Deputy Catering Manager | Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 19 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £28,407 - £34,581 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 May 2024 |
| Location: | Maidstone, ME16 9QQ |
| Company: | Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6218860/359-6218860-T3 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity to join our superb catering team here at MTW as Deputy Catering Manager.
This role requires you to have a good understanding of the technical nature of food production, as well as quality checks and people management. As a key member of the Catering management team, the post holder will contribute to all catering matters, ensuring a quality service that ensures that catering provision is appropriate, effective, and responsive.
This is a full time position on a 12 month fixed term contract working Monday to Friday although a level of flexibility will be required due to operational pressures.
The post holder will develop and manage the delivery of an excellent catering service. To be responsible for all staff undertaking any and all activities within catering services, ensuring all staff are motivated, trained and equipped to complete their specific job tasks.
The Deputy Catering Manager will order, prepare, cook, serve and deliver a range of fresh, chilled or frozen quality meals for all of our patients, staff and hospitality service to the highest standards in line with the department quality control guidelines and food and hygiene standards (EHO visits). The post holder will have a good knowledge of special and therapeutic diets as well as religious, ethnic, allergens and other dietary needs.
The Deputy Catering Manager will, together with the Catering Manager support in planning and costing of menus and ordering supplies, provide technical advice, guidance, recruitment and training to all catering staff, assist with and respond to patient queries, and minimise any that may lead to complaints and escalate as appropriate.
In this year's NHS staff survey, our employees voted to recommend us as an employer, positioning us as the second most recommended NHS Trust in the South East.
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.
The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.
The Trust’s core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients – the first of its kind in the country.
We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check atStandard Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)
At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.
Interview Date: TBC
This advert closes on Friday 3 May 2024
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