Catering Supervisor

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; North West Leicestershire; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Catering Supervisor to lead day-to-day teams delivering food service to patient wards and retail outlets across Rochdale Infirmary, Tudor Court, and the Floyd Unit.

The role requires ensuring food safety, standardised recipes, portion control, and effective supervision of catering staff, with the potential to work across Trust Kitchens. A close collaboration with managers is essential.

Qualifications

• Level 2 Food Safety certification required.
• NVQ 3 or equivalent catering qualification or willingness to work towards.
• Level 3 Food Hygiene certification.

Responsibilities

• Supervise daily food service and staff rotas within budget.
• Lead staff briefings and maintain hygiene and service standards.
• Ensure recipes are standardised and portions are controlled.
• Record temperatures, monitor HACCP compliance, and adjust procedures.
• Handle stock duties and monitor wastage; manage deliveries.

Skills

Level 2 Food Safety

NVQ 3 or equivalent catering

Level 3 Food Hygiene

HACCP knowledge

Cleaning Schedules

Catering production supervision

Food industry experience

Education

NVQ 3 or equivalent catering qualification

Level 3 Food Hygiene

Job description

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Catering Supervisor

The closing date is 22 November 2026

We are looking for a Catering Supervisor to lead the day-to-day teams in the provision of food service to both patient wards and retail outlets.

The role oversees retail and patient catering across Rochdale Infirmary, Tudor Court, and the Floyd Unit, ensuring services meet Food Safety Act standards and Trust policies.

You will be able to work without supervision at the stated place of work and ancillary units but may be asked to work within any of the Trust Kitchens.

Responsibilities include supervising daily food service, leading staff briefings, maintaining cleaning and service standards, and ensuring food is prepared to standardised recipes with correct portion control.

Main duties of the job

• Cash handling, analysing EPOS data to adjust menus, and completing monthly BVA reports.
• Recording of food temperatures, monitoring HACCP compliance, and adapting procedures as needed.
• Stock duties include checking, rotating, and ordering supplies, recording wastage, and receiving deliveries.
• Administrative tasks cover HACCP filing, patient numbers, and updating spreadsheets.
• The role supports domestic tasks such as dishwasher use, tray clearing, and maintaining high cleanliness standards.
• Leadership duties include supervising catering assistants, allocating tasks, managing rotas within budget, ensuring correct PPE, and maintaining positive team relations.
• Training staff, ensures mandatory training is completed, and communicates effectively with managers.
• Working under pressure, using initiative, and maintaining good relationships across departments.
• Physical demands include lifting, handling, prolonged standing, and extensive walking.
• Use of the Electronic Menu Ordering Software to take patient orders and generate reports.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and Salford, to save and improve lives.As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and collaborating closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we are always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

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. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Qualifications & Training

• Level 2 Food Safety
• NVQ 3 or equivalent catering qualification and willingness to work towards an NVQ Level 3 if required
• Level 3 Food Hygiene

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Knowledge of HACCP Systems
• Knowledge of Cleaning Schedules
• Job experience within the food industry
• Experience in a catering production supervisory role

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 name

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

£25,760 to £27,476 a yearpro rata, per annum