Catering Supervisor

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Rochdale; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave allowance

Flexible working

Health and wellbeing hours

Job summary

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

You will supervise catering assistants, manage rotas, ensure HACCP standards and portion control, and use EPOS data to adapt menus while maintaining cleanliness and a positive team culture.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising catering teams in a healthcare setting.
• Knowledge of HACCP and food safety standards.
• Ability to analyse EPOS data to inform menus.
• Experience managing stock, wastage and deliveries.

Responsibilities

• Supervise daily food service and staff rotas.
• Lead staff briefings and ensure high service standards.
• Maintain cleaning and portion control to standard recipes.
• Handle cash and complete monthly reports from EPOS.
• Record temperatures and monitor HACCP compliance.
• Manage stock, wastage, deliveries and ordering.
• Administrative HACCP filing and updating spreadsheets.
• Support domestic tasks and ensure high cleanliness.
• Train staff and ensure mandatory training is completed.
• Work under pressure and maintain cross-department relationships.
• Use electronic menu ordering software to take patient orders and generate reports.

Skills

Leadership

Staff supervision

EPOS analysis

HACCP compliance

Stock management

Training staff

Communication

Cash handling

Tools

EPOS system

Job description

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.

• 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.

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 working closely with local authorities and key partners.

We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re 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.

Learn more about us in our Candidate Information Pack (opens in existing window)

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Shelley Pearson-Smith Job title: Catering Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0161 624 0420