Job Overview
A Catering Supervisor is being recruited to support and assist the Assistant Hotel Service Manager and Café Glade/Cross Roads /Courtyard Restaurant Manager in the provision of a highly professional and customer focused retail outlet (the Café Glade coffee shop). This is situated within Wexham Park Hospital in Slough.
You will be working 5 days over 7 days between the hours of 07.00-19.00.
If you are looking for a challenging role which offers variety, continuous support, encouragement, and genuine job satisfaction then look no further. Apply now to join our dynamic and pro-active team.
Please note this vacancy does not offer sponsorship.
Main Duties of the Job
* To undertake the operational day-to-day supervision of Cafés, with organisation and planning of your allocated work (before and after) service and associated duties around opening times.
* Be familiar with menu content, products on offer, all selling prices and details of other retail outlets (i.e., opening times).
* To be involved in the preparation of all foodstuffs, adhering strictly to standard recipes, production methods and checking of food and beverages served, for quantity, quality and appearance and maintaining standards of hygiene and temperature control as laid down in the kitchen HACCP.
* To ensure that all food items are displayed well and kept tidy throughout opening times.
* Support the Food Service Manager, in implementation of all agreed working practices in order to ensure that visitors and staff have good “shopping experience”.
* Assist the Food Service Manager in opportunities to maximise income generation from Café Glade & Crossroad Cafe.
* Co-operating with other members of the Catering Team to maintain and improve the present high standard of food service for Visitors, Staff and Patients.
* The post holder is an ambassador for the Department and his/her actions and conduct will be judged by patients and visitors as an indication of the quality of service provided by the Department as a whole.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* A working knowledge of Food safety/Kitchen hygiene and HACCP.
Desirable criteria
* Customer care experience.
* Working towards grade 3 certificate in food hygiene.
Experience
Essential criteria
* Experience of working in a food service led and customer focused environment.
Desirable criteria
* Experience within both the commercial food service sector and/or an NHS catering operation.
Skills
Essential criteria
* Good standards of literacy & numeracy.
* Knowledge of working in a customer led environment.
* Ability to work efficiently with minimal supervision and to time.
* Good command of the spoken and written English.
* Good time keeping.
* Organised and methodical.
* Ability to give clear instructions and feedback to senior staff.
* Hard working, energetic and enthusiastic.
* Adaptable and show initiative.
* Courteous, polite and helpful.
* Good interpersonal skills.
* Ability to work as part of a team.
* Promotes respect and dignity acknowledging the rights of others.
Desirable criteria
* Fresh approach to service provision to enable a modern NHS catering service.
* Willingness to learn new skills.
* Good time management skills.
Special Requirements
Essential criteria
* Flexible to working patterns - weekends.
* Ability to work under pressure.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
Apply online now.
Seniority Level
Mid-Senior level
Employment Type
Full-time
Job Function
Management and Manufacturing
Industries
Hospitals and Health Care
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