Nutritional therapist : Employers and vacancy sources

Most therapists are self-employed. With increasing experience, a therapist can enhance their reputation and increase their portfolio of clients to operate a lucrative, thriving practice.

There are also opportunities in:

• healthcare support;
• healthcare sales;
• sport and leisure;
• recipe development - as nutritionists or technical advisers with manufacturers of food or suppliers of supplements and herbal remedies;
• teaching, training or lecturing;
• advising healthcare charities or commercial organisations (often on a project or consultancy basis).

Interest in nutritional therapy, as well as the demand for qualified nutritional therapists, has seen a steady growth over the years but the industry has also been affected by the recent (2009) recession. This problem has largely been offset by an increase in media and public interest in the effects of diet and lifestyle on health.

Sources of vacancies

• Search graduate jobs on this site.
• Optimum Nutrition I-Mag
• Register of Nutritional Therapists

Most nutritional therapists will work in private practice as self-employed therapists, though some vacancies are advertised.

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