Dietitian

Job Description

• Job Title:
  
  Dietitian
• Location:
  
  Chesterfield Royal Hospital, Chesterfield Rd, Calow, Chesterfield S44 5BL
• Competitive + Sodexo Benefits
• 40 Hours per week / Monday - Friday

We are looking for a knowledgeable and motivated Nutrition & Dietetics Specialist to support catering services at Chesterfield Royal Hospital
. In this key role, you'll provide expert nutrition and dietetic guidance to ensure our catering provision meets current nutritional standards while supporting patient care, compliance, and continuous improvement.

Working closely with catering teams, healthcare professionals, and colleagues across the wider Sodexo business, you'll play a vital role in menu planning, special diet provision, menu analysis, and responding to technical and nutritional queries. Acting as a strategic link between Trust Dietitians, Speech and Language Therapists, Doctors, Nursing staff, and Sodexo, you'll help ensure food and hydration standards truly support patient wellbeing.

You'll also deliver diet and nutrition education and training to Sodexo teams, helping to build confidence, capability, and consistency across services. This is a fantastic opportunity to combine clinical expertise with operational impact in a role that supports patient care and business growth.

To advise Sodexo and Chesterfield Royal Hospital of relevant nutrition and dietetics issues; providing in-house nutrition and dietetics expertise which includes reviewing and drawing on current research, publications and good practice

To actively keep abreast of current research, best practice and trends in nutrition and dietetics, both clinically and as applied to food and beverage services, using this to underpin and maintain a CPD portfolio

To 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

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 liaise with Apetito dietitian when developing service offers using Apetito products

To create menus and provide nutritional analysis and allergen profiles for specific patient groups

A HCPC UK Registered Dietitian (valid Health Professions Council number) and evidences regular CPD activities

Member of BDA Food Services Specialist Group

Minimum 3 years 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 knowledge and understanding

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

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Effective time management and high level of organisation

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it's a chance to be part of something greater.

You’ll belong in a company and team that values you for you; you’ll act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions; and you’ll be able to thrive in your own way. In addition, we also offer a range of resources, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering mental health and wellbeing support.
• Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or larger problems where you may need additional support, including legal and…