An opportunity has arisen for Band 3 Catering Supervisor.
The successful candidate must be prepared to study for the level 3 food hygiene certificate and NVQ 3.
- Supervision of the catering staff, allocation of duties
- HACCP, monitoring, temperature control, staff training
- Implementation of changes
- Staff appraisals
- Supervision of the service, cleaning and dishwashing
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.
1. Ensuring the rotas are covered. Allocation of work to catering assistants. Liaise with management to ensure there is a continuation of service in the event of major staff shortages. Priorities urgent requests. Authorise overtime within the allocated budget.
2. Training of staff in basic job skills under the direction of Management.
3. Training of health and safety, including cascade training and the monthly
toolbox training. Ensuring that the staff are complaint with the mandatory
training including COSHH. Making arrangements for staff to attend training.
4. Tool box training. Ensure that staff are trained in the Toolbox training. Record the information on the appropriate documents on the computer. Get involved with the development of tool box training sheets.
5. Carry out staff appraisals
6. Cooperates on matters of health and safety and ensures that all staff comply with current Health and safety practices.
7. Ensuring all staff carry out their duties to the required standard as determined by Management. Identify and resolve staff performance problems. Highlight issues with management.
8. Under the direction of management, authority to give informal disciplinary warnings.
9. Report any issues with staff that do not comply with Aintree values.
10. Maintaining Trust standards of hygiene at all times, including personal
cleanliness, working practices and food handling practices. Ensure that the
unit complies with the departments HACCP policy and ensures that the
necessary documentation is completed.
11. Basic food preparation. Ensuring that food presentation and portion control is of the required standard at all times.
12. Handling customer complaints in conjunction with Management. Completing all the relevant documentation.
13. Visit patients to discuss complaints, special diets and comments. Feed back to head chef/management.
14. Carry out ward visits as per the HACCP policy. Talking to nursing staff and patients.
15. Develop the department, implementing changes and make proposals for changes in working practices.
16. Reporting any structural and mechanical defects, and the need for repair.
17. Supervision and instruction of the cleanliness of their allocated are and
associated equipment and materials.
18. Promoting the sales of goods within the retail outlets.
19. Ensuring that Audit procedures are adhered to within the department.
20. Responsible for the stock and stock control within your designated area. Highlighting potential problems to management .
21. Everyone employed by the company is required by Sections 7 and 8 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HASAWA) to take reasonable care for the safety of themselves and others who may be affected by their acts or omissions at work; and not to interfere with or misuse anything provided in the interests of health, safety and welfare.
22. Co-operate on matters of health, safety and welfare to enable the Trust to meet its statutory obligations.
23. Train staff and monitor the use of all equipment and substances are used in accordance with their training and instruction.
24. Inform the immediate line manager of any situation representing a serious and immediate danger to Health and Safety. In the absence of a manager make immediate arrangements to stop immediate danger.
25. Be responsible for the staff use of any personal protective equipment. Dealing with staff who do not comply.
26. Report any personal injury, dangerous occurrence or work related disease on Datix.
This advert closes on Thursday 16 Jan 2025