Catering Manager
| Posting date: | 18 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £49,387.00 to £56,515.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £49387.00 - £56515.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 April 2026 |
| Location: | Redditch, B98 7UB |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9365-26-0212 |
Summary
The financial management and provision of information to ensure effective budgetary control is maintained within prescribed cash limits. Keep the Facilities team and Trust informed of national changes in Catering service standards and ensure those standards are adhered to e.g. Food for Life, CQUINS, FSA, Guardians of Grub. Establish realistic and robust initiatives to Catering service delivery standards and progress all required work streams against the Trusts Governance frameworks. The development planning for future requirements involving method of production and service to meet the Trusts medium and long-term objectives. Deliver objectives in line with the business plans and budget for Facilities. Ensure the Trust achieves core standards within CQC Standards and any similar governance requirement. Liaise with the Estates and Facilities to ensure site services are delivered in a cohesive manner. Plan and ensure essential skills training interventions to meet Catering staff learning needs, develop skills and knowledge matrix to ensure the workforce is appropriately trained, and has management succession plans in place. Supporting other areas within Facilities and Clinical Divisions in relation to all aspects of Food Hygiene Compliance Develop and maintain strategies to risks through excellent HACCP, risk management and Environmental Health Compliance across all services with comprehensive records of evidence. To continually develop menus that suit all clients including cultural, religious and ethnic requirements for patients, staff and visitors with assistance and advise from production staff, service staff and dieticians. To organise and ensure monthly audits of the catering department are carried out on the quality and wastage of food to ensure annual returns can be completed. To ensure provisions and equipment is purchased in accordance with the Trust SFIs alongside the procurement team whilst ensuring best value for money. To ensure all departments within the Aleandra and Kidderminster hospitals conform to legislation regarding Food Safety. Abide by Trust policies including standing financial instructions and governance, codes and practices. Continually review the effectiveness of service provision and the utilisation of resources, considering the views of Service Users and Clients. Manage the day to day in-house catering services ensuring seamless service provision. Accountable to support a range of options appraisals for selection of service developments, contract negotiation, action planning and making sound judgement against tenders received for external services ensuring compliance with a range of regulations such as infection control, health and safety, and internal SLAs. Provide and receive complex information electronically, verbally or in writing which may be of a confidential or sensitive nature and ensure that this is communicated properly within the organisation. To ensure all telephone and verbal enquiries from patients, public and staff are responded to in a prompt, polite, friendly and courteous manner. Maintain effective levels of communication within the team/service/divisional team(s). Participate in Trust and team meetings. To be effective, clear and accurate when using all forms of communication throughout the Trust. Work in partnership with all healthcare professionals; maintain effective communication that benefits patients and staffs well-being. To comply with Trust policy on confidentiality and data protection. Named authorised signatory for Catering. Accountable for managing operational pay and non-pay for Catering Services. Identify capital requirements for the Facilities departments and develop business cases to support investment Represent the Facilities Department at Divisional Meetings as directed by the Head of Facilities Ensure supportive staff management arrangements are in place and carry out personal development reviews for direct reports. Ensure all staff in your team/s have annual PDRs resulting in specific objectives and effective personal development Full job description and Person Specification available to view in supporting documents.