Job summary
- Main area
- Catering
- Grade
- Grade G
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 423-AGHS6706675A
- Employer
- AGH Solutions Ltd
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale General Hospital
- Town
- Steeton
- Salary
- £52,873 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Head of Catering (Grade G)
Grade G
AGH Solutions is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. We are proud of our NHS heritage, and proud to be supporting Airedale’s clinical services.
We provide a wide range of services from traditional facilities management and estate maintenance, to sterile services, wheelchair engineering and procurement, to clients both within and beyond the NHS.
Job overview
We are now recruiting for an Head of Catering –this role is a multifunctional role, and will cover the Patient Meal Service ,Hostess, Housekeeping & Retail Services, leading and managing a team of over 100 colleagues to ensure the highest standards of service are given to our patients, service users and colleagues,.
Our Catering Team which won Team of the Year, is passionate about our patients experience, and developing our service to meet the needs of our patients, colleagues and service users, but also that we work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, building upon the trusts foundations and right care values.
Informal visits to the department are encouraged.
Main duties of the job
To facilitate an efficient and effective catering service for staff and visitors to Airedale General Hospital. This role will be responsible for all catering operations and will have direct operational responsibility for the catering teams including budgetary responsibility. The post holder will also have responsibility for policy implementation and service development.
Working for our organisation
Benefits include:
26 days holiday a year + Bank Holidays (pro rata)
24/7 access to Employee Assistance Line
Options to buy and sell annual leave
Access to 4 Staff Networks – Enable, Gender, Race Equality and Rainbow Networks
Onsite Children’s Nursery
Access to NHS Discounts
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of this job vacancy, please see attached full job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or equivalent management experience
- Management/professional qualification or extensive experience at a senior level in Catering management
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
- Food Safety Level 4
- Further post graduate qualification in catering/facilities management or sufficient experience gained in practice to equate to this level of training.
Desirable criteria
- Recognised management qualification
- Evidence of postgraduate
- Food study
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience of Catering management, significant senior management level experience
- Direct line management experience of large-scale multi-site operations with a diverse workforce of 50+ personnel
- Experience of managing managers
- Experience of business planning and with well- developed report and business case writing skills. Ability to draw up action plans and ensure that deadlines are met in compliance with overall strategy.
- Evidence of sound appreciation and achievement in management of financial targets and budgetary management
- Experience of successfully managing significant budgets and delivering against financial targets.
- Evidence of excellent innovation and achievement in management practice.
- Operational/business planning and business management experience.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of successful involvement in production of clear business cases.
- Project management techniques.
- Demonstrated success in delivering change and performance in complex environments.
- Extensive experience within the NHS or health- related field.
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of NHS Catering agenda in respect of facilities and/or an up-to-date knowledge and awareness of key issues in Catering management.
- Understanding of essential aspects of customer services in Catering
- Good understanding of legislation governing the provision of Catering services and the ability to translate this into practice.
- Knowledge and understanding of the Hospital Food Standards and the BDA Nutrition & Hydration
- Professional leadership
- Knowledge of Human Resources
- Management and excellent staff management skills
- Commercial experience gained in the management of outsourced contracts in a healthcare setting.
Desirable criteria
- Management of portfolio of Catering services
- Understanding of audits
- Data base knowledge
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jon Wilson
- Job title
- Assistant Director - Facilities
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 294891
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