# Special Feed Maker > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/special-feed-maker/f0bba861-8749-4a64-97b4-d3dd8a1a0adb - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/special-feed-maker/f0bba861-8749-4a64-97b4-d3dd8a1a0adb.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Birmingham Children's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 18.75 hours per week (Weekday plus weekend work on a rota) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-28T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-14T11:00:48.943Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Birmingham/Birmingham_Womens_Childrens_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Special_Feed_Maker/Special_Feed_Maker-v8190026 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8190026?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bwc.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for an individual to work alongside a small friendly team of staff in the Special Feed Unit at Birmingham Children's Hospital. The special feed unit prepare specialist infant feeds, oral supplement and enteral feeds for inpatients requiring specialist nutritional support and who are under the care of the Dietitians, preparing feeds for around 120 children daily. ### Main duties of the job You will be required to prepare special feeds for inpatients who require specialist nutrition using feed regimes prepared by the Dietitians . You will need to show expectational attention to detail, be able to weigh and measure feed constituents accurately, and to adhere closely to procedures. Our feeds are prepared using strict hygiene protocols to ensure they are safe to give to our most vulnerable patients. You must have a good level of literacy, numeracy and be able to communicate effectively. You will ideally have either worked in a large scale catering business preparing food, or in a healthcare clinical setting, delivering patient care, and be physically fit and able to undertake moving and handling duties. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable). Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment. ### Applicant requirements This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of Food safety and safe food handling achieved through training - IT literate and able to use Microsoft application including word and email - Evidence of ability to interpret numerical information ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of weighing and measuring accurately - Evidence of use of problem solving skills - Physically fit and able to undertake manual handling duties - Evidence of ability to meet strict deadlines - Significant practical experience of food handling and food safety **Desirable** - Experience of working in a food or feed preparation environment - Experience of measuring constituents to a high degree of accuracy ( 0.5g and 0.5ml) - Experience of preparing special feeds - Experience in interpreting graphs ### Qualifications **Essential** - A minimum of 5 Level 2 qualifications including English Language and Mathematics **Desirable** - Food Hygiene Certificate ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 375.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10494519) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.