Job summary
- Main area
- Patient Catering Manager
- Grade
- LLW Grade E - Non AfC
- Contract
- Permanent: LLW - Grade E (Non-AFC)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (5 Days Out Of 7)
- Job ref
- 343-NN-6944659-FM-HM
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Helier hospital
- Town
- Carshalton
- Salary
- £19.42 per hour
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 06/06/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 24/05/2025
Employer heading
Patient Catering Manager
LLW Grade E - Non AfC
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
Patient Catering Manager
EXCITING OPPORTUNITY... JOIN EPSOM AND ST HELIER NHS TRUST AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
A great opportunity has arisen for a motivated and passionate individual to join the Patient Catering Department at Epsom and St Helier Hospital, in Sutton.
Managing the delivery of high quality Patient Catering Service across the Trust including all aspects of human and financial resource management will promoting the effective communication between the clinical team and catering department.
***Salary £19.42 per hour. Please note this opportunity is NOT Agenda For Change and terms & conditions vary from Agenda for Change***
Main duties of the job
- To be responsible for the management and delivery of high quality Patient catering service across the Trust, including all aspects of human and financial resource management.
- To assist the Deputy Head of Catering in the development of strategic operational plans, and policies whilst ensuring the delivery of a safe, quality, cost effective Patient Catering Service.
- To project manage various initiatives pertaining to the delivery of the above services.
- To manage the day to day effective communication between the clinical team and catering department
- To support the management of the retail catering operations across sites
- To work with Catering Dietician to ensure nutritional requirements are fulfilled for patient catering Services including seasonal patient menu development and implementation.
Working for our organisation
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.
***Salary £19.42 per hour. Please note this opportunity is NOT Agenda For Change and terms & conditions vary from Agenda for Change***
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Clear evidence of continuous personal, professional and managerial attainment and improvement
- Formal qualification (or equivalent experience)
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent analytical skills
- Ability to use Microsoft programmes including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Excellent customer care skills.
Desirable criteria
- Excellent patient/customer care service delivery
Experience
Essential criteria
- Care provision/management experience
Desirable criteria
- Strong Financial Acumen
- NHS Work Experience including Facilities Management Contractors
- Strong Management skills
- Patient Catering Experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Tools and methodology to achieve continuous service improvement.
- Management of Healthcare Patient Catering knowledge
- Innovative and creative
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected]. Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rishi Kaul
- Job title
- Deputy Head of Catering Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07979022125
- Additional information
Testine Augustine
Head of Catering Services
07391393986
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