Deputy Catering Manager

Job summary

The post holder is responsible for the operational management of catering services within prescribed budgetary limits, providing a comprehensive, high quality, cost effective and safe service to patients, staff and visitors, which is responsive to their changing needs.The post holder is responsible for the recruitment, selection, welfare and disciplinary procedures relating to staff. Also responsible for the facilitation of induction programmes and ongoing staff training and developing, ensuring the highest standards of food hygiene safety, food quality, leadership and health & safety is achieved and that these standards are maintained through the development of monitoring systems, policies, procedures, carrying out risk assessments and action planning.

Main duties of the job

Manchester Foundation Trust is a leading integrated health, teaching, research and innovation campus in the thriving city region of Manchester. We offer a unique range of services to the North and South, treating and managing the simplest to the most complex conditions and diseases. We treat more than a million patients every year and we are home to hundreds of world-class staff, each committed to being the very best at what we do. As one of the largest NHS Trusts, recruiting the best talent to fulfil the wide range of our varied and specialist roles is really important to us.

At North Manchester General Hospital the Facilities staff employed provide an integral service to the smooth running of the site. We are now looking for a Deputy Catering Manager to work at North Manchester General Hospital to help us to continue to deliver excellent support services to the hospitals in the Trust.

The post holder will manage the catering department within prescribed budgetary limits and maximise of Trust income from sales of meals and snacks and minimise food spoilage and wastage. They will be responsible for ordering and authorising food and equipment supplies, keeping accurate financial records. This role is responsible for ensuring patients are offered a choice or nutritious meals and snacks, appropriate for their health needs and religious dietary requirement.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.