Band 4
Main area: Grade Band 4 Contract Permanent Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Happy to discuss flexible working - Rotation - 5 over 7 days) Job ref: 437-6644437-D
Site: Greater Manchester Mental Health - Prestwich Town, Prestwich, Manchester Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 Per annum Salary period: Yearly Closing: 20/03/2025 23:59
Job overview
To succeed in this role, you need to be self-motivated and flexible in your work. Being a team player and showing initiative will help us achieve success together. Good communication skills are essential since you will work with a diverse team to maintain high standards.
This position offers a great chance for growth, as you will manage and develop the team while providing excellent service and following food hygiene practices. Strong culinary skills will help you perform well in this role.
We are looking for someone with experience in preparing cooked and chilled food. Creativity and innovation are important to improve the dining experience for both patients and staff. By ensuring our healthy food choices meet trust and government guidelines, you will play a key role in increasing satisfaction within the organization.
Looking after our Prestwich site as a Food Production Supervisor, you will play a crucial role in the efficient and effective operation of the food production department.
Your main responsibilities will include overseeing and coordinating the daily food production activities, maintaining high food quality standards, managing a team of food production staff, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards.
If this sounds like the role for you, please apply below. We look forward to hearing from you.
Main duties of the job
* To monitor and maintain consistent food standards and quality across all trust catering areas during all stages of production.
* To ensure that quality control measures and hygiene systems are all achieved at all times.
* To prepare, cook and present inpatient feeding and retail food offerings in line with expected departmental standards.
* To ensure that all food is presented and served in line with Trust standards using innovation in the method, presentation and food service.
* To participate in the HACCP procedure in accordance with the Trust's Food Safety Policy, to create and maintain correct use of records including, but not limited to, cleaning rota and closing down procedures.
* To ensure that quality control measures and hygiene systems are always achieved.
* To have accountability for the day-to-day running of the kitchen service.
* To actively participate in the ongoing management and development of menus, in line with Trust guidance.
* To actively discuss ideas with the customer and obtain constructive feedback.
* To monitor stock control, ensuring that stock rotation and use by dates for the production of food are followed and food produced does not contribute to wastage.
* To be responsible for the collection of deliveries to the site, undertaking quality assurance and ensuring all goods received are accounted for.
Working for our organisation
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 6,400 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the northwest of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original, and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment, and dining options.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* To ensure that quality control measures and hygiene systems are all achieved at all times.
* To prepare, cook and present food to Patients in line with exceptional departmental standards, using fresh ingredients.
* To participate in the HACCP procedure in accordance with the Trust's Food Safety Policy and maintain correct use of records.
* To ensure that quality control measures and hygiene systems are always achieved.
* To have accountability for the day-to-day running of the kitchen service.
* To actively participate in the ongoing management and development of menus, in line with Trust guidance.
* To actively discuss ideas with the customer and obtain constructive feedback.
* To maintain staff training records and supervisions in line with trust guidance.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Catering/Chef Qualification
* NVQ L3 Management Supervision
Food Hygiene
* Level 3 or above Food hygiene
Experience
* Kitchen leadership experience
* Commercial CDP/Sous Chef
Important Information about working for GMMH:
All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks. For further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website.
Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.
The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you.
**Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received**
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