuesday 1st and Wednesday 2nd October.