Patient Catering Supervisor | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Southend University Hospital NHS Trust; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Chelmsford seeks a Supervisor for patient catering services. This role involves ensuring food hygiene compliance, supervising staff, and coordinating the catering team's activities. Candidates should have supervisory experience in catering and an understanding of health safety regulations. Join us to make a real difference in patient care.

Qualifications

• Experience in supervisory roles in catering or related fields.
• Understanding of food hygiene and health & safety regulations.
• Ability to manage staff and coordinate schedules.

Responsibilities

• Supervise patient catering and ensure timely food delivery.
• Maintain hygiene standards and ensure compliance with regulations.
• Coordinate staffing and manage a large department.

Job description

Overview

Join our department we provide all meals to patients on a daily basis whilst working alongside the nursing staff to ensure that all our patients have the correct dietary needs whilst in our care. To be a hands on Supervisor to provide appropriate staffing levels and skill mix in the patient catering areas, to ensure a cost effective quality service. Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers. For more details on this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached job description. We look forward to your application!

This advert closes on Monday 29 Sep 2025

Responsibilities

• Be flexible in all other duties and areas in response to the business/customer/management needs. This may include supervising chill room and restaurant staff.
• To ensure that the presentation of all food are in accordance with agreed standards as defined by the Patient Catering Manager.
• To supervise the provision of patient catering ensuring that they are delivered punctually and dirties are collected in a timely manner.
• To ensure that all food hygiene, health and safety and other statutory legislation is adhered to at all time within all patient catering areas and that all stipulated records are maintained.
• To ensure that cleaning schedules are in place which will facilitate regular daily and scheduled cleaning of all equipment in the zonal, ward and department kitchens including topping up of consumables.
• Ensure that cleaning and temperature records are maintained to show compliance.
• Ensuring that stock is rotated in beverage bays, ward kitchens zonal kitchens and departmental kitchens and any out of date food is removed on a daily basis.
• Ensure that staffs take only designated breaks.
• Ensure that correct procedures are used in relation to the use of cleaning of all machinery and adhering to cleaning schedules.
• Be responsible for supervising a large department of staff, including coordinating staffing in relation to a rota and ward duties as required.

Compliance and Standards

• To ensure that all catering staff are compliant with the uniform policy and provide a courteous service to all patients and ensure that all duties and responsibilities are carried out in accordance with all Health and Safety procedures.
• To ensure that all stipulated records are maintained and that health and safety procedures are followed at all times within all patient catering areas.

Organisation Context

With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities. Our aim is to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.