Overview
To work in collaboration with the Catering and Dietetic Teams as the Trust Lead Catering Dietitian. Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We’re delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to improve quality and reduce cost.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Responsibilities
* Work with front line catering teams, catering managers, Dietitians, Speech and Language Therapists, Pharmacists, Nursing teams and other stakeholders to ensure the Trust delivers a wide range of standard hospital menus, therapeutic, religious, and cultural diets.
* Act as a source of expertise in the analysis, development, and review of hospital menus; ensure menus are nutritionally adequate and reflect best practice guidelines including hospital food standards, allergen information and IDDSI recommendations.
* Collaborate with patients/service users, catering, Dietetics and Speech and Language Therapy to initiate, plan and deliver Trust education and training in nutrition.
* Represent dietetics and catering at the Trust Nutrition and Hydration Steering Group, PLACE audits, and catering meetings.
* Provide highly specialist Dietetic assessment, treatment, monitoring and management in one or more speciality areas of Dietetics as required.
* Act as a source of expertise in Dietetics practice locally, regionally and nationally.
* Involve in training and supervision of Dietetic Students and Dietetic Assistants as per British Dietetic Association standards.
* Contribute to designing, planning, and implementing research and audit, and contribute to publishing results, working in interdisciplinary teams.
* Challenge professional and organisational boundaries to ensure the role meets patients’/service users’ needs.
* Contribute to policy and service development to reflect patient/service user needs.
* Lead on implementation of national and local policies and guidance such as Hospital Food standards, Nutrition and Hydration Strategy and BDA guidance.
* Have experience in working within physical health, mental health and learning disabilities.
Qualifications and professional practice
* Work independently with autonomous assessment, clinical decision making, treatment selection and evaluation, in line with HCPC Code of Conduct, BDA Standards of Practice and Trust policies.
* Be involved in the training and supervision of Dietetic Students and Dietetic Assistants as per BDA standards.
* Be experienced in contributing to policy development and service improvement to reflect patient/service user needs.
Additional information
To have experience in working within physical health, mental health and learning disabilities.
This advert closes on Wednesday 15 Oct 2025.
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