Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Catering Manager

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Job summary

Our catering department at Musgrove Park Hospital Hospital is on a journey to reshape and enhance how we deliver modern, nutritious food that improves patient care and staff wellbeing. We are looking for a highly experienced, inspirational Catering Manager to help us achieve this goal.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a highly experienced, inspirational Catering Manager. Your role will be to help us introduce new, improved technologies that can help transform our catering services and achieve efficiencies across patient and retail services.

As well as experience in large scale catering production, you will also need to demonstrate effective day to day management, including menu planning with budgetary control, strong problem solving skills and the ability to manage information and data effectively to influence decision making. With responsibility for up to 25 staff members, exceptional communication skills and with solid experience of managing other people is a must.

About us

As an organisation, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust offers employees a wide range of benefits including flexible working, NHS pension scheme, generous annual leave allowance and a commitment to career development.

You will be eligible for our Blue Light Card and a wide range of NHS exclusive shopping & leisure discounts.We are proud of our skilled, diverse workforce and as an inclusive employer we welcome applications from all backgrounds.Working in Somerset enables you to enjoy the idyllic countryside, areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable.Somerset offers the countryside and the cosmopolitan -- there is truly something for everyone!

Details

Date posted

30 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

184-OL-PU-1014

Job locations

Musgrove Park Hospital

Musgrove Road

Taunton

Somerset

TA1 5DA


Job description

Job responsibilities

Management responsibility for the delivery of day to day of a comprehensive high quality and cost effective catering service to Patients and Visitors customers at Musgrove Park Hospital .Support strategic development of Catering Services across the Facilities Directorate.

See job descriptions for full details of job role and responsibilities.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Management responsibility for the delivery of day to day of a comprehensive high quality and cost effective catering service to Patients and Visitors customers at Musgrove Park Hospital .Support strategic development of Catering Services across the Facilities Directorate.

See job descriptions for full details of job role and responsibilities.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • City & Guilds 706/2 or equivalentBasic Literacy & NumeracyIntermediate Food Hygiene (Level 3)

Desirable

  • Advanced Food Hygiene (Level 4)

Experience

Essential

  • Experience supervising in a catering environment, preferably in an NHS settingExperience of menu planning

Desirable

  • Management of a large operational Catering Team in an NHS Setting.

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • Knowledge of a catering environment at supervisory level including HACCP procedures, Risk and Budgetary Management.Knowledge of Health & Safety Policies and ProceduresKnowledge of current Catering associated legislation.

Desirable

  • Knowledge of Food Production/Service procedures and stock control systemsKnowledge of NHS key standards for Catering.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • City & Guilds 706/2 or equivalentBasic Literacy & NumeracyIntermediate Food Hygiene (Level 3)

Desirable

  • Advanced Food Hygiene (Level 4)

Experience

Essential

  • Experience supervising in a catering environment, preferably in an NHS settingExperience of menu planning

Desirable

  • Management of a large operational Catering Team in an NHS Setting.

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • Knowledge of a catering environment at supervisory level including HACCP procedures, Risk and Budgetary Management.Knowledge of Health & Safety Policies and ProceduresKnowledge of current Catering associated legislation.

Desirable

  • Knowledge of Food Production/Service procedures and stock control systemsKnowledge of NHS key standards for Catering.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Musgrove Park Hospital

Musgrove Road

Taunton

Somerset

TA1 5DA


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Musgrove Park Hospital

Musgrove Road

Taunton

Somerset

TA1 5DA


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Hiring Manager

Amanda Vickery

amanda.vickery@somersetft.nhs.uk

01823342398

Details

Date posted

30 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

184-OL-PU-1014

Job locations

Musgrove Park Hospital

Musgrove Road

Taunton

Somerset

TA1 5DA


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