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Job summary

Main area
Catering
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Long days, weekends, evenings)
Job ref
390-COR-BA-0383
Employer
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Basildon
Town
Basildon
Salary
£24,071 Per Annum (+enhancements for weekends and bank holidays)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
23/01/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust logo

Restaurant Supervisor

Band 3

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend.

 

We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation determined to provide the best health care services for our local population and working in the best interests of the people we serve.

 

Job overview

Are you passionate about food? Do you enjoy meeting and working with a variety of people? 

 We are currently have an exciting new opportunity at Basildon Hospital to work in our newly refurbished Restaurant as a Catering supervisor.

If you have the desired skills and want to work in a team focused environment, please apply today.

Main duties of the job

If successful you will work in our busy but friendly catering department.

Your duties will include:

Basic food preparation, including packing, labelling, displaying and chilling of sandwiches and other food products.

Serving meals within the agreed standards for portion control and presentation.

Supervising a small team, including rosters, annual leave and sickness management

Improve our patients, visitors and staff experience through good food and friendly attitude

Working for our organisation

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 ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

Patients will experience improved care as well as fewer delays and cancellations.  We are able to provide more once-in-a-lifetime specialist care region-wide. With our new trust size will come more opportunities for development, research, networking and innovation.

We aim 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.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached a full job description setting out the details of the role and responsibilities.

We look forward to your application!

*** PLEASE NOTE THIS POST INCLUDES LONG DAYS, WEEKENDS AND EVENINGS ***

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Good Level of General education incl. English and Maths GCSE
  • Level 2 Food safety NVQ or Equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience working within the general public
  • Experience leading a team
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of cash handling
  • Experience of working in catering or retail
  • NHS Experience

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Trust IDNHS Employers Diversity and Inclusion PartnersApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/kickstart-scheme-employer-resources/kickstart-scheme-brand-guidelinesStonewall Silver 2022Disability confident employerNHS Rainbow badgeNHS Pastoral CareNHS 75th Birthday

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Catherine Crouch
Job title
Catering Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01268524900
Additional information

EXT:3359

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