Job overview

We are looking for an organised, proactive and customer-focused Catering Supervisor to join our Retail team at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. You will lead the day-to-day operation of our restaurants and coffee shops, ensuring that patients, staff and visitors receive a consistently high-quality service.

Working alongside the team, you will allocate duties, coordinate staffing and breaks, supervise food and drink preparation, oversee till and cash-handling procedures, monitor stock, deliveries and wastage, and maintain clean, safe and welcoming service areas.

You will motivate and support colleagues, provide training and guidance, respond effectively to operational issues and customer feedback, and ensure compliance with food safety, allergen, hygiene, health and safety, infection prevention and Trust procedures. The successful candidate will be confident leading a busy service, able to use initiative and committed to achieving excellent customer service, efficient operations and high retail standards.

Main duties of the job

• Supervise the work of staff in order to maintain and deliver a quality service according to set work schedules and procedures.
• Undertake daily reviews of work areas to ensure service delivery
• Deploy a team of staff as required, assessing workload schedules and allocating resource whilst prioritising urgent requests. 
• Relocating staff to meet service need, including arranging cover for absences from work.
• Allocation of schedules of work, checking work schedules, making any temporary adjustments as may be required to meet the needs of the service
• Issue and monitor all equipment and materials in line with budget limits
• Manage and direct staff as appropriate, making regular visits to departments within agreed areas of responsibility
• Build and maintain effective relationships with staff, clients and other departmental supervisors. 
• Motivate staff through good communication, regular team huddles and individual contact, progressing and feeding back to the management team on any issues raised, following up and ensuring actions are taken where appropriate

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.  

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme.  Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities. 

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly,  part time or job share.  Please talk to  us at interview. 

Environmental sustainability
Climate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people’s health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.