Catering Supervisor

at  Wrightington Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking for a dynamic Catering Supervisor. The post holder is responsible for the supervision of meal service to patients, staff and visitors. The candidate should demonstrate a passion for food and great customer care skills that will deliver high standards of care with compassion to both patients and customers, Strong leadership skills are desirable.
The post will be responsible for managing our retail shop and supervising the retail staff.
Ensure meals are produced to the highest standards, following food safety legislation and protocols; under the direction of the Assistant Catering Manager.
Complete and manage paperwork and documents associated with the delivery of service. Support and assist the Assistant Catering Managers as required.
To help develop the shop to achieve targets and uphold expected retail standards at all times.
Choose Well – Choose WWL
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
Good basic salary plus an attractive package of benefits which include:
Excellent Pension & Life Assurance Package (over 20% employer contribution)
Excellent annual leave entitlements 27 to 33 days per annum dependent upon service.
Birthday Leave.
Paid occupational maternity, paternity, and adoption leave dependent upon service.
Training opportunities and eLearning resources.
Health and wellbeing support.
Career Progression opportunities within Estates & Facilities and the NHS.
Access to salary sacrifice schemes for items such as lease vehicles and buy a bike schemes.
NHS Discount schemes to access hundreds of discounts and savings from everything to High Street Stores to restaurants, family holidays and more.
Long Service Awards.
Organisation of the Kitchen and Associated areas
Allocation of work to Catering Assistants.
Supervision of food production and service, including the satisfactory completion of monitoring forms Responsible for ensuring preparation, cooking and service of meals occurs to strict timetables and deadlines.
Ensure all meals conform to the correct recipe, quantity, quality and appearance.
Forecast menu requirement based on historical data
Checking monitoring /audit forms for accuracy and to ensure remedial action has been taken.
Ensure adherence to Food Safety Legislation and local codes of practice.
In the event of a Major Incident or critical failure, the correct procedures are followed and action is taken so meal service can be continued.
Assist management in the planning of menus and recipes.
Assist management in the production of food safety protocols including Critical control points.
Understand the need for special therapeutic and cultural dietary requirements.
Attend relevant meetings.
Production and management of relevant paperwork to support the business of theTrust

Please refer the Job description for details