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Job summary

Main area
Catering
Grade
Grade A
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 12 hours per week
Job ref
166-DSFS-6722099-B
Employer
Derbyshire Support Facilities Services
Employer type
NHS
Site
DSFS Ltd - Chesterfield Royal Hospital
Town
Chesterfield
Salary
£22,840 Per Annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
29/01/2025 23:59

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Patient Services Assistant

Grade A

Job overview

Patient Caterer

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Patient Services Department which is within the facilities division.

Catering duties will be to provide a high standard of food and drink service to ward areas within Chesterfield Royal Hospital.  Other duties include ensuring all kitchen areas are cleaned efficiently and in a timely manner to the required specified standards in line with Trust policy and ensuring patient’s meals are served efficiently to assure food quality and to meet the required specification, in line with Trust policy. The hours of work are:-

15:00hrs - 19:00hrs x3 days a week. 

The rota will be based on 10 week rota basis which will include some weekends and bank holidays.

Main duties of the job

Catering duties will be to provide a high standard of food and drink service to ward areas within Chesterfield Royal Hospital.  Caterers must ensure patient’s meals are served efficiently to assure food quality and to meet the required specification, in line with Trust policy.

Other duties include ensuring all kitchen areas and offices are cleaned efficiently and in a timely manner to the required specified standards in line with Trust policy.

Working for our organisation

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that’s 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

DSFS has just under 1000 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the ‘Chesterfield Royal family’, DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that’s dynamic, flexible, and proactive.

DSFS are proud to be striving to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive flexible workforce by valuing and welcoming everyone’s abilities, uniqueness, and individuality. All our colleagues have the right to and should be able to feel 100% themselves at work; we believe that all our people add to and should improve our culture and not just fit in with it. By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together. 

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached to this vacancy. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that is required.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • To be able to read and understand to the required standard.
Desirable criteria
  • Basic education to include Maths and English
  • Level 2 Food Safety and Hygiene Certificate

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Understanding the importance of confidentiality
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working in a hospital environment
  • Previous experience in a similar environment

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Good communication skills both written and verbal
  • Ability to work alone and as part of a team
Desirable criteria
  • Basic Knowledge of Health and Safety and COSHH regulations
  • Basic IT skills

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Flexible and reliable attitude to working arrangements
  • Ability to work alone and as part of a team
Desirable criteria
  • Able to undertake the physical aspects of the post

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties 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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Robert Jackson
Job title
Patient Catering Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01246 516315
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