Ward Catering Supervisor: Lead Patient Meals & Team

The Methodist Church in Britain; Sefton; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Liverpool Hospital is seeking a Ward-based catering supervisor to lead a team of hosts and hostesses who run ward kitchen catering, including meal plating, delivery and temperature checks. You will manage rosters, cover during shortages, and conduct staff appraisals across sites within the NHS Liverpool University Hospitals Foundation Trust.

Required are supervisory catering experience and a Level 3 Food Hygiene certificate, with ILM/NVQ 3 in catering or equivalent.

Qualifications

• Level 3 Food Hygiene Certificate is required.
• ILM certificate, NVQ 3 in a catering subject or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and support a team of catering hosts and hostesses on the wards.
• Ensure rosters are covered, allocate work to catering assistants and liaise with management to keep service running during major staff shortages.
• Prioritise urgent requests and authorise overtime within the allocated budget.
• Carry out staff appraisals.
• Regenerate chilled and frozen food, prepare sauces and assemble patient meal trays.
• Plate and serve hot and cold food, deliver meals to patients and serve condiments.
• Probe and record food and equipment temperatures and complete the related paperwork.
• Serve beverages and wash and refill patients' water jugs and beakers.
• Take patient orders and pass the requirements to the catering department.
• Order and receive goods from the catering production unit to keep agreed stock levels.
• Clear meal trays, crockery and cutlery, and collect, segregate and dispose of catering waste.
• Observe health, safety and hygiene procedures and deliver customer care to patients, visitors and colleagues.

Skills

Excellent communication

Excellent organisation

Teamwork

Basic numeracy

Basic literacy

Data inputting

Cash handling

Till systems

Education

Level 3 Food Hygiene Certificate

ILM certificate / NVQ 3 in catering

Job description

Royal Liverpool Hospital is seeking a Ward-based catering supervisor to lead a team of hosts and hostesses who run ward kitchen catering, including meal plating, delivery and temperature checks. You will manage rosters, cover during shortages, and conduct staff appraisals across sites within the NHS Liverpool University Hospitals Foundation Trust.

Required are supervisory catering experience and a Level 3 Food Hygiene certificate, with ILM/NVQ 3 in catering or equivalent.