Dietitian

Job Introduction

We have an opening for an experienced Dietitian to join our catering department at Imperial Healthcare, working across 5 sites you will be instrumental in providing technical support such as menu analysis, implementing and updating catering provisions in line with ever changing nutritional standards.

Given the size and complexity of the contract you will have ideally been a clinical lead dietitian or have had significant exposure in a lead role

As a strong communicator you will partner with other teams to support the contract, client, business growth and development. You’ll also be the strategic link between the trusts large team of Speech and Language Therapists, Doctors and Nursing staff and Sodexo where all matters on food and hydration are concerned.

Continuous professional development will be important to you as will  be ensuring you keep up to date on all relevant nutritional and monitoring standards, including those set by the Care Quality Commission (and equivalent monitoring bodies throughout the UK), British Dietetic Association and the National Association of Care Catering; to help translate these standards into nutritional targets to aid customer compliance; to help develop meaningful diet coding criteria

Role Responsibility

• To monitor and evaluate contract standards in relation to dietetics
• To collaborate with the Trust on Nutritional Care and Hydration policies
• To support the Trust in initiatives relating to dementia care and other nutrition focused patient care
• To contribute new ideas for product development and identify gaps in current ranges
• To create menus and provide nutritional analysis and allergen profiles for specific patient groups
• To assist with menu and range reviews
• To establish a relationship with the technical department and to help ensure the accuracy of published nutritional data by regularly examining our Real Time Technical data
• To help organise and take part in customer workshops – e.g. Over to You
• To seek feedback from existing customers through surveys and consultation projects 
• To attend contract review meetings and nutritional steering group
• To assist with new business and existing customer retention tenders – attending sampling days, site visits, preparing dietetic information and contributing to presentations

The Ideal Candidate

• A HCPC UK Registered Dietitian (valid Health Professions Council number) and evidences regular CPD activities
• Member of the BDA
• Sound and relevant dietetics experience, some of which has been within the NHS
• Previous exposure to working as a dietitian within the food service or food manufacturing industry
• Experience of writing menus based on cook-chill and cook-freeze catering systems
• Food safety qualification
• Trained in public relations and / or media skills
• High level of confidence and knowledge in nutrition and dietetics and keeps abreast of current trends and research in food services and relevant aspects of clinical dietetics
• Competence in the use of nutritional analysis software and data accuracy in nutritional analysis

Package Description

As part of our commitment to improving the quality of life for our employees, Sodexo offers a Flexible Benefits Scheme, allowing you to tailor a reward package to suit your needs but includes a technology scheme, private dental insurance, travel insurance, gym membership, Gourmet card, private medical insurance and the ability to purchase or sell annual leave. We also have a Sodexo Discount scheme, which offers employees and their friends and family the opportunity to benefit from over 1,200 discounts from top retailers both online and in-store. Plus bonus incentive.

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 36,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the energy, corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

At Sodexo we are committed to a leading role in promoting equality opportunities and valuing diversity and inclusion. We seek to create a work environment based on mutual respect for all individuals, building a culture that appreciates and values the experiences and skills brought by each person to benefit our organisation and work hard to ensure that all people, whatever their race, colour, sex, gender identity  disability, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religion or belief, marital/partnership or family status, sexual orientation, age, social class, educational background, employment status, working pattern, are welcome to and included within our organisation. 

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.