Senior Catering Service Lead | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 22 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £53,755 - £60,504 0 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 June 2025 |
| Location: | Maghull, L31 1HW |
| Company: | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7196345/350-TWSS7196345 |
Summary
To lead and manage all catering services across Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust. The Post holder will be responsible for all governance, Strategy, food safety, quality, and the operational management of all catering services. To drive the strategic direction & development of Trust catering services in line with care standards.
1. To lead and manage all catering services across Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust.
2. The Post holder will be responsible for all governance, Strategy, food safety, quality, and the
operational management of all catering services.
3. To drive the strategic direction & development of Trust catering services in line with care
standards.
4. The post holder will form part of the senior facilities management team and will be expected to
be involved in managing catering functions across the entire Mersey Care organisation.
5. The post holder will exercise a high degree of professional specialism in food and manage services
in line with the Trust Strategic plan; this should include all aspects of the service including front
of house services and 24-hour access to food solutions.
6. Be the Trust Catering Specialist and ambassador for catering.
7.Ensure, through sound financial management, that services are delivered within tight budgetary control and the requirements of the Trust in line with Government initiatives, Trust objectives and financial efficiency targets.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
For further information about this role please refer to the job description and person specification attached
This advert closes on Tuesday 10 Jun 2025