Deputy Catering Manager

Job summary

The post-holder will assist in ensuring that the Retail and Patient Catering Services are managed in line with the all the Facilities support services, catering standard, operating policies and procedures.

To be part of a management team that ensures the retail and patient catering services have adequate resources, including skills and expertise, to ensure a safe, secure and high quality services are provided by the Trust and are delivered whilst demonstrating value for money within the agreed budget.

The post holder will be part of the Facilities management team and may be expected to be involved in managing across other locations.

To deputise for the Retail andPatient Catering Manager in their absence.

Assist in managing Pay budget - £xxx Non Pay budget £xxx- Retail Catering sales -£xxx meals served weekly.

Main duties of the job

To help set and maintain professional and technical standards for the retail and patient catering department as agreed with the Head of Catering Services ensuring that those standards meet all statutory food safety requirements and stipulated requirements.

To help ensure that all the Trust retail catering services outlets meets full statutory compliance with all aspects of food safety legislation, promoting a positive food safety culture across the Trust.

To assist in managing all aspects of the retail and patient catering services to ensure appropriate staffing, controls and systems are implemented and monitored to ensure a high quality service is provided to all users of the service.

To be part of the management team that plans, leads and provides direction on future developments of the retail and patient catering service ensuring that any feasible and cost effective development is discussed with all relevant personnel and that financial statistics are presented to indicate either cost savings or income generation possibilities.

About us

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• On-site Nurseries
• On-site staff cafes
• On-site parking
• Support in career development
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics

Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

For more information about a career at ASPH please visit:www.asph-careers.org

Employer details

Employer name

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ashford and St Peter's Hospital

Chertsey

KT16 0PZ

Employer's website

https://www.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ashford and St Peter's Hospital

Chertsey

KT16 0PZ

Employer's website

https://www.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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