Food Services Dietitian inNorthampton inNorthampton PUBLISHED 20 DEC 2023
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For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.
This post will support Kettering General Hospital and Northampton General Hospital deliver to the National Standards for Healthcare Food and Drink. You will work across both sites and be the expert nutrition and dietetic resource to the catering department and provide support to ensure compliance with recommended healthcare nutrition and hydration standards to provide an effective food and drink service for patients, staff and visitors. You will work in partnership with the multidisciplinary team (Catering, Dietetics, Speech & Language Therapy and Nursing) on a strategic level in the development, delivery and evaluation of the food and drink service in order to achieve healthcare food service best practice
Ensuring the Trust provides food and drink that meets the nutritional requirements of all patients, including therapeutic requirements
o Liaising with the Nutrition & Dietetics department to scope all patient nutritional requirements to ensure they are included in the Trust's food and drink service specification
o Championing the needs of patient groups with special dietary needs with nursing staff and catering to ensure the dietary needs of all patients are met
o Keeping up to date on all relevant nutritional standards, guidelines and legislation and translate these into Trust targets and policies
o Assessing compliance of current practice to relevant food and drink legislation, guidelines and standards and aim for ongoing improvement
o Being involved in the sign off process of new ingredients and/or products to ensure they comply with relevant guidelines and standards
o Leading on patient menu reviews, ensuring that all nutritional, diet coding and allergen content meets national standards and encompasses all reasonable dietary requirements, religious beliefs and the wide range of cultural diets.
o Developing and apply meaningful diet coding criteria to menus ensuring that all proposed menus are coded correctly for patients in line with the BDA Nutrition & Hydration Digest guidelines
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.
This post will support Kettering General Hospital and Northampton General Hospital deliver to the National Standards for Healthcare Food and Drink. You will work across both sites and be the expert nutrition and dietetic resource to the catering department and provide support to ensure compliance with recommended healthcare nutrition and hydration standards to provide an effective food and drink service for patients, staff and visitors. You will work in partnership with the multidisciplinary team (Catering, Dietetics, Speech & Language Therapy and Nursing) on a strategic level in the development, delivery and evaluation of the food and drink service in order to achieve healthcare food service best practice
Ensuring the Trust provides food and drink that meets the nutritional requirements of all patients, including therapeutic requirements
o Liaising with the Nutrition & Dietetics department to scope all patient nutritional requirements to ensure they are included in the Trust's food and drink service specification
o Championing the needs of patient groups with special dietary needs with nursing staff and catering to ensure the dietary needs of all patients are met
o Keeping up to date on all relevant nutritional standards, guidelines and legislation and translate these into Trust targets and policies
o Assessing compliance of current practice to relevant food and drink legislation, guidelines and standards and aim for ongoing improvement
o Being involved in the sign off process of new ingredients and/or products to ensure they comply with relevant guidelines and standards
o Leading on patient menu reviews, ensuring that all nutritional, diet coding and allergen content meets national standards and encompasses all reasonable dietary requirements, religious beliefs and the wide range of cultural diets.
o Developing and apply meaningful diet coding criteria to menus ensuring that all proposed menus are coded correctly for patients in line with the BDA Nutrition & Hydration Digest guidelines
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