The East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust ("ENHT”) and The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (“PAHT”) ("the Authorities") procured a new requirement of Authorised Person for Food and Drink. The initial 3-year contracts will commence after contract signing.

The specified role and responsibilities of the Authorising Person will be as described within the New National Standards for Hospital Food and Drink safety and other associated guidance and regulations governing the safety and compliance of Food and Drink.

The Authorising Person will be independent of the Trust and their Service Provider(s) ensuring a totally independent non-bias approach to providing support, guidance, and recommendations with the focus of achieving evidenced based compliance and safety.

• Review the Trusts effective leadership of patient feeding and nutrition across all departments.
• Help the Trust to develop a food and drink strategy that looks to increase the level of patient, staff and visitor satisfaction with their food and drink service.
• Review how the Trust captures how the organisation addresses safe delivery of nutritious and quality food and drink for patients; how healthier food and the right environment for staff and visitors are provided; and embeds sustainable practices in its service, such as buying food more sustainably and wasting less.
• Review how the trust reports to the board on food and drink performance and what targets it has established and how these are monitored.
• Assist with the annual returns required by NHS organisations to provide evidence of compliance with the Food and Drink Standards, that will form part of PAM return.
• Look at the role of a dedicated food service dietitian. This role should be the main interface between catering and clinical services,