Kitchen Porter Supervisor

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust; Bath; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospital in Bath seeks a Kitchen Porter Supervisor to ensure high standards of service and cleanliness within the catering department. This role requires prior supervisory experience in a catering environment, along with an understanding of food hygiene practices. The successful candidate will lead a team, manage duties, and contribute to the overall care of our patients.

Benefits

Staff Wellbeing Programs

Inclusive Working Environment

Qualifications

• Good education level to O'Level or GCSE.
• Good communication skills at all levels.
• Experience in supervisory management in a healthcare setting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee delivery of service and cleanliness in catering department.
• Manage portering and cleaning rosters.
• Ensure staff compliance with training and health standards.

Skills

Communication

Health & Safety Knowledge

Supervisory Skills

Attention to Detail

Education

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate Level 2

Intermediate Food Hygiene Certificate Level 3

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

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Job Overview

An exciting challenge awaits the right individual to oversee the timely and effective delivery of service and the maintaining of high standards of cleanliness throughout the catering department in this fast paced demanding role.

Job Overview

An exciting challenge awaits the right individual to oversee the timely and effective delivery of service and the maintaining of high standards of cleanliness throughout the catering department in this fast paced demanding role.

Candidates must be motivated professionals with previous experience supervising a team within a catering environment. Someone who takes pride in their work, paying attention to detail and able to effectively communicate at all levels. They will have knowledge of HACCP and COSHH ensuring everyone within the team adhere to departmental policies and procedures at all times.

Main duties of the job

Working with storekeepers, kitchen supervisors and catering management to ensure effective supervision over all portering duties.

Ensure timely and correct storage of all foods and non-food items.

To manage portering rosters and cleaning rosters ensuring adequate cover on each shift and that high standards of cleanliness are maintained at all times in all catering areas.

Ensure kitchen porters receive mandatory induction and refresher training as required, identifying and actioning any additional training needs of individual staff.

To ensure the timely and professional delivery of service expected by our service users.

To manage the timely and effective disposal of al kitchen waste.

Continually monitor all catering equipment and building fabric to Identify maintenance issues, reporting them on Shire and following up until completion.

To work with other departments and wards to support the continuous smooth working of the hospital.

To deal effectively with verbal complaints, incidents and accidents ensuring appropriate steps are taken to avoid reoccurrence and bringing them to the attention of the food production manager.

To continually promote safe working practices, strong team working ethics, effective communication and the Trusts values and working behaviors,

Working for our organisation

At the RUH we’re proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Good level of education to O'Level or GCSE / Basic Food Hygiene Certificate Level 2
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Intermediate Food Hygiene Certificate Level 3 / Supervisory management
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Good communication at all levels / Good understanding of Health & Safety and Infection Control
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Supervisory management in a healthcare setting / Proficiency in Microsoft Word & Excel
  
  

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

• Job Description & Person Spec Kitchen Porter Supervisor (PDF, 495.7KB)
• Join the RUH (PDF, 1.1MB)
  
  

Further details / informal visits contact

Name Lee Johnston Job title Food Production Manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01225 824695

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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