Catering Supervisor

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Swindon; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Care certificate funding

Degree funding

Leadership qualifications funding

Study leave

CPD opportunities

Rotational placements

Flexible working

Family-friendly policies

27 days leave + bank holidays

Occupational health services

Blue Light Card discounts

NHS Pension

Cycle to work

Car lease schemes

Job summary

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Barnstaple is seeking a Catering Supervisor to oversee the catering service team, ensuring efficient, hygienic and high-quality support for staff, patients and visitors. The role includes first-line management responsibilities and safeguarding confidential information in a busy NHS setting.

The post operates on a 36.45-hour week rota with shifts across mornings and afternoons, including weekend coverage.

Qualifications

• Management experience is implied by overseeing the catering service team.
• Ability to organise day-to-day operations across a two-week rota.

Responsibilities

• Organise and supervise the catering service team’s day-to-day work in Barnstaple
• Provide efficient, hygienic and high-quality catering support for staff, patients and visitors
• Carry out first-line management responsibilities
• Maintain the Trust’s professional image
• Keep information secure and confidential

Job description

The Catering Supervisor is part of Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s retail catering service in Barnstaple. The post oversees the service team’s daily work, maintaining efficient, hygienic and good-quality catering for staff, patients and visitors while carrying out first-line management responsibilities and protecting confidential information. The rota is 36.45 hours a week across alternating weeks, with shifts from 07:00 to 15:00 or 11:45 to 19:15 and weekend shifts from 11:15 to 19:15. Priority and at-risk staff, including NHS at-risk staff across Devon, receive preference.

What the job involves

• Organise and supervise the catering service team’s day-to-day work in Barnstaple
• Provide efficient, hygienic and high-quality catering support for staff, patients and visitors
• Carry out first-line management responsibilities
• Maintain the Trust’s professional image
• Keep information secure and confidential

Other

• 36.45 hours a week on a two-week rota, including Saturday and Sunday shifts

What’s offered

• Funding for care certificate, degree or leadership qualifications, plus study leave, CPD and rotational placements
• Flexible working schemes and family-friendly policies
• 27 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days plus bank holidays
• Occupational health services, including counselling, wellbeing activities and groups
• Staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure, including Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts
• Salary sacrifice options, including an on-site nursery and car lease schemes
• NHS Pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme