Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Catering Supervisor

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Job summary

We are looking for a dynamic Catering Supervisor.

The post will be responsible for the supervision of meal service to patients, staff and visitors.

The candidate should demonstrate a passion for food and great customer care skills that will deliver high standards of care with compassion to both patients and customers. Strong leadership skills are desirable.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high number of applications are received.

Main duties of the job

Ensure meals are produced to the highest standards, following food safety legislation and protocols, under the direction of the Assistant Catering Manager.

Complete and manage paperwork and documents associated with the delivery of service. Support and assist the Assistant Catering Managers as required.

About us

Choose Well - Choose WWL

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement and living our values.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. We are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

Good basic salary plus an attractive package of benefits which include:

  • Excellent Pension & Life Assurance Package (over 20% employer contribution)
  • Excellent annual leave entitlements 27 to 33 days per annum dependent upon service.
  • Birthday Leave.
  • Paid occupational maternity, paternity, and adoption leave dependent upon service.
  • Training opportunities and eLearning resources.
  • Health and wellbeing support.
  • Career Progression opportunitieswithin Estates & Facilities and the NHS.
  • Access to salary sacrifice schemes for items such as lease vehicles and buy a bike schemes.
  • NHS Discount schemes to access hundreds of discounts and savings from everything to High Street Stores to restaurants, family holidays and more.
  • Long Service Awards.

Details

Date posted

24 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

302-25-7030406E

Job locations

Royal Albert Edward Infirmary

Wigan Lane

Wigan

WN1 2NN


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Organisation of the Kitchen and Associated areas.
  • Allocation of work to Catering Assistants.
  • Supervision of food production and service, including the satisfactory completion of monitoring forms Responsible for ensuring preparation, cooking and service of meals occurs to strict timetables and deadlines.
  • Ensure all meals conform to the correct recipe, quantity, quality and appearance.
  • Forecast menu requirement based on historical data
  • Checking monitoring /audit forms for accuracy and to ensure remedial action has been taken.
  • Ensure adherence to Food Safety Legislation and local codes of practice.
  • In the event of a Major Incident or critical failure, the correct procedures are followed, and action is taken so meal service can be continued.
  • Assist management in the planning of menus and recipes.
  • Assist management in the production of food safety protocols including Critical control points.
  • Understand the need for special therapeutic and cultural dietary requirements.
  • Attend relevant meetings.
  • Production and management of relevant paperwork to support the business of the Trust.

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Organisation of the Kitchen and Associated areas.
  • Allocation of work to Catering Assistants.
  • Supervision of food production and service, including the satisfactory completion of monitoring forms Responsible for ensuring preparation, cooking and service of meals occurs to strict timetables and deadlines.
  • Ensure all meals conform to the correct recipe, quantity, quality and appearance.
  • Forecast menu requirement based on historical data
  • Checking monitoring /audit forms for accuracy and to ensure remedial action has been taken.
  • Ensure adherence to Food Safety Legislation and local codes of practice.
  • In the event of a Major Incident or critical failure, the correct procedures are followed, and action is taken so meal service can be continued.
  • Assist management in the planning of menus and recipes.
  • Assist management in the production of food safety protocols including Critical control points.
  • Understand the need for special therapeutic and cultural dietary requirements.
  • Attend relevant meetings.
  • Production and management of relevant paperwork to support the business of the Trust.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to GCSE or equivalent level for example functional skills level 2
  • CIEHO Intermediate Food Hygiene Certificate, or equivalent
  • 706/1/2 City & Guilds or eqyuivalent

Desirable

  • CIEHO Advanced Food Hygiene
  • IOSH
  • Supervisory Qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Quality Monitoring of food production
  • Substantial experience of large scale catering operation

Desirable

  • Previous experience of a cook chill system
  • Previous experience as a supervisor including in an acting up role

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent communication and organisational skills
  • Ability to organise and prioritise day to day tasks
  • Ability to use a variety of large scale equipment
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Use of computer systems snd packages
  • Work to deadlines
  • Customer care skills with the ability to communicate with a range of people including patients and service users

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of key temperature controls and food safety
  • Knowledge of Cook chill
  • An understanding of the importance of supervision

Desirable

  • Knowledge of audit procedures (including income through the shops )
  • Knowledge of HR policies and procedures

Additional

Essential

  • Work unsociable hours
  • Flexibility to provide cover for colleagues
  • Ability to travel independently between sites
  • Speak English to an appropiate standard relevant to their role with confidence and accuracy using correct sentence styructures and vocabulary and without hesitation
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to GCSE or equivalent level for example functional skills level 2
  • CIEHO Intermediate Food Hygiene Certificate, or equivalent
  • 706/1/2 City & Guilds or eqyuivalent

Desirable

  • CIEHO Advanced Food Hygiene
  • IOSH
  • Supervisory Qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Quality Monitoring of food production
  • Substantial experience of large scale catering operation

Desirable

  • Previous experience of a cook chill system
  • Previous experience as a supervisor including in an acting up role

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent communication and organisational skills
  • Ability to organise and prioritise day to day tasks
  • Ability to use a variety of large scale equipment
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Use of computer systems snd packages
  • Work to deadlines
  • Customer care skills with the ability to communicate with a range of people including patients and service users

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of key temperature controls and food safety
  • Knowledge of Cook chill
  • An understanding of the importance of supervision

Desirable

  • Knowledge of audit procedures (including income through the shops )
  • Knowledge of HR policies and procedures

Additional

Essential

  • Work unsociable hours
  • Flexibility to provide cover for colleagues
  • Ability to travel independently between sites
  • Speak English to an appropiate standard relevant to their role with confidence and accuracy using correct sentence styructures and vocabulary and without hesitation

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 details

Employer name

Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Albert Edward Infirmary

Wigan Lane

Wigan

WN1 2NN


Employer's website

http://www.wwl.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Albert Edward Infirmary

Wigan Lane

Wigan

WN1 2NN


Employer's website

http://www.wwl.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Assistant Catering Manager

Mike Estwick

mike.estwick@wwl.nhs.uk

01942822742

Details

Date posted

24 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

302-25-7030406E

Job locations

Royal Albert Edward Infirmary

Wigan Lane

Wigan

WN1 2NN


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