Job summary
Lead Catering Manager at University Hospitals Birmingham Queen Elizabeth HospitalAre you a seasoned leader in catering services, eager to collaborate with clinical teams and contribute to a holistic healthcare environment? University Hospitals Birmingham Queen Elizabeth Hospital is seeking a proactive Lead Catering Manager to oversee our diverse catering services while aligning with the core vision and values of the Trust.
Join our dedicated team at University Hospitals Birmingham Queen Elizabeth Hospital and contribute to our commitment to delivering exceptional catering services in a healthcare environment, ensuring the well-being of patients and staff.If you possess a passion for high-quality catering services and a proven track record in leadership, apply now to become our Lead Catering Manager!
Main duties of the job
Responsibilities:
* Collaborate with clinical teams such as speech and language and Dietetics to ensure catering services meet specialized patient needs and dietary requirements.
* Report to the Head of Catering for the Trust, maintaining open communication and alignment with organizational goals.
* Manage a team of over 200 staff, including seasonal hires, ensuring robust recruitment levels to sustain operational efficiency.
* Implement the core vision and values of the Trust within catering services, fostering a culture of excellence and compassion.
Qualifications:
* Demonstrated experience in leadership roles, overseeing substantial workforces in delivering catering services.
* Profound knowledge of HACCP principles and food safety protocols, ensuring adherence to stringent standards.
* Exceptional communication skills to liaise effectively with clinical teams and diverse staff members.
* Proven ability to implement organizational values and vision within operational frameworks.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- * Advanced Food Hygiene Certificate or level 4 food safety qualification or equivalent.
- * Degree / Diploma Level 4 in Facilities Management or Hospitality Management higher level or equivalent.
- * Evidence of continual professional development in catering operations.
Desirable
- * High level Health & Safety qualification eg: NEBOSH, ISOH
- * Professional management qualification
- * Active membership of a relevant Catering NHS association (or equivalent).
- * Additional HACCP food safety training
Experience
Essential
- * Significant (recent) management experience in a large food production/catering environment
- * Significant experience of managing a workforce & associated human resources issues.
- * Experience of effectively managing & leading change.
- * Specialised knowledge of large catering production operations, food safety, cook chill processes, HACCP, and dietary requirements.
- * Experience understanding of infection control risks, policies, and procedures related to foods safety.
- * An in-depth knowledge of food safety statutory and mandatory regulations relating to Catering Services, e.g., Food Hygiene Regulations, Food Safety Act 1990.
- * Understanding of food labelling regulations and allergen controls
Desirable
- * NHS catering management
- * Budget management and income generation skills.
- * Understanding of multi faith requirements for food service.
- * Understanding of NHS Food standards and objectives.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- * Excellent communication skills in order to deal with a wide range of patients, visitors and staff (at all levels).
- * Confident and able to work with regulatory bodies Environmental Health and oversee schedule of work.
- * Coordinating projects providing high level reports and KPI .
- * Excellent IT skills.
Desirable
- * Ability to work across the Facilities Department, leading and
- * Coordinating projects providing high level reports and KPI.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- * Advanced Food Hygiene Certificate or level 4 food safety qualification or equivalent.
- * Degree / Diploma Level 4 in Facilities Management or Hospitality Management higher level or equivalent.
- * Evidence of continual professional development in catering operations.
Desirable
- * High level Health & Safety qualification eg: NEBOSH, ISOH
- * Professional management qualification
- * Active membership of a relevant Catering NHS association (or equivalent).
- * Additional HACCP food safety training
Experience
Essential
- * Significant (recent) management experience in a large food production/catering environment
- * Significant experience of managing a workforce & associated human resources issues.
- * Experience of effectively managing & leading change.
- * Specialised knowledge of large catering production operations, food safety, cook chill processes, HACCP, and dietary requirements.
- * Experience understanding of infection control risks, policies, and procedures related to foods safety.
- * An in-depth knowledge of food safety statutory and mandatory regulations relating to Catering Services, e.g., Food Hygiene Regulations, Food Safety Act 1990.
- * Understanding of food labelling regulations and allergen controls
Desirable
- * NHS catering management
- * Budget management and income generation skills.
- * Understanding of multi faith requirements for food service.
- * Understanding of NHS Food standards and objectives.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- * Excellent communication skills in order to deal with a wide range of patients, visitors and staff (at all levels).
- * Confident and able to work with regulatory bodies Environmental Health and oversee schedule of work.
- * Coordinating projects providing high level reports and KPI .
- * Excellent IT skills.
Desirable
- * Ability to work across the Facilities Department, leading and
- * Coordinating projects providing high level reports and KPI.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
