Catering Supervisor

Hampshire Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Winchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare organization in Winchester is looking for a Catering Supervisor to join their team. In this role, you will supervise Catering Assistants and ensure top-notch customer service and food safety. You'll be responsible for training staff and maintaining the restaurant's profitability while embodying a hands-on and flexible approach. Previous experience in catering and strong leadership skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in a catering or food service environment.
• Strong leadership skills to supervise a team.
• Ability to maintain high standards of customer service.

Responsibilities

• Supervise Catering Assistants/Kitchen Porters.
• Ensure high standards of customer service and food safety.
• Train staff to complete their roles effectively.
• Support staff through hands-on working.

Job description

Overview

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen in the Catering Services Department at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital (Winchester).

The successful candidate will work as part of a team to ensure high standards of food service alongside outstanding customer service. The post holder will ensure staff are trained and equipped to complete all aspects of their role, and together with Deputy Head of Catering Services, Kitchen Manager and Head Chefs ensure that the restaurant operates as a profitable business enterprise. A flexible approach to work and active supporting of staff through hands-on working is a key requirement of the role.

Responsibilities

• Supervise Catering Assistants/ Kitchen Porters and work as part of a catering supervisor team, covering early and late shifts as required by the needs of the service.
• Ensure high standards of customer service, food safety and cleaning are achieved and maintained.
• Ensure staff are trained and equipped to complete all aspects of their role, and work with the head chef, kitchen manager, Admin team and Deputy Head of Catering to ensure patient meal service and kitchen porter service function as a profitable business enterprise.
• Demonstrate a flexible approach to work and actively support staff through hands-on working.

About the Trust

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represents the interests of their constituencies and influences the future plans of the Foundation Trust.