NHS
Senior Catering Service Lead
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Job Description
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- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
- Higher diploma in catering management or equivalent experience
- Level 3 Certificate in Food Safety
- Level 2 award in identifying and controlling allergy risks
- Level 3 HACCP in catering and retail
- Level 4 Certificate in Food Safety
- Management of people qualification
- Experience of working in a mental health setting
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
- Higher diploma in catering management or equivalent experience
- Level 3 Certificate in Food Safety
- Level 2 award in identifying and controlling allergy risks
- Level 3 HACCP in catering and retail
- Level 4 Certificate in Food Safety
- Management of people qualification
- Experience of working in a mental health setting
Job 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.
Main duties of the job
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 theoperational management of all catering services.3. To drive the strategic direction & development of Trust catering services in line with carestandards.4. The post holder will form part of the senior facilities management team and will be expected tobe 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 servicesin line with the Trust Strategic plan; this should include all aspects of the service including frontof 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.
About us
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.
Details
Date posted
22 May 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£53,755 to £60,504 a year 0
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
350-TWS7196345
Job locations
Maghull Health Park
Park Lane
Maghull
L31 1HW
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
For further information about this role please refer to the job description and person specification attached
Job responsibilities
For further information about this role please refer to the job description and person specification attached
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Maghull Health Park
Park Lane
Maghull
L31 1HW
Employer's website
https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Maghull Health Park
Park Lane
Maghull
L31 1HW
Employer's website
https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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