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About
Welcome to AGH Solutions Ltd
Quality in facilities management, estates and procurement
AGH Solutions is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. We are proud of our NHS heritage, and proud to be supporting Airedale’s clinical services.
We are able to provide a wide range of facilities management, estates and procurement services to clients both within and beyond the NHS.
We look forward to speaking to you, to discuss your requirements.
About us
AGH Solutions was born out of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, a hospital and community services trust based outside Keighley, West Yorkshire.
We are privileged to operate in a beautiful part of the country. The clinical services we support reach far up into the Yorkshire Dales, across the Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven patch. We are also lucky to have excellent transport links to Leeds, Bradford, Manchester and beyond. Leeds city centre is 25 minutes by train from Keighley.
We provide a wide range of services, from traditional facilities management and estate maintenance, to sterile services, wheelchair engineering and procurement.
Our vision is to bring you a flexible, responsive, high quality, value for money service.
Our NHS heritage means we work to the values and ethics of the NHS, and to those of Airedale NHS FT specifically.
Work with us
Our business is our people and without our hard-working staff AGH Solutions would not exist.
We therefore aspire to be an employer of choice and through our people we deliver a service that is efficient, effective, and patient- and customer-focused. We encourage hard work and good performance and in return we reward staff for adhering to our values, displaying the behaviours we expect, and for good performance.
We offer competitive salaries and a good benefits package.
We are committed to offering people from all backgrounds and circumstances the opportunity to gain employment. As well as offering traditional working patterns we also offer work patterns that include evenings and weekend working where appropriate to give individuals the flexibility of employment that meets their personal and family commitments.
Enhanced Pay
As a service provider to the NHS we have to provide cover all year round. Important work our committed staff carry out mean that some of our staff are required to work on Bank Holidays. In exchange we pay enhanced rates of pay as a recognition for the commitment shown.
Enhanced Maternity Pay
We understand that the arrival of a new member of the family is significant event in people’s lives and we support our staff by offering a very attractive maternity and adoption leave package.
Staff discount schemes
Our staff have access to the same staff benefits and discounts available to the NHS. Local benefits at Airedale Hospital include:
- Access to an onsite nursery
- Subsidised restaurant
- Discounted parking rates
There are also a wide variety of local and national discounts available.
Head of Catering (Grade G)
Accepting applications until: 05-Jan-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 05-Jan-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Airedale General Hospital
- Town
- Steeton
- Postcode
- BD20 6TD
- Major / Minor Region
- West Yorkshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
Salary
- Salary
- £52,873 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Grade G)
Specialty
- Main area
- Catering
AGH Solutions is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. We are proud of our NHS heritage, and proud to be supporting Airedale’s clinical services.
We provide a wide range of services from traditional facilities management and estate maintenance, to sterile services, wheelchair engineering and procurement, to clients both within and beyond the NHS.
Job overview
We are now recruiting for an Head of Catering –this role is a multifunctional role, and will cover the Patient Meal Service ,Hostess, Housekeeping & Retail Services, leading and managing a team of over 100 colleagues to ensure the highest standards of service are given to our patients, service users and colleagues,.
Our Catering Team which won Team of the Year, is passionate about our patients experience, and developing our service to meet the needs of our patients, colleagues and service users, but also that we work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, building upon the trusts foundations and right care values.
Informal visits to the department are encouraged.
Advert
To facilitate an efficient and effective catering service for staff and visitors to Airedale General Hospital. This role will be responsible for all catering operations and will have direct operational responsibility for the catering teams including budgetary responsibility. The post holder will also have responsibility for policy implementation and service development.
Working for our organisation
Benefits include:
26 days holiday a year + Bank Holidays (pro rata)
24/7 access to Employee Assistance Line
Options to buy and sell annual leave
Access to 4 Staff Networks – Enable, Gender, Race Equality and Rainbow Networks
Onsite Children’s Nursery
Access to NHS Discounts
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of this job vacancy, please see attached full job description and person specification.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or equivalent management experience
- Management/professional qualification or extensive experience at a senior level in Catering management
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
- Food Safety Level 4
- Further post graduate qualification in catering/facilities management or sufficient experience gained in practice to equate to this level of training.
Desirable criteria
- Recognised management qualification
- Evidence of postgraduate
- Food study
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience of Catering management, significant senior management level experience
- Direct line management experience of large-scale multi-site operations with a diverse workforce of 50+ personnel
- Experience of managing managers
- Experience of business planning and with well- developed report and business case writing skills. Ability to draw up action plans and ensure that deadlines are met in compliance with overall strategy.
- Evidence of sound appreciation and achievement in management of financial targets and budgetary management
- Experience of successfully managing significant budgets and delivering against financial targets.
- Evidence of excellent innovation and achievement in management practice.
- Operational/business planning and business management experience.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of successful involvement in production of clear business cases.
- Project management techniques.
- Demonstrated success in delivering change and performance in complex environments.
- Extensive experience within the NHS or health- related field.
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of NHS Catering agenda in respect of facilities and/or an up-to-date knowledge and awareness of key issues in Catering management.
- Understanding of essential aspects of customer services in Catering
- Good understanding of legislation governing the provision of Catering services and the ability to translate this into practice.
- Knowledge and understanding of the Hospital Food Standards and the BDA Nutrition & Hydration
- Professional leadership
- Knowledge of Human Resources
- Management and excellent staff management skills
- Commercial experience gained in the management of outsourced contracts in a healthcare setting.
Desirable criteria
- Management of portfolio of Catering services
- Understanding of audits
- Data base knowledge
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jon Wilson
- Job title
- Assistant Director - Facilities
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 294891
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