Catering Supervisor

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We are looking for a Catering Supervisor to join our team at Ravenswood House, where you'll play a key role in delivering food services to our clients and overseeing daily kitchen operations.

Your responsibilities will include preparing fresh sandwiches, salads, and vegetables, while ensuring the catering area stays clean and meets our hygiene standards.

Most of the catering is provided via counter service, with some meals served to the wards.

While previous kitchen experience is preferred, we provide full training to help you succeed in the role.

The position is for 37.5 hours per week, spread over 5 out of 7 days, with a mix of early, late, and weekend shifts. Weekend and overtime work is compensated, along with a site bonus due to the nature of the site.

You'll be part of a small team, but there may be times when you'll be required to work independently.

We are looking for someone who is patient-focused, adaptable, and dedicated to maintaining the high standards of service we expect for our clients.

In return, we offer a generous annual leave package starting at 27 days plus bank holidays, which increases with length of service. We also provide a highly competitive pension scheme for all employees.

There may be opportunities to work at our other locations from time to time.

Main duties of the job

Help prepare food and manage production of 2 main meals daily (including the regeneration of food items requiring this in accordance with our food safety policy).

Maintain the catering area in line with food safety and trust policies, working with, and leading the team to keep the environment up to standards keeping to due diligence.

Help with the counter food service during the mealtimes observing all required food hygiene processes.

Complete the food ordering, staff management, keep paperwork and online records up to date, manage risk assessments and COSHH date for your area.

Work to correct standards of cleanliness and hygiene adhering to standards in Simply Safe ToolKit guidelines ensuring principals of hazard analysis are followed.

Be aware of all the kitchen due diligence processes including recording systems for deliveries, fridges and freezers and food items.

To ensure as part of the team that recordings of fridge and freezer, hot food and blast chilling temperatures are taken and put onto SSTK forms on a daily basis and kept on file for 3 months.

Have an understanding of the labelling system, tablet/online ordering system, and PPDS items and regulations, and understand how to correctly package and label foods to be stored.

Manage the team to ensure the daily, weekly and monthly tasks outlined on the cleaning schedule are completed.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

Date posted

21 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year based on full time hours

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

348-FM-7187

Job locations

Ravenswood House

Mayles Lane, Knowle

Fareham

Hampshire

PO17 5NA

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Minimal City & Guilds 706/2 or equivalent NVQ level 2 in food preparation
Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Minimal City & Guilds 706/2 or equivalent NVQ level 2 in food preparation
Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

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.