Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Our catering department at Rampton Hospital is on a journey to reshape and enhance how we deliver modern, nutritious food that improves patient care and staff wellbeing. We're looking for a highly experienced, inspirational Catering Manager to help us achieve this!
Main duties of the job
We're proud to be an in-house service made up of innovative and inspirational catering professionals who work together to overcome complex challenges and deliver the best for our patients and staff. Your role will be to help us introduce new, improved technologies that can help transform our catering services and achieve efficiencies. As well as experience in large scale catering production, you'll also need to demonstrate strategic thinking and effective operational management, including budgetary control, strong problem-solving skills and the ability to manage information and data effectively to influence decision making. With responsibility for up to 39 staff, exceptional communication skills and solid experience of managing other people are a must.
Job responsibilities
Management responsibility for the delivery of a comprehensive high quality and cost effective catering service to customers at Rampton Hospital.
Support strategic development of Catering Services across the Facilities Directorate.
See job descriptions for full details of job role and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* City & Guilds 706/2 or equivalent
* Basic Literacy & Numeracy
* HCIMA/BTEC National Diploma
* Advanced Food Hygiene (Level 4)
Training
* Competent in operating catering equipment and machinery
Experience
* Experience supervising in a catering environment, preferably in an NHS setting
* Management of a large operational Catering Team in an NHS Setting.
* Experience of menu planning
Knowledge
* Knowledge of an operational catering environment at supervisory level including HACCP procedures, Risk and Budgetary Management.
* Knowledge of Health & Safety Policies and Procedures
* Knowledge of current Catering associated legislation.
* Knowledge of Food Production/Service procedures and stock control systems
* Knowledge of cleaning and catering practices and associated legislation
* Knowledge of NHS key standards for Catering.
* Knowledge of a high Secure setting & patient/client issues
Skills
* Ability to work as part of and to lead a team
* Ability to demonstrate excellent communication skills
Values and Behaviours
* All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion, Teamwork
* All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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