Food Services Dietitian

Job summary

This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are part-time, 7.50 hours per week.

We are looking for an experienced dietitian to develop the dietetic service within our catering teams, leading on the implementation of specialised dietary provision for our community physical and mental health inpatient settings.

The post holder will work as a liaison between the Catering department and inpatient Dietitians, to support communication, projects, menu reviews and requests for specialist diets.

They will be an expert nutrition and dietetic resource to the catering department providing support to ensure compliance with recommended healthcare nutrition and hydration standards to provide an effective food and drink service for patients.

Main duties of the job

To ensure the Trust provides food and drink that meets nutritional requirements of all service users, inclusive of therapeutic requirements

To have a working knowledge of national & best practice guidelines

To keep up to date on all relevant nutritional standards, guidelines and legislation and translate this into trust targets and policies

To liaise with the ward Dietitians to scope all patient nutritional requirements to ensure they are included in the trust food and drink service specification

To champion the needs of service user groups with special dietary needs with nursing staff and catering to ensure the dietary needs of all service users are met

When assess compliance of current practice to relevant food and drink legislation, guidelines and standards and aim for ongoing improvement based on new evidence

Participate in sampling new menus and evaluating the nutritional content with the catering team as requested.

Collaborate with the Trust catering manager using expert knowledge and experience in supporting and advise on the reduction of food wastage

Support the implementation of the next phase of the digital catering project.

To ensure menu coding and analysis information being used in the digital catering system is accurate

To work with stakeholders to develop the Trust Food and Drink Strategy

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Countywide / Edward Jenner Court

Pioneer Avenue

Gloucester

GL3 4AW

Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Countywide / Edward Jenner Court

Pioneer Avenue

Gloucester

GL3 4AW

Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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