Chef/Supervisor

Derbyshirehealthcareft; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

27 days annual leave plus bank hols

Training and development

Health service discounts

Employee assistance programme

Supportive team environment

Job summary

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Catering Supervisor (Band 4) to lead the catering team at Kingsway & Radbourne Town in Derby. The role requires supervising meal preparation, ensuring food safety, and managing shift duties and rosters for patient and staff catering.

You will work 37.5 hours weekly across early and late shifts, with weekends included, contributing to high-quality meals and strict hygiene standards while supporting service improvements.

Qualifications

• Proven supervisory experience in a catering environment.
• Strong knowledge of food safety and HACCP principles.
• Experience in managing staff rosters and workload.

Responsibilities

• To cook meals for patients and staff that are nutritious, appetising and nice to eat.
• To supervise preparation and service of food across all kitchen sections.
• To allocate work fairly and issue staff instructions during shifts.
• To manage cash handling and daily reconciliation for staff restaurant and call orders.
• To ensure adherence to food safety and health and safety legislation.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Team leadership

Food safety knowledge

Customer service

Education

City & Guilds 706/2 or NVQ Level 2 in food preparation

Equivalent experience within a large scale catering dept.

Customer care qualification NVQ level 3 in Food Safety, Knowledge of food hygiene

Job description

View our current vacancies by professional area below, or view all our vacancies at healthjobsuk.com

Main area Chef - Supervisor Grade NHS AfC: Band 4 Contract Permanent: Prem Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Various shifts 06:30 - 14:20 & 10:40 - 18:30 weekends included) Job ref 383-FAC-7921-26

Site Kingsway & Radbourne Town Derby Salary £28,392 - £31,157 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 05/11/2026 23:59

Want to make a real difference and have a truly rewarding career? Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.

We’ve been rated ‘good’ overall by the CQC, with some outstanding services. The CQC commented at our most recent inspection on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.

We are passionate about making equality, diversity and inclusion part of our DNA. We take pride in our “People First Culture” which creates a workplace where everyone feels a genuine sense of belonging, difference is celebrated, and people are comfortable to bring their whole selves to work. We value the richness that comes from having colleagues that are fully representative of the local community. We welcome people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, protected characteristics, and with all backgrounds and experiences.

Job overview

To be an integral member of the Catering Team The catering supervisor is to ensure the safe provision of Catering services to patients, staff and visitors.

E nsuring that all aspects of food safety and hygiene is followed and any changes in food safety legislation is passed down to the teams.

Ensure all hospitality requests are completed in a timely manner

All financial control are followed with regards to cash handling and card payments

Main duties of the job

To ensure the fair and equitable allocation of work throughout the shift, giving staff instructions for their duties.

To provide supervision of the preparation and service of food in all areas, checking that meals issued meet agreed standards for quality and presentation.

To carry out cooking duties as required and organise work for each kitchen section.

To undertake the handling of cash from staff restaurant and call order service and to reconcile daily.

To ensure the adherence to safe working practices within Health & Safety and Food Hygiene Legislation, ensuring that cleaning schedules are followed, daily control forms completed and that temperature controls are maintained and recorded.

Prepare duty rosters, ensuring full and economical use of available staff hours allocated for essential training covered, and the most cost-effective allocation of workload responsibilities.

A weekly control sheet produced on overtime worked with reasons. To assist with the training of all staff to ensure safe working practices are followed.

To assist with the staff IPR’s and development reviews, making recommendations for further development.

To receive information to be processed to all staff i.e. Team Brief, Improving Working Lives, new policies etc.

To be prepared to reorganise work at short notice due to constant interruptions, and extra catering requirements required not originally scheduled for that day.

To carry out any other relevant duties as requested by the catering manager

Working for our organisation

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD’ overall, commenting on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.”

Benefits include:

Commitment to flexible working where this is possible

27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years’ service

Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training

Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits

Health service discounts and online benefits

Incremental pay progression

Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7

Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network

Health and wellbeing opportunities

Structured learning and development opportunities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To cook meals for patients and staff that is nutritious, appetizing and nice to eat.
• To be able to work on your own using your initiative as well as being able to work as part of a team.
• To be able to follow recipes and identify allergens within food.
• Follow food hygiene and health & safety policies at all times.
• Can be busy at certain parts of the day and being on your feet all day
• Can get hot in the department, especially summer months

Person specification

Application form

• City & Guilds 706/2 or NVQ Level 2 in food preparation
• Equivalent experience within a large scale catering dept.
• Customer care qualification NVQ level 3 in Food Safety, Knowledge of food hygiene

Application form

• Supervisory qualification or experience
• Knowledge of food safety policies and HACCP

Additional Information

Flexible Working

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for our service and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern.

Disability Confident Employer

The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support you in the recruitment process please let us know.

If you require any support in completing the application form please do not hesitate to contact the Recruitment Team, 01332 564856, option 1, option 1 or email [e-mail] and we will be happy to provide assistance.

DBS Checks

The cost of undertaking a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) disclosure will be met by the individual. The Trust will meet the initial costs of the disclosure which will be deducted from your first month’s salary.

This job may close early if a large number of applications are received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid missing your chance to apply.

We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidate’s individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role.

All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety.

Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application numbers

Please be aware this vacancy will close when it has hit a certain number of applications, even if this is before the listed closing date. We recommend you complete and submit your application as soon as you are able.

Name Paul Beckworth Job title Catering manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07792097536

If you have problems applying, contact

Address Recruitment Team
Telephone [phone] option 1, option 1 (please note, my normal working days are Mon-Thu)

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