We are recruiting to a full-time experienced Catering Supervisor/Cook at Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, Herne Bay Kent.

Your salary in this role will start at £24,071 per annum which equates to £12.31 per hour
Hours worked at the weekend and Bank Holidays will attract an enhanced hourly pay rate.

Some of our benefits include:

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays. Your annual leave entitlement increases with length of service.
• Automatic enrolment into the NHS Pension scheme (opt out available)
• Access to NHS discounts and access to Blue Light card discounts

You will be working alternate weekends and rostered Bank Holidays.
Shift times are 7.5 hours per day ranging between a 7am start to a 6pm finish

Supervision and Catering knowledge and experience is required. Please ensure you read the specification in the Job Description.
NHS experience in a catering supervision role would be beneficial however not essential. A full induction and training programme will be applied at the start of your journey with us.

Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship. Therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom.

This is primarily a hands-on Catering Supervision role where you will work alongside and with your team providing support and guidance to deliver excellent and safe patient care.

You will learn all the back-ground skills and knowledge to enable you to complete the full role within NHS requirements, e.g. food preparation, cooking, allergens and other dietary requirements, completion of HACCP paperwork, equipment training and waste management.

You will learn our IT systems to produce rosters, complete appraisal processes and staff 1:1’s.

We encourage you to call us here at Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital for more information, or to arrange a time to come in and see us, meet the team and receive support with your application.

Anne Hoyle, Facilities Manager would love to hear from you on 07789500592 or email annehoyle@nhs.net.
Abi Pitcher, Site Supervisor would love to hear from you on 07930158754 or email abigail.pitcher1@nhs.net
Or else you can chat to our recruitment team on 0300 123 2072 or email kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net.

Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

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The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

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