Patients Meals Team Leader

Job summary

Key Responsibilities

• Support the operational management of the catering service, ensuring the consistent delivery of high standards of food quality and service.
• Maintain adequate staffing levels in line with agreed rotas and shift patterns to meet service demands.
• Supervise and support Catering Supervisors and Catering Assistants, ensuring effective team performance.
• Work collaboratively with other departments and support services to ensure an efficient and responsive catering operation.
• Ensure full compliance with all food safety, hygiene, and health & safety regulations.
• Monitor service delivery and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Assist in training, development, and performance management of catering staff.

About You

• Proven experience in a catering or food service environment, idea

Main duties of the job

For more detail about the main duties of this role, please see the job description section below. As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy, when they need it most.

Job responsibilities

Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford).

Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within peoples own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).

Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.

Its never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as youll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.