Medical Diet Nutritionist

Chartwells are looking for a medical diet nutritionist to join our award-winning Medical Diet Team. The role will be mobile across London requiring regular travel across all boroughs of London but predominately based in Lewisham. As a mobile worker the role will consist of a hybrid of regular travel across London, home, and office-based working. The successful candidate should be based within the London region with easy access to Lewisham and a confident user of public transport and road networks. They should be an expert in nutrition with an interest in food allergies, intolerances, and knowledge of legislation around food and nutrition including the Food Information Regulations and School Food Standards. We are seeking someone with a minimum of 1-2 years’ experience working as nutritionist within the industry,

Key Responsibilities

• Visiting schools across Lewisham & Greater London on a daily basis to audit and provide support to kitchen teams
• Supporting our extensive medical diet procedure throughout the business by:
  • Creating a wide range of medical diet menus for our pupils with food allergies and intolerances.
  • Ensuing FIR regulations are met by providing up to date allergy information in the form of allergy reports.
  • Managing day to day parent, pupil and client queries surrounding medical diets.
  • Manage sensitive pupil allergy information in an organised and auditable manner
  • Regularly attending parent and client meetings regarding medical diet provision.
  • Maintaining medical diet information throughout our in-house menu management systems.
  • Contributing to ingredient, recipe, and menu development.
  • Deliver medical diet training throughout the business.
  • Review policies and procedures on medical diets.
• Support with the mobilisation of new contracts within the London region
• Working closely with catering managers and area managers to promote a joined-up approach to safely providing medical diet meals.
• Being a key representative of the company to client and schools.
• Supporting wider business projects when required.

Join an award winning team

Hybrid working

We ensure you're rewarded for all your hard work, which is why we offer a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• Contributory pension scheme
• Grow your career with our Career Pathways and MyLearning programmes
• Quick access for you and your immediate family to a Digital GP, and wider healthcare benefits
• Exclusive travel discounts with TUI, Expedia, Booking.com and many more
• Save money on your food shop with discounts on Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and many more
• Up to 44% off cinema tickets to enjoy your favourite blockbuster
• Receive Wow Points every time you spend and use them on a wide range of brands
• Un-wind with us with free wellness, mindfulness and exercise classes
• You can share all discounts and offers with your friends and families

• Must have degree (BSc) in Nutrition or other relevant degree
• 1-2 years’ experience working within a nutrition role
• Experience in working with people with allergies and intolerances is desirable but not essential as full training will be provided
• Experience using nutritional analysis system such as Saffron (or equivalent) desirable but not essential as full training will be provided.
• Excellent IT skills and ability to learn new systems quickly
• Excellent communication skills with ability to adapt communication to a range of stakeholders including clients, parents, and pupils
• Excellent organisational skills with ability to manage a busy inbox and a high volume of workload
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Excellent attention to detail
• Confident public speaker
• Demonstrates can do attitude
• Passion for keeping up to date with latest nutrition research and legislation
• Ability to travel across Greater London either via car of public transport