Facilities Manager - Catering
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Stevenage, SG1 4ABView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
22 October 2026
2 days leftJob description
We are recruiting for a Catering Managerwho shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our pati...
The Facilities Manager - Catering will work with the senior Facilities Management team and provide the leadership required to ensure an efficient and effective Catering service for inpatients, outpatients, staff and visitors to the Trust.
The role will be responsible for all food production and service delivery for the Catering services and will have direct operational responsibility for the Catering team, including budgetary responsibility. The role requires a strong understanding of the technical nature of food production, compliance as well as quality checks, people management and service delivery.
As the key member of the Catering Management team, you will contribute and be responsible for all Catering matters, providing a quality service that ensures the catering provision is appropriate, effective, and responsive to the needs of the Trust and achieved within the agreed budget parameters.
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
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We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Qualifications / Training
Essential
- Level 4 Award in Managing Food Safety
- Level 3 HACCP or equivalent
- Level 3 Allergens Awareness training
- IOSH Managing Safely
- Professional Chef Qualification e.g., City and Guilds
Desirable: - COSHH competent person
Previous Experience
Essential: - Experience of Catering Facilities Management/Contract Management; - Budget and financial management
Desirable
- Experience of working with Environmental Health Office compliance audit process.
- NHS HTMS and delivery of the national food and drinks strategy
- Patient Lead Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE)
- Managing catering services within a complex healthcare or largescale catering environment
- Monitoring food quality and safety standards, overseeing procurement and stock control
Skills
Essential
- Communication/Performance monitoring skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Workforce management skills
- Good analytical skills
- Strong management and leadership skills
- Policy Development & Implementation skills
- Appraisal techniques
- Trainer skills one to one
- Project management skills
- Excellent IT skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Food and ingredients and preparation/cooking method
- Cook Chill / freeze food production system.
- Comprehensive knowledge of NHS catering operations, food safety and hygiene legislation, allergen management, nutritional and therapeutic dietary requirements
- HACCP principles
Other Requirements
Essential
- Experience and evidence of engagement around the equality, diversity and inclusion agenda. Able to actively support the development of a culture that recognises and promotes equality, values diversity, and actively leads by example in deploying these qualities. Understands the impact on equality, diversity and inclusion issues in all aspects of service delivery and planning
- Desire to always improve standards.
- Demonstrates a proactive approach to developing and improving the catering service, identifying opportunities to maximise income, efficiency and value for money while maintaining high standards of patient and staff service.
Desirable: - Desire to always improve standards
How to apply
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Provenance
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First seen
8 October 2026
Last checked
8 October 2026
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