East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Catering Supervisor

The closing date is 18 July 2025

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Job summary

We are looking at recruiting a Catering Supervisor who will be responsible for overseeing daily operations, ensuring food quality and hygiene standards, managing staff, ensuring that the departmental procedures/policy's are followed They also need to ensure smooth and efficient service delivery to customers.

Main duties of the job

Supervising Kitchen staff, ensuring food is served correctly, and managing the smooth flow of the catering service, portion control,

Completion of audit forms associated with food safety, & procedures.

Serving food to patient's at ward level, having a good knowledge of special dietary requirement's and knowledge of Allergens

Supervising and training staff, assigning tasks and evaluating performance

Ensuring a positive and efficient experience for our service users

Involved in erostering of staff and ensuring adequate cover is available for a smooth running of the service

Managing sickness and holiday cover

About us

We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

Details

Date posted

04 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

435-1LSC-UHMBT-044-25

Job locations

Furness General Hospital

Dalton Lane

Barrow-in-Furness

LA14 4LF


Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading.

Person Specification

Essential/Diserable

Essential

  • GCSE English and Maths, grade C or above or grade 9-4 or equivalent qualification in English and Maths.
  • Foundation Hygiene Certificate.
  • Previous supervisory experience
  • Leadership skills/motivation
  • Working knowledge of HACCP and COSHH systems.

Desirable

  • Intermediate Food Hygiene.
  • NVQ Level 3 Supervisory Management.
  • Able to communicate within a team and provide diverse feedback to colleagues and line managers
Person Specification

Essential/Diserable

Essential

  • GCSE English and Maths, grade C or above or grade 9-4 or equivalent qualification in English and Maths.
  • Foundation Hygiene Certificate.
  • Previous supervisory experience
  • Leadership skills/motivation
  • Working knowledge of HACCP and COSHH systems.

Desirable

  • Intermediate Food Hygiene.
  • NVQ Level 3 Supervisory Management.
  • Able to communicate within a team and provide diverse feedback to colleagues and line managers

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Furness General Hospital

Dalton Lane

Barrow-in-Furness

LA14 4LF


Employer's website

http://jobs.elht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Furness General Hospital

Dalton Lane

Barrow-in-Furness

LA14 4LF


Employer's website

http://jobs.elht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Catering Lead

Tracy Litt

tracy.litt@mbht.nhs.uk

01229491001

Details

Date posted

04 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

435-1LSC-UHMBT-044-25

Job locations

Furness General Hospital

Dalton Lane

Barrow-in-Furness

LA14 4LF


Supporting documents

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