Catering Supervisor

NHS Scotland; Windygates; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Scotland Terms and Conditions

Generous annual leave entitlement

NHS Pension Scheme

Access to training and professional开发

Job summary

NHS Scotland is seeking an experienced Catering Supervisor to support the day-to-day operation of the Catering Service at Cameron Hospital. You will lead the catering team to deliver safe, high-quality patient and retail catering aligned with NHS standards.

Working closely with the Catering Manager, you will oversee staffing, training, and ensuring compliance with food hygiene, HACCP, and infection prevention requirements while maintaining excellent service and patient satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Supervisory experience within catering, healthcare, or food service.
• Knowledge of Food Hygiene and HACCP principles.
• Experience managing staff and allocating workloads.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.
• Competent IT skills.

Responsibilities

• Supervise daily catering operations and support staff performance.
• Coordinate staffing, rotas, annual leave, and absence cover.
• Ensure compliance with food hygiene, HACCP, infection prevention, and NHS standards.
• Support staff induction, training, and development.
• Monitor food quality, service delivery, and patient satisfaction.
• Liaise with clinical teams regarding dietary requirements and specialist diets.
• Assist with stock control, ordering, and resource management.
• Promote safe working practices and maintain a clean, organised working environment.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Food hygiene knowledge

HACCP knowledge

Staff management

Communication

IT skills

Tools

IT systems

Job description

Are you an experienced catering professional with supervisory experience and a passion for delivering high-quality patient and retail catering services?

NHS Fife is looking for a motivated Catering Supervisor to support the day-to-day operation of the Catering Service at Cameron Hospital.

Working closely with the Catering Manager, you will provide frontline leadership to catering team, ensuring safe, efficient, and patient-focused food services are delivered to the highest standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise daily catering operations and support staff performance.
• Coordinate staffing, rotas, annual leave, and absence cover.
• Ensure compliance with food hygiene, HACCP, infection prevention, and NHS standards.
• Support staff induction, training, and development.
• Monitor food quality, service delivery, and patient satisfaction.
• Liaise with clinical teams regarding dietary requirements and specialist diets.
• Assist with stock control, ordering, and resource management.
• Promote safe working practices and maintain a clean, organised working environment.

Essential Requirements

• Supervisory experience within catering, hospitality, healthcare, or food service.
• Knowledge of Food Hygiene and HACCP principles.
• Experience managing staff and allocating workloads.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and prioritise competing demands.
• Competent IT skills.

What We Offer

• NHS Scotland Terms and Conditions.
• Generous annual leave entitlement.
• NHS Pension Scheme.
• Access to training and professional development opportunities.
• Enhanced rates of pay for weekend and public holiday working.
• Working pattern includes every second weekend (Saturday and Sunday).

Informal Enquiries: Saffron Moir 01383 623612 ext 25916

A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK websitehere.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsoredBEFORE submitting your application form.

We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.