A complete operating system for a nutrition consulting firm — from lead qualification and client acceptance through delivery, independent technical review and defensible release of every engagement.
Overview
A nutrition consultancy sells qualified professional judgment, and that creates a governance problem generic quality systems never address: how to run a commercial firm — pipeline, proposals, contracts, invoicing — without commercial pressure ever touching a professional finding. This system documents a firm built around that separation. Its governing manual follows the requirements architecture of ISO 7101:2023 (healthcare quality management), with operating principles drawn from the ICDA International Competency Standards and Code of Ethics, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics' Nutrition Care Process, ESPEN and A.S.P.E.N. clinical guidance, the GLIM consensus malnutrition criteria and the HCPC Standards of Proficiency for Dietitians — each source traced to specific procedures, forms and evidence in a dedicated Standards Reference & Traceability Matrix.
The engagement lifecycle runs through eight recorded quality gates, from bid/no-bid decision to closure. Two can never be waived: no deliverable leaves the firm without independent technical review, and none is released without a formal approval the producer cannot sign alone. Standing boundary rules keep activities reserved by law with registered professionals, and refer enteral and parenteral nutrition decisions to the client's own clinical governance rather than deciding them at the consultancy layer.
What this system covers
The documentation is arranged in six folders that mirror how a consultancy actually operates. The governing layer — manuals, policies, controlled job descriptions for the nine operating roles, and the KPI, standards and integration matrices — defines what must be true. The procedures define how each process is done, the forms and registers capture the evidence it was done, and the checklists, plain-language how-to guides and training modules carry the system into daily practice. Together they run the full lifecycle:
- Business development, lead qualification, bid/no-bid decisions, proposals, pricing and contract control
- Project planning, delivery control, evidence logging, professional judgment and recommendation development
- Technical review, approval to release, report production and deliverable traceability
- Consultant credentialing, authorisation, CPD, performance and subcontractor control
- Risk, internal audit, management review, complaints, incidents, KPIs, invoicing and project profitability
Every document carries controlled headers, ownership and version history. A customisation and localisation manual governs tailoring to your organisation, and a quick-start guide sequences implementation in ten steps. Where an engagement touches individual patient care, a documented practice interface routes the clinical work to the appropriate professional governance.
Who it's for
Built for founders and managing directors of nutrition consulting firms, dietitian-led practices growing from solo work into a multi-consultant business, and technical or clinical directors who must guarantee independence of judgment while the firm sells. It serves corporate and workplace nutrition providers, school and institutional nutrition advisers, food and product nutrition advisory practices and nutrition training providers — and gives quality managers one framework for gates, audits and management review across all of them. It suits equally a firm formalising its operations to qualify for tenders and contracts that demand documented quality management.
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