Catering Supervisor

Integrated Care System; Barrow-in-Furness; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a Catering Supervisor responsible for overseeing daily operations and ensuring food quality. The role includes managing kitchen staff, adhering to hygiene standards, and delivering efficient service while supporting staff training and operational logistics across multiple hospital sites.

Qualifications

• GCSE English and Maths, grade C or above.
• Previous supervisory experience required.
• Working knowledge of HACCP and COSHH systems essential.

Responsibilities

• Supervising staff and managing the catering service flow.
• Ensuring food quality and hygiene standards.
• Training staff and evaluating performance.

Skills

Supervisory skills

Communication

Knowledge of HACCP

Knowledge of COSHH systems

Education

GCSE English and Maths

NVQ Level 3 Supervisory Management

Intermediate Food Hygiene

Job description

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.

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

• GCSE English and Maths, grade C or above or grade 9-4 or equivalent qualification in English and Maths.
• Previous supervisory experience
• Working knowledge of HACCP and COSHH systems.
• 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.