Job overview
The post holder will work as part of a team of catering staff responsible for the effective day to day delivery of food & beverage services across multi sites. The services provide in excess of 20,000 meals per week to almost 1000 hospital beds and various departments within the Trust.
Based at ward level, the post holder is required to supervise ward service assistants over approximately 25 ward areas.
Main duties of the job
To supervise the food and beverage service at ward level, ensuring all food hygiene, HACCP and Health and Safety legislation is adhered to. To ensure cleaning is maintained in ward pantry and associated areas in line with Trust cleaning regulations
The post holder is required to be on their feet for the majority of their shift, visiting wards to support, monitoring catering service staff.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please note: This role does not meet the minimum criteria for visa sponsorship under the current UK immigration rules, which set specific salary and skill thresholds. As such, we are unable to provide sponsorship for this post. Applicants will therefore need to already have the right to work in the UK to be considered. We include this information at the outset to provide clarity and avoid unnecessary inconvenience for applicants.
If you do not meet the sponsorship requirements, and you are applying using a Graduate visa as your right to work, you must have a minimum of 18 months remaining on your visa at time of application.
Maintain excellent communication and working relationships within own team, and with staff in other departments. -
Effectively communicate service issues or changes made to the wider team to ensure information is communicated out to all parties.
Monitor and support ward service staff to ensure high standards are maintained at all times, highlighting issues with processes and procedures, and explaining the correct methods of service.
Liaise with dieticians, speech and language therapies, nurses and patients with more complex dietary requirements and converse with the production team to decide upon suitable meal plans.
Support ward service staff in responding to difficult situations, ensuring a dialect is maintained with the nursing staff to help resolve issues as they arise in a tactful and professional manner
Make sound judgements to resolve issues as they arise, knowing when to escalate concerns to the ward service managers.
Respond to staffing issues, and cover rotas where required to maintain continuity of service.
Please note: This role does not meet the minimum criteria for visa sponsorship under the current UK immigration rules, which set specific salary and skill thresholds. As such, we are unable to provide sponsorship for this post. Applicants will therefore need to already have the right to work in the UK to be considered. We include this information at the outset to provide clarity and avoid unnecessary inconvenience for applicants.
Please see JD and PS for full details
Person specification
Expereince
Essential
- Food and Hygeine Cert Level 2
- Good Understanding of English / Maths
- Experience of working in a catering environment.
- Ability to work on own initiative with minimum supervision and to problem solve.
Desirable
- Experience in managing a team.
- Customer service experience
Equality, Diversity, and Inclsusion
Essential
- Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).
- Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
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This advert is for Bank Catering Team Leader with University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust in Worthing, South East, England. It is listed as a Band 3 Estates and facilities role. The advertised salary is £12.59 per hour. The contract type is Bank: 0 days (flexible working (on an as-and-when-needed basis)). The application deadline is 07 Jul 2026.
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