# Catering Team Leader > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/catering-team-leader/d7cf842a-3200-4aea-9e9b-987965afce29 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/catering-team-leader/d7cf842a-3200-4aea-9e9b-987965afce29.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust - **Location:** Southport and Formby District General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Estates and facilities - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent: 37.5 hours per week Monday - Friday - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday 10.00 - 6.00pm) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-19T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-28T16:31:48.541Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Southport/Mersey_West_Lancashire_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Estates_Ancillary/Estates_Ancillary-v8253205 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8253205?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sthk.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for a highly motivated, experienced and reliable Catering Team leader to join our friendly team. You will help lead day-to-day cateing operation support staff, maintain high standards of food hygine and safety, and provide excellent patient and customer service. We are are looking for someone who: - Has experience within the Catering industry. - Can confidently lead and support a team - Has excellent customer care skills - Works well under pressure - Understands food hygiene and health and safety - Is reliable and oranised and enthuiastic ### Main duties of the job To mainitain 5* star standards - Maintain all operational procedures - Maintain all computerised records as appropriate - Auditing wards and departments in line with food safety legislation - Involvement in the review of departmental work instructions and procedures - Enforce compliance with Waste Management Policy to meet the changing requirements as segregation requirements increase - Ensure all catering staff are fully aware and comply with Hygiene and Food Safety Legislation ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Lead and supervise the catering team on a day-to-day basis - Allocate duties and organise rosters to ensure adequate cover - Ensure food is prepared presented and served to a high standard - Maintain excellent customer service for patients, staff and visitors. - Ensure all Food Hygiene and allergen procedures are followed - Monitor food schedules, cleaning schedules and relevant catering records. - Support sock control ordering and storage of food and catering supplies - Minimise food waste and help meaintain effective cost control - Train, support and motivate catering teams - Work closley with managers and departments to ensure efficeint Catering service - Lead by example promiting Trust vallues and a supportative team enviroment. ### Applicant requirements The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Professional and hygiene awareness/appearance - Varied shifts working in hot humid environment - Weekend and Bank Holiday Working - Cross site cover - Physically demanding role - Varied deadlines and ad hoc pressures, concentration required when entering data - Varied deadlines and ad hoc pressures - Dealing with staff issues ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to lead change - Ability to work under pressure - Provision of a patient/customer focussed service - Principles of Risk Management - Communication - Ability to motivate a team ### Our Values **Essential** - We are Kind - We are Open - We are Inclusive ### Qualifications **Essential** - Supervisory Experience - Advanced Food Hygiene Level 4 - City & Guilds level 7061 and 2 or equivalent - Basic computer skills - HACCP Training - ECDL or equivalent ### Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - Working with quality systems and hygiene monitoring - Large scale food production - Team working - Retail Experience **Desirable** - NHS Experience ## Documents - [risk id (pdf, 400.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10573210) - [job description (docx, 162.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10650499) - [staff benefits at mwl (pdf, 5.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2916) - [person specification (docx, 60.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10650500) - [mwl recruitment journey (pdf, 884.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2902) - [important information for candidates (pdf, 128.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=663) - [helpful tips to complete your application form (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2901) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.