Job summary
Our award-winning catering department 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!
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.
If you'd like a chat about the role and how our unit works, or even to come and see it for yourself, which we recommend, please get in touch via the details below.
Main duties of the job
Based at Northern General Hospital, your primary responsibility will be leading teams of staff at our main central cook chill food production facility, meal regeneration and retail catering.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 over 150 staff exceptional communication skills and with solid experience of managing other people are a must.
About us
We're very keen to invest and develop our staff and you will have access to a range of training and development for a fulfilling career within Facilities and the Trust.
If you're new to the NHS, we have fantastic benefits to offer, from flexible working, a good pension and annual leave, hundreds of local and national discounts, subsidised travel, car and gym schemes and a whole lot more!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- Relevant 1st degree or combination of training and experience within specialist field - e.g.hospitality, food and nutrition
- Degree in management and leadership or demonstrable equivalent experience
- Level 4 Food Safety qualification and understanding of current food law
- Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable
- HACCP qualification level 4
- Lead Auditor training qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant Catering management experience within a large, complex organisation
- Food manufacturing, retail, hospitality management
- Change management experience
- Proven track record in managing operational staff.
- Knowledge and understanding of Quality management systems such as ISO9001:2015
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Effective leadership skills. Ability to communicate at all levels and motivate others. Ability to negotiate
- In depth knowledge of catering food service systems
- Ability to undertake administrative tasks and IT literacy in all Microsoft packages
- Knowledge and understanding of health and safety/food safety controls in the workplace
- Specialist knowledge in manufacturing of specialist diets
- Excellent analytical skills and ability to interpret data
- Diversity and inclusivity training and awareness
Personal qualities
Essential
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Visible and inspiring leadership qualities
- Ability to prioritise own workload, work under pressure and within deadlines
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- Relevant 1st degree or combination of training and experience within specialist field - e.g.hospitality, food and nutrition
- Degree in management and leadership or demonstrable equivalent experience
- Level 4 Food Safety qualification and understanding of current food law
- Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable
- HACCP qualification level 4
- Lead Auditor training qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant Catering management experience within a large, complex organisation
- Food manufacturing, retail, hospitality management
- Change management experience
- Proven track record in managing operational staff.
- Knowledge and understanding of Quality management systems such as ISO9001:2015
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Effective leadership skills. Ability to communicate at all levels and motivate others. Ability to negotiate
- In depth knowledge of catering food service systems
- Ability to undertake administrative tasks and IT literacy in all Microsoft packages
- Knowledge and understanding of health and safety/food safety controls in the workplace
- Specialist knowledge in manufacturing of specialist diets
- Excellent analytical skills and ability to interpret data
- Diversity and inclusivity training and awareness
Personal qualities
Essential
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Visible and inspiring leadership qualities
- Ability to prioritise own workload, work under pressure and within deadlines
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
