Nutritionist in Southend-on-Sea

An exciting opportunity is available for a passionate, enthusiastic, dynamic and motivated Weight Management Practitioner. This role will contribute to the provision and coordination of a Lifestyle Service delivered across Southend-on-Sea. This community-based, multi-component service brings together a range of different programmes under one Citywide Lifestyle Service, centred on supporting residents to lead healthier lives.

Playing a pivotal role within this holistic, integrated service, you will be responsible for the co-ordination of a Citywide multidisciplinary team, by providing high quality planning, evaluation and strategic development for behaviour change programmes. Based across the city, this role is crucial in supporting the Service Manager as well as providing service support for members of the specialist multi-disciplinary team.

We would like to hear from you if you have the following skills and experience:

• Providing a leadership role in the planning, development and delivery of a Tier 2 weight management service
• Project co-ordination and activity planning with multiple community and professional groups
• People management including groups, professional colleagues and local communities
• Evidence of experience in embracing and implementing change to provide high quality health outcomes
• Understanding the key drivers for health including behaviour change theory and practice and implementing Tier 2 weight management interventions

If you are and would like to be part of an innovative and ambitious team, we would very much like to hear from you. You should have an outstanding record, excellent communication skills, a focus on detail and quality.

To apply: For more information and to download the job description please visit our website. Work With Us - Everyone Health and email your CV and supporting statement to. Closing date: 01/02/2026. Please note: Interviews to be held shortly after closing date. All offers are subject to enhanced DBS checks and satisfactory references. We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

MAIN PURPOSE

To provide a key role as Nutritionist, working as part of the Southend-on-Sea City Lifestyle Service, primarily supporting delivery of the Everyone Health Tier-2 adult weight management service. This multi-component service provides prevention and early intervention, specifically targeting those at high risk of obesity.

This post will:

• Deliver high-quality, evidence-based nutrition advice for adults seeking weight-loss interventions in one-to-one and group settings, in line with NICE guidance
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team (MDT), providing expert advice and support to ensure excellent patient healthcare and contractual outcomes
• Play a pivotal role within an innovative, forward-thinking and dynamic MDT and integrated service in Southend-on-Sea City

SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

• Provide comprehensive assessment of nutritional needs and patient lifestyle to develop appropriate care plans
• Evaluate nutritional needs and provide ongoing support to adults in group and 1-2-1 settings, applying behaviour-change theories
• Support the development, delivery, evaluation and quality assurance of the integrated service, offering specialist nutritional expertise to the MDT
• Facilitate and empower patients to adopt positive lifestyle changes through high-quality nutritional counselling and health education
• Attend multi-professional meetings to provide nutrition input for patient management and discharge planning
• Support community engagement by building networks, promoting the service, and identifying target populations
• Ensure programme delivery is monitored using validated tools, collecting and analysing outcome measures to meet contractual KPIs
• Use the Everyone Health data management system to ensure robust data collection and reporting
• Maintain accurate records in line with Everyone Health and Local Authority policies, including Information Governance and Data Protection
• Contribute to continual service improvement, ensuring alignment with NICE guidance, national/local recommendations and CQC/HSCIC regulations
• Comply with all relevant policies, procedures and codes of conduct, including safeguarding
• Ensure patient safety through risk assessments, health and safety checks and equipment checks
• Be accountable for achieving contractual targets including referrals, uptake, completion rates and outcome measures
• Participate in community engagement to support recruitment and retention of patients
• Take responsibility for CPD and maintain professional competence
• Work within the 6 Cs: care, compassion, competence, communication, courage and commitment
• Ensure equality and diversity is embedded throughout service delivery
• Support administrative duties such as letters to referrers, follow-up calls and motivational messages
• Act as an ambassador for Everyone Health, promoting the service to the public and stakeholders
• Contribute to the growth of Everyone Health by supporting development of new services and products

PERSON SPECIFICATION

1. SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Ability to direct and co-ordinate programmes of care working autonomously and collaboratively
• Ability to produce detailed, accurate, patient nutrition care plans
• Ability to translate complex nutritional information into a format that is appropriate and understandable for patients to support compliance with healthy eating intervention and advice
• A commitment to continuous service improvement with expert insight into patients’ needs, so that all patients receive high quality care
• Passionate about putting patients first and delivering a high quality service
• Proven ability to relate, motivate and confidently engage individuals in activities and discussion as part of a group and in a 1:1 situations
• Ability to work independently and manage own work load; able to work effectively and supportively as a multi-disciplinary team member
• Sound interpersonal skills with proven ability to work effectively with all levels of colleagues, including effective partnerships with other agencies and service providers
• Evidence of experience in embracing and implementing change to provide high quality health outcomes
• Good presentation of self: enthusiastic, innovative and flexible
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in order to effectively communicate with a wide range of individuals including participants, colleagues and external partners
• Proven planning, organisational and evaluation skills
• Ability to organise, monitor and check work to ensure no element of a task is left unfinished
• Ability to use generic software packages

2. KNOWLEDGE

• Sound knowledge of the complex care of the obese and morbidly obese patient
• Knowledge of specific nutrition requirements for delivering specialist weight management programmes for adults, young people and children
• Knowledge of behavioural and emotional development issues
• Knowledge of stigma associated with obesity and effects on social and emotional well-being
• Knowledge of weight management, nutrition and physical activity in relation to health improvement
• Knowledge of psychological and behaviour change theoretical techniques in relation to supporting people to make positive lifestyle changes
• Knowledge of NICE guidance relating to the treatment of obesity
• Knowledge and understanding of the Patient Confidentiality Act and the Data Protection Act
• Sound knowledge of clinical governance

3. EXPERIENCE

4. QUALIFICATIONS

5. SPECIAL CONDITIONS

• Highly motivated self-starter with resilience, determination and the ability to see jobs through to completion
• Role incorporates evening / weekend working, with variable levels of travel across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, working in a variety of settings including the community and healthcare settings
• Full UK Driving licence with access to a car with ‘business purposes’ insurance for work across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
• Evidence of a personal commitment to continuing professional development and to maintaining an up-to-date professional knowledge supporting the development of business within the company
• This post involves working with children / young people / vulnerable adults and as such the post holder will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records at an enhanced level (DBS)
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience working with adults within community and Tier 2 weight management programmes across a range of service settings, including community, primary care and in patient settings
• Experience of working with both adults and children in a 1-2-1 and group environment, to support positive lifestyle change
• Experience of working with patients within a weight management service
• Experience of delivering high quality patient nutritional support through 1-2-1 and group settings
• Experience of devising and leading treatment programmes
• Experience of working effectively as part of a MDT / team
• Experience of working with patients of different cultures, genders and ages
• Experience of working to time schedules
• Evidence of experience in embracing and implementing change to provide high quality health outcomes
• Experience of working to challenging performance targets and achieving excellent outcomes
• Relevant degree/postgraduate degree in nutrition, or a minimum of 2 years' experience in this field
• Member of the Association for Nutrition (AfN) or British Dietetic Association (BDA)

FITNESS TO PRACTISE

Applicants will need to confirm if:

• They’re currently subject to a fitness to practise investigations or proceedings by a regulatory or licensing body
• They’ve been removed from any professional register or licensing register
• They’ve had conditions or sanctions placed on their registration
• They’ve ever had restrictions placed on their clinical practice as part of the revalidation process

Everyone Health delivers multi-component health related and lifestyle services, including prevention and early intervention, on behalf of Clinical Commissioning Groups and Local Authorities in community based localities across the UK.