Healthcare Regional Food Service Dietitian

ISS; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading workplace and facility management company in West Midlands is seeking a Dietitian to ensure all patient catering services meet national healthcare standards. In this role, you will influence menu planning, manage seasonal reviews, and collaborate closely with dietetic teams. The ideal candidate should possess a relevant degree, be an HCPC Registered Dietitian, and have experience in foodservice, ideally within healthcare. Excellent communication skills and a full UK driving license are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in foodservice or catering environments, ideally in healthcare.
• Familiarity with operational and nutritional challenges of healthcare food services.
• Full UK driving licence (essential).

Responsibilities

• Ensure catering services meet nutritional and dietary specifications.
• Liaise with catering teams on updates and projects.
• Collaborate with Trust dietitians on dietetic matters.
• Lead planning and review of menus with Dietetics team.
• Manage seasonal menu reviews and supplier communications.
• Ensure compliance with healthcare food standards.
• Oversee updates to the Saffron system.

Skills

Excellent communication and organisational skills

Understanding of diverse cultural food preferences

Education

Degree in Dietetics or relevant degree with postgraduate Diploma

HCPC Registered Dietitian

Job description

Job Description

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.

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.