Dietician

Job description

Job responsibilities

Dietician

Serco Health University Hospital Southampton & Great Western Hospital

Southampton, SO16 6YD & Swindon, SN6 6BB

Part Time, Permanent (30 hours per week)

£40,000 per annum plus benefits & company car package

Here at University Southampton NHS Trust and Great Western Hospital, Serco provide a range of support services including catering - with our Patient and Retail Dining Teams providing nutritional and dietary expertise across the site. As our Dietician you'll ensure that the 160,000+ inpatients and staff we support per year continue to have their therapeutic, cultural, religious and lifestyle dietary needs met. You will work primarily at UHS but will be required to support with dietary related activity at GWH one day per week.

Working with both the wider Serco team and the Trust, you'll do this by providing comprehensive dietetic support and guidance that helps us to exceed high technical and legal standards. This will include conducting audits and reviews of our food service, investigating catering complaints and patient care incidents, conduct regular staff special diet and allergen training, and leading with menu planning.

In short, you'll be the person we turn to for the expertise and specialist advice that will allow us to have a real impact on the standard of care patients and staff receive across the hospital. You wont be doing this alone though. As well as reporting into our Contract Director and the Serco Health Company Dietician, you'll be working with colleagues who are every bit as passionate about improving the lives of patients as you are, in a company that lives by its core values of Care, Trust, Innovation and Pride.

What you'll need to do the role

First and foremost, you will have experience of working in a previous Dietitian role for either the NHS directly in a Trust or for a Health services provider. The ideal candidate should hold a Degree in Nutrition & Dietetics. You must hold current HCPC registration and BDA membership.

As you will be working with a variety of stakeholders across the contract, previous experience of working with catering managers and food service staff is preferred as the role will require you to support them with the delivery of special diet training, menu planning and menu analysis.

You must be able to demonstrate prior knowledge and experience of clinical audits; this includes stages such as developing, participating in, analysing, completing reports, and disseminating findings.

What we offer:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Annual leave purchase scheme.
• Company car package.
• Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
• Serco discounts which include cinema, merlin entertainment and online shopping discounts, and discounts on mobile phone plans and leisure centre memberships.
• A range of benefits to support the health and wellbeing of you and your family such as Employee Assistance Programme, Thrive app, Health Cash Plans, and more.
• A wealth of career development training to suit your future aspirations. These range from role specific training, leadership coaching, formal study and much more to support you to build your career with Serco.
• A safe and supportive culture.
• A company passionate about diversity and inclusion.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• The ideal candidate should hold a Degree in Nutrition & Dietetics. You must hold current HCPC registration and BDA membership.

Experience

Essential

• First and foremost, you will have experience of working in a previous Dietitian role for either the NHS directly in a Trust or for a Health services provider.
• As you will be working with a variety of stakeholders across the contract, previous experience of working with catering managers and food service staff is preferred as the role will require you to support them with the delivery of special diet training, menu planning and menu analysis.
• You must be able to demonstrate prior knowledge and experience of clinical audits; this includes stages such as developing, participating in, analysing, completing reports, and disseminating findings.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Serco UK

Address

31 Homer Road

Solihull

West Midlands

B91 3QJ

Employer's website

https://www.serco.com (Opens in a new tab)