The Head of Catering Operations is a senior member of the Facilities Leadership Team.
The role will be responsible for providing professional strategic leadership, management, and operational accountability for:
1. Patient catering services across all health board sites
2. Retail catering outlets at all health board sites
3. CPU, a food manufacturing plant producing meals for the health board and other healthcare organisations across South Wales
The post holder will deliver efficient and effective catering services and ensure robust performance management arrangements are in place to continuously deliver a high-quality, safe, and cost-effective service.
The post holder will be required to provide highly specialist knowledge, including the development and implementation of legislative Food Hygiene Standards and Hospital Food Standards, such as The General Food Regulations 2004, Food Safety Act 1990, Food Hygiene Regulations 2006, (EC) 852/2004, and the All Wales Nutrition and Catering Standards for Food and Fluid Provision for Hospital Inpatients 2012.
The post holder will be expected to operate on an on-call basis.
The Post Holder Will Be Responsible For
* Developing and delivering catering, retail, and CPU services with a focus on customer and patient experience.
* Providing leadership to and the development of the catering, retail, and CPU services teams, supporting the delivery of high-quality and safe services.
* Shaping catering, retail, and CPU services, ensuring suitable governance arrangements are embedded, statutory requirements are met, and safe, responsive, and cost-effective services are delivered.
* Delivering services within existing budget allocations, involving significant responsibility for financial management.
* Developing and delivering retail offerings that promote and enhance the commercial viability of the service.
While based at Dewi Sant Health Park, the role offers hybrid working, allowing flexible work from home, with requirements to work from all CTM sites as needed to fulfill the role's responsibilities.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of NHS Wales, providing primary, secondary, and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We Live By Our Core Values
* We listen, learn, and improve
* We treat everyone with respect
* We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer, with around 80% of our 15,000 staff living within our region, making our staff integral to our organisation and the diverse communities we serve.
You can find a full Job Description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or click Apply now to view in Trac.
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