Healthcare Catering Manager

Location:

Macclesfield District General Hospital, SK10 3BL

Hours of work: 40

Contract Type:
Permanent

Are you an experienced Catering Manager with a passion for fresh food, high standards and developing great teams?

We’re recruiting for an experienced Catering Manager to take overall responsibility for a large-scale catering operation at East Cheshire NHS Hospital in Macclesfield.

Job Description

This is a high-profile leadership role overseeing the preparation and service of fresh meals for more than 300 patients each day across breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as a busy on-site retail restaurant.

You will also provide leadership support to a satellite site serving a further 25 patients. You will lead an established team of 2 Supervisors, 6 Chefs and 20 Food Service Assistants, driving high standards of leadership, team development, food safety and service excellence across both patient and retail catering operations.

Key Responsibilities

Lead, motivate and develop a large catering team across patient and retail services.

Oversee the production and delivery of fresh, high-quality meals for 300+ patients each day.

Manage the hospital retail restaurant and wider catering services.

Maintain excellent food safety, hygiene and quality standards.

Lead food safety audits, inspections and quality assurance processes.

Manage recruitment, training, development and performance.

Support menu planning, including seasonal menu development.

Monitor budgets, food costs, stock levels and waste.

Build strong working relationships with hospital stakeholders and client representatives.

Professional and Personal Competencies/Qualifications

We’re looking for a confident and hands-on catering leader who can combine strong operational management with excellent people skills. You’ll ideally have:

Previous experience as a Catering Manager or in a senior catering leadership position.

Food Safety Level 3 minimum (Level 4 highly desirable).

Healthcare catering experience – highly desirable.

Strong fresh food production experience.

Experience managing both patient feeding and retail catering.

Proven experience leading, motivating and developing large teams.

Experience managing food safety audits and compliance.

Experience with menu planning and seasonal menu development.

This is a fantastic opportunity to take ownership of a large, established healthcare catering operation, leading a team of almost 30 colleagues and helping deliver a service that directly impacts patients, visitors and hospital staff every day.

If you’re an experienced catering professional who is passionate about fresh food, exceptional standards and inspiring teams, we’d love to hear from you.

The Company

ISS is a world‑leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.

Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.

We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #Becomewhoyouwant, #Bepartofsomethingbigger,

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