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About the Role:

Apetito, the UK's leading supplier of food to the health and social care sectors, is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Dietitian to join our team. As a key member of our nutrition team, you will play a vital role in leading on nutrition standards and ensuring we deliver exceptional nutrition solutions to our customers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Providing customer-facing support to our business unit teams, including delivering presentations, responding to customer queries, and supporting tastings, customer meetings, conferences, and product launches.
• Liaising regularly with external dietitians and other healthcare professionals to provide support and advice on apetito products, systems, and services, and to build strong customer relationships.
• Supporting the identification, research, and shaping of new product development opportunities.
• Specifying nutrition and diet standards for new and improved products.
• Ensuring all health and nutrition claims and policies are compliant with current legislation.
• Striving to continually raise the nutrition and dietary standards and expertise in our business.
• Providing support and writing content for publications, such as product and range releases, thought leadership articles, and short articles on key topics.
• Hosting, recording, and planning podcasts.
• Filming content for external and internal business use.
• Managing dietary and nutrition information in brochures.
• Providing management and leadership support to the Development Dietitian.
• Providing subject matter expertise to the wider team.
• Leading on nutrition-related subjects as a key member of our Food and Packaging Policy team, ensuring relevant legislation and policy changes are represented.
• Developing and evolving robust nutrition-related strategies to create competitive advantage and make a real difference.
• Increasing visibility and influence in nutrition areas of strategic importance to the company.

About You:

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Senior Dietitian who possesses the following qualifications and qualities:

• Relevant dietetic qualification (e.g., BSc in dietetics or postgraduate qualification).
• Registered dietitian with the Health and Care Professions Council.
• Member of the British Dietetic Association.
• Full driving license.
• Significant experience of working as a dietitian (at NHS band 6 or above - or equivalent).
• Experience of working in hospitals and in the community.

Desirable Qualifications and Experience:

• Senior-level dietitian experience (e.g., NHS Band 7).
• Experience of direct people management.
• Experience of care of the elderly.
• Experience of working directly with Hospital Catering Departments.
• Sound understanding of UK nutrition standards and foodservice in hospitals, care homes, and community settings.
• Demonstrable track record of driving and improving nutrition-related policy and working practice.
• Experience of food product development or food service support.
• Member of relevant BDA specialist groups.

Personal Qualities:

• Ability to apply evidence-based nutrition.
• Ability to take a strategic view.
• Confident - able to work well with colleagues and customers at all levels.
• Demonstrates the drive to challenge and improve.
• First-class communication and presentation skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Commercially aware.

About Apetito:

Apetito is the UK's leading supplier of food to the health and social care sectors. We produce delicious, nutritious, and sustainable meals for people at home or in care. Through our food, we look to 'make a real difference' to all our customers, up and down the country.

Our Values:

We are proud to be a business that 'makes a real difference', committed to producing 'great food to be proud of'. We have developed a range of products designed to 'enhance health and well-being' for all our customers. We are proud supporters of British food and farming and focus on using the best 'ethical and sustainably' sourced produce.

Our Commitment to Sustainability:

We believe we have an obligation to make a positive contribution on society. With over 300 products in our range, we ensure our produce is ethically and sustainably sourced, working only with suppliers who share our commitment to making a positive impact.

Our Commitment to Giving Back:

We take our duty to give back to our local communities and chosen charities very seriously. In 2018, we raised over £30,000 for Alzheimer's Support and Alzheimer's Society alone, thanks to the incredible efforts of our employees and charity committee.

What We Offer:

In addition to your salary, you will receive a comprehensive training program, 25 days annual leave holiday entitlement, the ability to buy additional annual leave, retail discounts, free car parking, subsidised staff restaurant, free turkey (or voucher) at Christmas, and much more.