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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.Job overviewTo lead and manage all catering services across Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust. The Post holder will be responsible for all governance, Strategy, food safety, quality, and the operational management of all catering services. To drive the strategic direction & development of Trust catering services in line with care standards.Main duties of the job1. To lead and manage all catering services across Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust.2. The Post holder will be responsible for all governance, Strategy, food safety, quality, and theoperational management of all catering services.3. To drive the strategic direction & development of Trust catering services in line with carestandards.4. The post holder will form part of the senior facilities management team and will be expected tobe involved in managing catering functions across the entire Mersey Care organisation.5. The post holder will exercise a high degree of professional specialism in food and manage servicesin line with the Trust Strategic plan; this should include all aspects of the service including frontof house services and 24-hour access to food solutions.6. Be the Trust Catering Specialist and ambassador for catering.7.Ensure, through sound financial management, that services are delivered within tight budgetary control and the requirements of the Trust in line with Government initiatives, Trust objectives and financial efficiency targets.Working for our organisationMersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.Detailed job description and main responsibilities For further information about this role please refer to the job description and person specification attached Person specificationQualifications Essential criteria Educated to degree level or equivalent experienceHigher diploma in catering management or equivalent experienceLevel 3 Certificate in Food SafetyLevel 2 award in identifying and controlling allergy risksLevel 3 HACCP in catering and retail Desirable criteria Level 4 Certificate in Food SafetyManagement of people qualificationExperience of working in a mental health settingPlease ensure you check the email account from which you apply for all correspondence. All information regarding your application will come from apps.trac.jobs not NHS Jobs.Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust's guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you.We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role. The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration. Trans applicants who require a DBS check and do not want to reveal details of their previous identity can contact the DBS Sensitive Applications Team (01516761452 or email ) with their application number once they have completed their DBS application form. The team can prevent any previous identity showing on the DBS Certificate, unless the applicant has a conviction under their previous details in which case this will need to be disclosed.Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - working requests will be considered for all roles.Please be advised that the use of Artificial Intelligence on applications is monitored and if you choose to use this, you must declare this on your application form.Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band. Employer certification / accreditation badges Applicant requirementsThe postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. Documents to download JD and PS (PDF, 178.0KB) Oh risk (PDF, 392.6KB) A Great Place to Work (PDF, 2.1MB) Our People Promise and Charter (PDF, 5.8MB) Employee Benefits (PDF, 950.7KB)