Band 5 Deputy Catering Lead

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

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Job summary

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An opportunity has arisen for a motivated individual who enjoys a challenge. This exciting new position is within the Facilities Division as Deputy Catering Lead covering four sites.

Your attention to detail, innovation and maintaining high standards of customer service, Food Hygiene, Safety and HACCP will be key to developing and delivering excellent patient catering, retail and hospitality services in line with The NHS National Food & Drink Standards.

You will be supporting and working closely with the Catering Services Lead, and you will oversee all in-house facilities for patient catering, retail and hospitality services.

You will have an excellent Chef background with the skills and experience of cooking in a commercial kitchen environment.

This role is operational and the post holder will deputise for the Catering Services Lead.

The catering service is a seven-day operation, some shift work including weekends will be necessary to provide leadership cover which will include staff briefing.

The post holder must ensure appropriate arrangements are in place so that a safe, efficient and quality catering service is provided for our patients, staff and visitors.

This role is a permanent position; however, we will consider a secondment / fixed term or student placement opportunity.

Interview date: 22nd & 23rdApril 2025

Main duties of the job

Ensuring the catering service is compliant with:

Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) Food Safety System and Food Hygiene and Safety Legislation

NHSEI Standards for Healthcare Food and Drink

  • Leading and mentoring the catering team to provide them with resources, encouragement, and support to enable them to succeed within the specific areas of responsibilities
  • Under the leadership of the Catering Service Lead, effectively manage the budgetary resources and control the department's expenditure within the agreed financial allocation.
  • Regularly observe service delivery in the production kitchen, retail restaurant services, and ward level and exercising professional judgement to rectify any problems noted that relate to food production
  • Provide professional catering leadership to the service, reacting to unplanned challenges using problem analysis, experience, and judgement to sometimes complex issues.

About us

This role covers four main sites Moseley Hall Hospital, West Heath, West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and Birmingham Dental Hospital.

Be Part of Our Team...

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

Date posted

31 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year (per annum)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

820-7014317-COR

Job locations

Moseley Hall Hospital Catering Department

Alcester Road

Birmingham

B13 8JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

https://admin.trac.jobs/documents?vdoc=9242355

Detailed Job Description in the above link

Develop and empower all members of your team to perform to high standards and innovate

Ensure that the Catering Departments complies with HACCP legislation and that it can present audit trails with a due diligence defence

Provide specialist communication regarding food standards

Ensure supportive staff management arrangements are in place and carry out appraisals/personal development reviews (PDRs) for direct reports. Ensure all staff in your team/s have annual PDRs resulting in specific objectives and effective personal development plans

Support and implement effective communication systems delivering team briefs and staff meetings to effectively convey service critical information.

Job description

Job responsibilities

https://admin.trac.jobs/documents?vdoc=9242355

Detailed Job Description in the above link

Develop and empower all members of your team to perform to high standards and innovate

Ensure that the Catering Departments complies with HACCP legislation and that it can present audit trails with a due diligence defence

Provide specialist communication regarding food standards

Ensure supportive staff management arrangements are in place and carry out appraisals/personal development reviews (PDRs) for direct reports. Ensure all staff in your team/s have annual PDRs resulting in specific objectives and effective personal development plans

Support and implement effective communication systems delivering team briefs and staff meetings to effectively convey service critical information.

Person Specification

As per person specification

Essential

  • Chefs qualification or demonstrate through work experience Chef skills

Desirable

  • Experience of using office systems

Experience within the catering sector

Essential

  • Examples of places worked and duties undertaken

Desirable

  • Level 3 Food Safety & Hygiene
Person Specification

As per person specification

Essential

  • Chefs qualification or demonstrate through work experience Chef skills

Desirable

  • Experience of using office systems

Experience within the catering sector

Essential

  • Examples of places worked and duties undertaken

Desirable

  • Level 3 Food Safety & Hygiene

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

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Address

Moseley Hall Hospital Catering Department

Alcester Road

Birmingham

B13 8JL


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Address

Moseley Hall Hospital Catering Department

Alcester Road

Birmingham

B13 8JL


Employer's website

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

For questions about the job, contact:

Catering Lead

Ann Fitzgerald

ann.fitzgerald8@nhs.net

Date posted

31 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year (per annum)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

820-7014317-COR

Job locations

Moseley Hall Hospital Catering Department

Alcester Road

Birmingham

B13 8JL


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