Diabetes Center seeks clinical dietitian for a research project

Do you have a professional background as a clinical dietitian, do you thrive with great versatility in your work, and would you like to have a large contact network?

Then perhaps you are the one we are looking for for a new position at Steno Diabetes Center Odense (SDCO) with anchoring in SDCO Research. Steno Diabetes Center Odense is a regional knowledge- and development center within treatment, research, prevention and education in diabetes.

Our research unit is seeking from December 15, 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter a clinical dietitian to plan and carry out lifestyle interventions among people with type 2 diabetes in connection with the ON LiMiT research project.

You will primarily be attached to the ON LiMiT project (Optimal Non-pharmacological Lifestyle Modifications in people with Type 2 diabetes). ON LiMiT is a large national interventional study that investigates the maintenance of remission of type 2 diabetes through weight loss, diet and physical activity. You will join a community where we in the unit work with both collaborative research and SDCO’s own research.

We are a small staff group with different professional backgrounds, which keeps everyday life running through close sparring and collaboration. We use digital tools to register our work, but also to support our diet advice. We work together, but also carry out consultations and other tasks related to concrete research projects independently after training.

Responsibilities

• Planning and conducting the lifestyle intervention as well as participants' project visits in the ON LiMiT project. You will be involved in the startup phase and collaborate with colleagues internally at SDCO and with staff from the other ON LiMiT sites.

You will primarily be responsible for the implementation of the dietary intervention

• Guidance to participants in the use of meal replacement (e.g., NUPO) as well as diet with varying amounts of carbohydrates
• Teaching participants in ON LiMiT and possibly other clinical studies
• Guidance and communication with participants through digital tools
• Reporting data in various systems
• Participant contact in clinical studies with testing of new drugs, dietary restrictions and lifestyle changes as in the ON LiMiT project

In connection with visits to ON LiMiT’s other Danish sites, a smaller number of travel days per year must be expected.

We can offer you

• Thorough training in all relevant tasks and close collaboration in interdisciplinary groups
• Work in an organization where we deliver high professional quality and lift as a team
• Great influence on how your workday is structured
• An exciting and dynamic workplace with functions that continue to develop

Our expectations of you are that you

• Have a professional background as a clinical dietitian
• Have drive and a desire for new challenges
• Are flexible and can work independently, in teams and interdisciplinary
• Would preferably have experience with entry in various registration systems
• Would preferably have professional experience within diabetes and meal replacements

It would also be an advantage if you are used to working project-oriented and have experience with clinical projects.

Salary and employment terms

The position is a full-time role of 37 hours/week, fixed-term for two years with the possibility of extension.

Salary and employment terms for the position follow the applicable collective agreement within the Health sector (Agreement 32.17.1 - including clinical dietitian).

See starting salary for the position via the following link: Starting salary for positions in the Region of Southern Denmark .

In addition to the starting salary, the pay may include any negotiated allowances depending on the position, your experience and qualifications.

The position is anchored under SDCO Research with staff reporting to the Chief Research Officer.

References will be sought in connection with a potential appointment. References may be provided at the interview or immediately after.

If you are not already employed in the Region of Southern Denmark, there will be a 3-month probationary period.

Contact

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact postdoc Martin Eisemann de Almeida, [email protected] , tel. 20777069.

Application and recruitment interviews

Application deadline: Send your motivated application no later than Friday 6 November 2026 .

Apply for the position by clicking on “Send application” at the bottom of the job posting. Attach application, CV and relevant documents.

Recruitment interviews: We expect to hold interviews on Wednesday 11 November 2026.

More about ON LiMiT

The project runs from 2025 to 2030 and will involve 1,500 participants with type 2 diabetes.

The ON LiMiT project is a collaboration between researchers from Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus, Aarhus University, Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Steno Diabetes Center Odense, Bispebjerg Hospital and the Institute of Exercise and Nutrition and the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research at the University of Copenhagen.

Novo Nordisk Foundation supports the project with nearly DKK 102 million.

Read more about ON LiMiT .

Who are we?

SDCO’s research unit works both within patient-facing clinical research and clinically oriented basic research. The latter to ensure a better understanding of the disease mechanisms behind diabetes, which can form the basis for new research projects and through clinical research translate into clinical practice. Clinical research includes research on diabetes-related topics for children and adults and for all types of diabetes.

The research takes place across sectors, disciplines and institutions and is divided into six overarching strategic research areas, each with its own program leader:

• Pathophysiological research, especially within type 2 diabetes
• Research into cardiovascular complications
• Research into clinical intervention
• Research into diabetes care and user involvement
• Research into pregnancy and diabetes
• DD2 - Danish Center for Strategic Research in Type 2 Diabetes

Our research unit works closely with other departments at OUH, SDU and in the Region of Southern Denmark and belongs to the Clinical Institute, SDU.

The research unit is physically located at Nyt OUH, where you will get an office space.

You can read more about Steno Diabetes Center Odense and the Research on our website Steno Diabetes Center Odense (SDCO) - Research as well as on the research unit's page on SDU's website under research .

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