Job summary
- Main area
- Management
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 220-WHT-3162
- Employer
- Whittington Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Whittington Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £30,039 - £31,088 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Catering Stores Manager
Band 3
Covid-19 Vaccination
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We encourage and support staff to get COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible.
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Job overview
To be responsible for ordering/requisitioning, receipting (physical and online receipting) of delivered items, checking delivery notes against orders, in compliance with the departments operating procedures
To initiate procurement request using the Trust Electronic Requisitioning Ordering System, PECOS and PIM
To manage available storage space in line with the department’s operational policies and procedures
To be responsible for issuing food items, dry goods and cleaning materials
To be responsible for completing food safety checks relating to temperature sensitive food items
To be responsible for checking fridge and freezer temperature
To be responsible for completing requisitions manual and electronic, ensuring stocks of food and non-food consumable products are maintained at the agreed levels, adjusting stock levels in consultation with the Catering Service Manager
To be responsible for ensuring that audit frameworks are maintained for the receipt and issuing of catering commodities
To be responsible for the management of stock rotation within your control, in accordance with the departments operational policies
Main duties of the job
Compliance with current Food Safety Regulations
Compliance with set quality, quantity and food waste control measures
To comply with the departments Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point [HACCP] procedures
To ensure agreed stock levels are maintained
To undertake stocktaking and provision requisitioning
To ensure all service users are treated with the highest regard to customer care
To work in a safe and hygienic manner, ensuring the highest standard of food safety
To maintain the highest standard of personal and professional presentation
To undertake on/off the job training as required
To comply with trust policies and procedures
To take part in the trust appraisal process
Working for our organisation
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To receive deliveries, checking details of goods delivered against the order and the delivery note, ensuring temperatures and food safety criterions are complied with
To undertake the storage of deliveries; ensuring the principles of stock rotation are applied and adhered to by all stock users
To issue items to authorised users, in accordance with guidelines issued by the Catering Service Managers
To have responsibility for requisitioning, receipt, storage and issuing of provisions
To maintain, and where appropriate generate records for the safe / secure management of all goods and commodities received and issued
To liaise with suppliers where goods fail to satisfy the departments purchasing criteria
To comply with stock taking procedures as directed by the Catering Services Managers
To ensure stocks of hazardous materials are safely and appropriately stored
To assist in the delivery of products to wards as necessary
To assist in the allocation of chilled product for ward delivery
To liaise with the Trust procurement personnel in relation to delivery problems
To follow up on credit note queries where necessary
To verify prices, that have been submitted where an invoice accompanies the delivery, taking appropriate action where necessary
To assist in the pricing of menu items
To liaise with the Catering Service Manager, have sufficient quantities of products to meet fluctuations in demand
To assist in supplier assessment when necessary
To monitor and evaluate ward requisitions for top-up items issued by the catering department
To verify standing orders, making occasional adjustments to reflect changing service needs, in consultation with the Catering Service Manager
To attend training courses on and off the job to meet the requirements of the position
To work in a safe manner ensuring that Health & Safety requirements are followed having an overall awareness of department Security and Fire procedures
Any other duties necessary and commensurate with the nature and grading of the post. This may require the post holder to carry out extra duties to those detailed above
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to use own initiative with minimum supervision
- Ability to work unsupervised
- Good communicator both verbal and written
- Capability to follow instructions
- Ability to work within set deadlines
- Ability to co-ordinate multiple tasks
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Able to delegate tasks appropriately
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of what constitutes good customer service
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge & understanding of the importance of document control & processes
- Knowledge of food hygiene regulations
- Customer Care awareness
- Knowledge of Food Hygiene Act and Regulation
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of hospital Catering Services
- Health and Safety at Work
- Knowledge of the NHS and its working environment
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Computer literate (in Microsoft software)
- Understanding of Basic Food Hygiene principles
- Able to supervise staff
Desirable criteria
- NHS experience
- Working large scale food service unit
- Experience of data entry
- Experience in Procurement, logistics or supply chain management
- Previous experience working within a Catering environment
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- An English language qualification / GCSE or equivalent
- Ability to achieve as a minimum the Foundation Food Safety certificate or it’s equivalent qualification
Desirable criteria
- Foundation Food Hygiene Certificate
- Customer Care training
- Health and Safety training
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Flexibility
- Integrity and discretion
- Organised and methodical in approach to work
- Good communication Skills
- Calm under pressure
- Team worker
Desirable criteria
- Creative
- Outgoing, friendly personality
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
- Marvin Diomampo
- Job title
- Interim Catering Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02072883110
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