NHSJobs.com

Job overview

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen in the Catering Services Department at the Royal Hampshire Country Hospital (Winchester). 

The successful candidate will work  as part of a team to ensure high standards of food service  alongside outstanding  customer service.

The post holder will ensure staff are trained and equipped to complete all aspects of their role, and together with Deputy Head of Catering Services,  Kitchen Manager and Head Chefs ensure that the restaurant  operates  as a profitable business enterprise. A flexible approach to work and active supporting of staff through hands-on working is a key requirement of the role.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is responsible for the supervision of Catering Assistants/ Kitchen Porters. The post holder must work as part of a team to ensure high standards of customer service; food safety and cleaning are achieved and maintained. The post holder will ensure staff are trained and equipped to complete all aspects of their role, and work with the head chef, kitchen manager, Admin team and Deputy Head of Catering to ensure that the patient meal service & kitchen porter service function as a profitable business enterprise. The post holder will have a flexible approach to work and actively support staff through hands-on working.

The post holder will work as part of the catering supervisor team, covering early and late shifts as required by the needs of the service.

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.