Job Description

ISS
Healthcare Regional Food Service Dietitian
Contract: Healthcare
Location: Birmingham (Home based with some regional travel)
Hours of work: 37
Contract Type: Permanent
We are seeking a passionate and proactive Regional Food Service Dietitian to support our acute and mental healthcare facilities across the UK.
This is a key role for a registered dietitian who is enthusiastic about improving patient nutrition, enhancing service standards, and driving excellence in healthcare catering.

You'll act as the vital link between our catering teams, Trust dietitians, and ISS management, ensuring that all food and drink services meet the highest nutritional, safety, and quality standards.
This role offers the opportunity to influence menu planning, lead on national food standards compliance, and make a real difference to patient wellbeing.
Key Responsibilities

• Ensure all patient catering services meet nutritional and dietary specifications in line with national healthcare standards.
• Liaise regularly with on-site catering teams to maintain clear communication on updates, developments, and projects.
• Collaborate closely with Trust dietitians, catering leads, and ISS management on all dietetic and food service matters.
• Lead the planning and review of acute, mental health, and special diet menus in collaboration with the central Dietetics team.
• Manage seasonal menu reviews, including tastings, nutritional analysis, coding, and supplier communications.
• Ensure compliance with The National Standards for Healthcare Food and Drink and The Nutrition and Hydration Digest.
• Oversee updates to the Saffron system and coordinate with design and print teams for menu production.

Professional and Personal Competencies/Qualifications

• Degree in Dietetics or a relevant degree with a postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics.
• HCPC Registered Dietitian.
• Experience within foodservice or catering environments, ideally in healthcare.
• Familiarity with the operational and nutritional challenges of healthcare food services.
• Strong understanding of diverse cultural food preferences and dietary requirements.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple sites and priorities.
• Full UK driving licence (essential).

The Company
ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.
Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it's hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.
We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #ISSGreatPeople #ISSTalent #PeopleMakePlace
ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.
ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.
We are a Disability Confident Committed (Level 2) employer, proudly supporting and promoting inclusive hiring practices in line with the UK government's Disability Confident scheme.
Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.
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