Senior Grade Dietician

Would you like to work for a great employer? Enable Ireland is an organisation that makes a real difference to the lives of children and adults with disabilities in Ireland, and is named as one of Ireland's Irish Independent 150 Best Employers 2024. 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 Grade Dietician to join our team in Cork Childrens Services, Curraheen, Cork Contract Type: Permanent. Contract Hours: Full-time Salary Scale: €59,662 to 70,624 pro rata per annum. This pay scale is subject to increases in 2025 in accordance with the recent WRC agreement towards enhanced pay adjustments in Section 39 organisations. Annual Leave Entitlement: 30 days pro rata per annum. Overview of the Post: The post holder will provide a clinical nutrition & dietetic service to Service Users referred by the Children's Disability Network Teams. This involves the provision of dietetic counselling and support to Service Users and their families, and includes the initial consultation as well as ongoing review. The post holder will have a high level of knowledge and understanding of the nutritional difficulties prevalent in intellectual disability, autistic spectrum disorder and physical & sensory disabilities. Overview of Duties & Responsibilities: Please see Job Description for full list The successful candidate will have Essential Criteria: Be registered, or be eligible for registration, as a Dietitian by the Dietitians Registration Board at CORU. And Have 3 years full time (or an aggregate of 3 years full time) post qualification dietetic experience And 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. And 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. Desirable Criteria: Postgraduate experience of working with children with disabilities (in a community based setting). Postgraduate paediatric dietetic experience. Postgraduate INDI Paediatric Course. INDI membership. If you believe you would fit the role then please submit your application today. Benefits As a staff member of Enable Ireland, you will have access to a wide range of benefits, including: Excellent internal and external training opportunities Generous annual leave entitlements Flexible Working Long service reward scheme Pay adjusted Maternity Leave Pay adjusted Adoptive Leave Pay adjusted Paternity Leave Wellbeing benefits Pension For a full list of our benefits & conditions, please click here: Closing date for applications: 11th November 2025 A panel may be formed from this vacancy for any similar vacancies, which may arise during the next 12 months. The post will be subject to reference checks and may be subject to Garda vetting/police clearance, as relevant. Due to the large volume of applications, we are not in the position to provide individual feedback to applicants who are not shortlisted for interview. Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants from all sections of the community. The above information serves only as a guide to the advertised position. Enable Ireland, at its discretion, reserves the right to change this prior to appointment. Please review Enable Ireland's Rezoomo Privacy Policy here: Please review the Enable Ireland's External Data Protection Notice available at for details on how Enable Ireland processes applicant's personal information. Please note if you are invited for interview, we will share your personal data with: 1) Any virtual service provider we use to host the interview; and 2) the interview panel (if applicable). Your information will be stored for this purpose in line with our retention policy By clicking on the Continue to application button you will be directed to the careers section of our website where you can download an application form/job description/person specification and will find instructions on how to apply.