Healthcare Catering Manager

Healthcare Catering Manager

Permanent, Full Time
Salary: £34,000 – £38,500 per annum
Hours: Monday – Friday | 8:00am – 5:00pm
Location: East Cheshire NHS Hospital (Macclesfield, SK10 3BL) + onsite parking available (£16 per month)

Healthcare Catering | Fresh Food Production | Team Leadership

Are you an experienced Catering Manager with a passion for fresh food, high standards and developing great teams? Our client, a leading provider of facilities services in the UK, are recruiting for an experienced Catering Manager to take overall responsibility for a large-scale catering operation at East Cheshire NHS Hospital in Macclesfield.

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.

About You

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.