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Level 6 Diploma in Clinical Nutrition
A Professional Pathway to Clinical Practice
Become a confident, evidence-based Clinical Nutrition Practitioner with our Level 6 Clinical Nutrition qualification, designed for health professionals ready to work at a deeper therapeutic level with complex health presentations.
This advanced programme builds on foundational coaching and nutrition knowledge to develop true clinical competence, integrating nutritional biochemistry, functional assessment, therapeutic protocols and professional practice skills.
This is not a generic nutrition course. It is a clinically focused training pathway for practitioners who want to understand why the body becomes dysregulated and how targeted nutritional interventions can restore balance.
What Makes Our Level 6 Clinical Nutrition Course Different
Unlike many nutrition qualifications that focus primarily on dietary advice, this programme trains you in clinical reasoning, assessment and therapeutic application.
You will learn how to:
Conduct comprehensive nutritional and functional health assessments
Recognise patterns of dysfunction
Understand metabolic pathways and nutrient interactions
Develop personalised therapeutic nutrition protocols
Work safely within professional scope and ethical frameworks
Apply evidence-based nutrition strategies to real client case studies
This course bridges the gap between nutrition education and real-world clinical application.
Who This Course Is For
This Level 6 Clinical Nutrition Course is ideal for:
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Health coaches seeking advanced clinical skills
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Nutritional Advisers progressing into therapeutic practice
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Wellbeing practitioners wanting to work with chronic and complex conditions
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Fitness, sports or rehabilitation professionals expanding into clinical nutrition
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Existing practitioners seeking an evidence-based, integrative framework
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Graduates of Level 5 Health Coaching or equivalent training will find this course provides the natural next step into professional clinical nutrition practice.
Is This Course Right for You? Absolutely—If You...
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Are looking for a career with meaning and freedom
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Are passionate about health and helping others
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Want practical training and expert mentorship
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Prefer studying flexibly, around your current life
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Are ready to work for yourself or in a health team
You do not need a medical or science background—just a desire to help others and a commitment to your own personal growth.
Investment and Enrollment
The course fee is £3699.00, with a 10% discount available for full payment, granting you immediate access to all course materials. Alternatively, you can opt for 12 interest-free monthly payments of £308.25, with course modules released over 12 months. Please book below. Please note that we keep our course fees low as we are a non-profit training company.
PLEASE NOTE: We do not accept Advanced Learner Loans.
What You Will Study
Advanced Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism
Gain a deep understanding of macronutrient and micronutrient metabolism, hormonal regulation, metabolic flexibility, oxidative stress and nutrient-gene interactions. You will explore how biochemistry drives symptoms and how nutrition influences cellular health.
Clinical Assessment and Functional Nutrition
Learn structured clinical assessment frameworks, including dietary analysis, lifestyle evaluation, body composition, symptom mapping and biomarker interpretation. This module develops your ability to identify root causes rather than simply managing surface symptoms.
Therapeutic Nutrition for Chronic Conditions
Study evidence-based nutritional approaches for:
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Metabolic syndrome and blood sugar dysregulation
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Cardiovascular health
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Autoimmune and inflammatory conditions
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Digestive disorders and gut dysfunction
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Hormonal imbalance and fatigue states
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and many more chronic health conditions
You will learn to design targeted nutrition plans tailored to individuals.
Integrative Pathophysiology
Understand how nutrition interacts with immune, endocrine, neurological and gastrointestinal systems. Explore the gut-brain axis, chronic inflammation pathways and nutrient-immune relationships.
Evidence-Based Clinical Practice
Develop critical appraisal skills to evaluate nutrition research. Learn how to translate scientific evidence into safe, effective clinical strategies. Case formulation and treatment planning form a central part of this module.
Professional Practice, Ethics and Clinical Boundaries
Gain clarity around scope of practice, safeguarding, documentation, informed consent and professional responsibility. This module prepares you to work confidently within multidisciplinary environments.
Practice Development and Career Pathways
Learn how to establish or grow your clinical nutrition practice, including client journey design, ethical marketing, practitioner positioning and sustainable service delivery.
Course Information
Pre-requisites: There are no pre-requisites, however, this is a Level 6 course, which entails deeper study.
Course Duration: The course is accredited at 565 hours, and has a maximum duration of 24 months.
Assessments: There are ongoing written assessments throughout the course and you will be required to compete 50 hours of clinical practice case studies.
Live Lessons: Throughout the course you will have the opportunity to attend live teaching sessions, workshops and clinical practice sessions.
Certification: To enable you to make the most from your investment, we offer an interim, Ofqual Regulated Level 5 Certificate in Gut Microbiome and Nutrition, at the half-way point of the course.
Additional certification gained upon successful completion of the Level 6 Programme:
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AHG Level 6 Diploma in Clinical Nutrition (Industry Accredited)
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TQUK Level 6 Diploma in Healthcare and Nutritional Therapy (Ofqual Regulated)
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Course Frequently Asked Questions
What is the main difference between this course and a Level 6 Degree in Nutritional Therapy? Our Level 6 Vocational Diploma is a professionally focused qualification designed to equip you with the practical skills and clinical experience needed to work as a Nutritional Therapist. While both qualifications are at the same level, a degree is more academic and research-based, often taking 3+ years. Our diploma offers a more direct, flexible route into clinical practice, ideal for mature learners or career changers seeking to work in private or integrative health settings.
Are there assignments, exams and case studies? How is the course assessed? At the end of most of the modules there will be some type of assignment, usually short essay style, Q&A or self-reflection. There is also an end of course knowledge review. All learners have to undertake 50 nutritional therapy sessions, which constitutes your case studies. We give ample training prior to this, and help our learners to access people looking to volunteer.
Do you provide client forms and programmes? We provide you with a wide range of client forms. Whilst you are free to use these, we always encourage you to create your own when you know how you best work. We also provide some generic programmes for you, and again, we provide these to use, but more importantly to show you how to create your own that are unique to you, and what you offer. Working generically is not the best way when it comes to working with clients, and we teach you how to tailor the programmes to suit your clients. We also teach how to work with companies that will provide you with blood testing and diagnostic services, so that you can offer an even fuller service to your clients.
What support do you offer? We pride ourselves in offering the best support around! As well as fortnightly supervised online peer support groups, we offer monthly supervision, and pastoral support. We also have a thriving online peer support platform, where our students, mentors and graduates offer each other support. For those who can visit us in Manchester, we offer regular face-to-face networking events at our beautiful Monastery venue. We have a student support team to help you with the day-to-day questions, and tutors are available for anything technical.
Do I need to attend live sessions? Whilst we do offer live Zoom teaching sessions, these are not compulsory. However, many insurance companies do not insure online courses without you having attended live sessions (can be online as in Zoom). In order for you to pass your course, you will need to complete case studies, and if you do not attend some of the sessions where we teach you how to do these competently, chances are your case studies will not meet our standard. Also, if we do not see you on any live sessions at all, you will be required to be interviewed by our assessor team to ensure you are competent practically.
Why is your course considerably less than others with similar accreditations? We are quite unique in that we are a not-for-profit training company. Because we do not have to pay out dividends to shareholders, we can keep our course fees low. We also do not employ sales people to sell our courses. If you book a call to discuss a course, you will speak to one of our actual course tutors, who are best placed to give you the most accurate advice about the course and the industry, and don't follow a script.
Which organisations can I join? The course is accredited by the Federation of Nutritional Therapy Practitioners and we recommend you join upon graduation.
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