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Job summary

Main area
Catering
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
190-8772-DIR
Employer
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
Town
Sheffield
Salary
£46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata for part time staff
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/02/2025 23:59
Interview date
14/02/2025

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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Specialist Dietitian for Catering

NHS AfC: Band 7

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

Our high performing catering department is on a journey to reshape and enhance how we deliver modern, nutritious food that improves patient care and staff wellbeing. We’re looking for an experienced, inspirational Specialist Dietitian to help us achieve this!

We’re an in-house cook chill service made up of innovative catering professionals who work together to overcome complex challenges and deliver the best for our patients and staff. Your role will provide the professional link between Dietetics and Catering to provide advice, training and interpret organisational and national policies to develop nutritionally compliant menus which cater for all clinical complexities within the Trust.

 

Main duties of the job

Based at Northern General Hospital with flexibility for some home working, you will work with multidisciplinary teams to deliver a range of nutrition and hydration services including developing menus and recipes, covering therapeutic and specialist diets, manage and monitor stock for snack lists, create patient meal plans, lead on dietetic specific projects and progress national policy and guidance.

You’ll need to demonstrate leadership skills and strategic thinking, strong problem- solving skills and the ability to manage information and data effectively to influence decision making. Knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation and budgetary control is key as is the ability to develop Trust wide education programmes and supervise training.

 

Working for our organisation

We’re very keen to invest and develop our staff and you will have access to a range of training and development for a fulfilling career within Facilities and the Trust.

If you’re new to the NHS, we have fantastic benefits to offer, from flexible working arrangements, a good pension and annual leave, hundreds of local and national discounts, subsidised travel, car and gym schemes and a whole lot more!

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

 

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • BSc Nutrition & Dietetics or relevant degree with Post Grad Diploma in Dietetics
  • Current HCPC registration with ongoing relevant CPD
  • Leadership skills training
Desirable criteria
  • Relevant Master’s Level Qualification
  • Level 3 Food Safety Certificate or have the ability to achieve once in post.
  • BDA Member and Food Services Specialist Group Member

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Extensive post registration dietetic experience at senior grade working within an acute speciality
  • Evidence of independent working, time management and organisational skills, and ability to prioritise a busy workload
  • High level of knowledge of a range of clinical conditions and current best practice for dietetic management, catering and nutrition in a health care environment
  • Competent in behavioural change skills
  • Experience of working as Dietitian in large acute Trust or similar organisation
  • Experience of working in health service catering and nutrition management
  • Use of Nutritional analysis packages and appreciation of the required level of data accuracy in nutritional analysis

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Willing to undergo further training at post registration level
  • Completion of the online FSA Allergen Awareness Training Completion (FIC Regulation)

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Emma Wilson
Job title
Head of Catering
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0014 22 65637
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