Catering Team Leader

We want talented and enthusiastic people from all backgrounds to join #TeamMWL, with us you can learn, grow and develop yourself and your career, realising your true ambitions and aspirations.

Whatever you’re looking for in your career, you’ll find it here at MWL.

Main area Estates and Ancillary Grade NHS AfC:
Band 4 Contract Permanent: 37.5 hours per week Monday
- Friday Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday
- Friday 10.00 - 6.00pm) Job  

Site Southport Hospital Town Southport Salary £28,392 - £31,157 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 19/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 29/10/2026

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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

• 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

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

Our services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.

• Lead and supervise the catering team on…