Catering Dietitian
| Posting date: | 01 April 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £49,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 May 2026 |
| Location: | Chesterfield, S44 5BL |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week |
| Company: | Sodexo |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | SDX/TP/1373940/155850/HC |
Summary
Catering Dietitian
40 Hours per week
16 Hours Per Week Required Onsite, flexible shifts
Monday to Friday
Up to £49,000 depending on experience
Location: Chesterfield Royal Hospital, Chesterfield Road, Calow, Chesterfield, S44 5BL
Job Introduction
We are looking for a knowledgeable and motivated Nutrition and Dietetics Specialist to support catering services at Chesterfield Royal Hospital. In this key role, you’ll provide expert nutrition and dietetic guidance to ensure our catering provision meets current nutritional standards while supporting patient care, compliance, and continuous improvement.
Working closely with catering teams, healthcare professionals, and colleagues across the wider Sodexo business, you’ll play a vital role in menu analysis and responding to technical and nutritional queries. Acting as a strategic link between Trust Dietitians, Speech and Language Therapists and Sodexo, you’ll help ensure food and hydration standards truly support patient wellbeing.
You’ll also deliver diet and nutrition education and training to Sodexo teams, helping to build confidence, capability, and consistency across services. This is a fantastic opportunity to combine clinical expertise with operational impact in a role that supports patient care and business growth.
What You'll Do:
To advise Sodexo and Chesterfield Royal Hospital of relevant nutrition and dietetics issues; providing inhouse nutrition and dietetics expertise which includes reviewing and drawing on current research, publications and good practice
To actively keep abreast of current research, best practice and trends in nutrition and dietetics, both clinically and as applied to food and beverage services, using this to underpin and maintain a CPD portfolio
To keep up to date on all relevant nutritional and monitoring standards, including those set by the British Dietetic Association and the National Association of Care Catering; to help translate these standards into nutritional targets to aid customer compliance; to help develop meaningful diet coding criteria
To monitor and evaluate contract standards in relation to dietetics
To create menus and provide nutritional analysis and allergen profiles for specific patient groups
What You Bring:
A HCPC UK Registered Dietitian (valid Health Professions Council number) and evidence regular CPD activities
Member of BDA Food Services Specialist Group
Food safety knowledge and understanding
Competence in the use of nutritional analysis software and data accuracy in nutritional analysis
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Effective time management and high level of organisation
What we offer:
Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater. You’ll belong in a company and team that values you for you; you’ll act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions; and you’ll be able to thrive in your own way. In addition, we also offer a range of resources, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:
Unlimited access to an online platform offering mental health and wellbeing support.
Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or larger problems where you may need additional support, including legal and financial advice, support with work related issues or personal issues such as bereavement.
Access to a free health and wellbeing app that provides rewards for maintaining a healthy lifestyle and includes access to a 24hr virtual GP and various other services.
The Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 (also open to friends and family) and/or the prepayment cashback card.
Money Insights and financial benefits via the Salary Finance Platform.
Save for your future by becoming a member of the Sodexo Retirement Plan
A Death in Service benefit for colleagues who pass away whilst employed by Sodexo
Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools.
Cycle to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit.
Volunteering Opportunities to enable all colleagues to help support worthwhile causes in our communities.
Flexible and dynamic work environment
Competitive compensation
Full training and full protective uniform supplied.
Ready to be part of something greater? Apply today! Career progression for the caring profession.
Sodexo reserves the right to close this advertisement early if we are in receipt of a high volume of applications.
40 Hours per week
16 Hours Per Week Required Onsite, flexible shifts
Monday to Friday
Up to £49,000 depending on experience
Location: Chesterfield Royal Hospital, Chesterfield Road, Calow, Chesterfield, S44 5BL
Job Introduction
We are looking for a knowledgeable and motivated Nutrition and Dietetics Specialist to support catering services at Chesterfield Royal Hospital. In this key role, you’ll provide expert nutrition and dietetic guidance to ensure our catering provision meets current nutritional standards while supporting patient care, compliance, and continuous improvement.
Working closely with catering teams, healthcare professionals, and colleagues across the wider Sodexo business, you’ll play a vital role in menu analysis and responding to technical and nutritional queries. Acting as a strategic link between Trust Dietitians, Speech and Language Therapists and Sodexo, you’ll help ensure food and hydration standards truly support patient wellbeing.
You’ll also deliver diet and nutrition education and training to Sodexo teams, helping to build confidence, capability, and consistency across services. This is a fantastic opportunity to combine clinical expertise with operational impact in a role that supports patient care and business growth.
What You'll Do:
To advise Sodexo and Chesterfield Royal Hospital of relevant nutrition and dietetics issues; providing inhouse nutrition and dietetics expertise which includes reviewing and drawing on current research, publications and good practice
To actively keep abreast of current research, best practice and trends in nutrition and dietetics, both clinically and as applied to food and beverage services, using this to underpin and maintain a CPD portfolio
To keep up to date on all relevant nutritional and monitoring standards, including those set by the British Dietetic Association and the National Association of Care Catering; to help translate these standards into nutritional targets to aid customer compliance; to help develop meaningful diet coding criteria
To monitor and evaluate contract standards in relation to dietetics
To create menus and provide nutritional analysis and allergen profiles for specific patient groups
What You Bring:
A HCPC UK Registered Dietitian (valid Health Professions Council number) and evidence regular CPD activities
Member of BDA Food Services Specialist Group
Food safety knowledge and understanding
Competence in the use of nutritional analysis software and data accuracy in nutritional analysis
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Effective time management and high level of organisation
What we offer:
Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater. You’ll belong in a company and team that values you for you; you’ll act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions; and you’ll be able to thrive in your own way. In addition, we also offer a range of resources, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:
Unlimited access to an online platform offering mental health and wellbeing support.
Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or larger problems where you may need additional support, including legal and financial advice, support with work related issues or personal issues such as bereavement.
Access to a free health and wellbeing app that provides rewards for maintaining a healthy lifestyle and includes access to a 24hr virtual GP and various other services.
The Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 (also open to friends and family) and/or the prepayment cashback card.
Money Insights and financial benefits via the Salary Finance Platform.
Save for your future by becoming a member of the Sodexo Retirement Plan
A Death in Service benefit for colleagues who pass away whilst employed by Sodexo
Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools.
Cycle to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit.
Volunteering Opportunities to enable all colleagues to help support worthwhile causes in our communities.
Flexible and dynamic work environment
Competitive compensation
Full training and full protective uniform supplied.
Ready to be part of something greater? Apply today! Career progression for the caring profession.
Sodexo reserves the right to close this advertisement early if we are in receipt of a high volume of applications.