Job summary
- Main area
- Catering
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent: 32 Hour 5 Days Over 7 Mixed shifts early's and lates
- Hours
- Part time - 30.5 hours per week (Monday - Sunday)
- Job ref
- 394-Corp-5822867DT-D
- Employer
- The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hillingdon Hospital
- Town
- Uxbridge
- Salary
- £26,696 Per Annum pro rata for part time hours
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Catering Assistant - Mount Vernon
NHS AfC: Band 2
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The Trust only accepts applications made through this site, please register when you click APPLY at the end of this advertisement. The Trust is able to offer hospital accommodation, pension scheme, on-site nursery (through third party provider), together with salary sacrifice schemes (including child care vouchers, ride to work) and a range of national and local staff discounts (subject to availability).
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Job overview
We are looking for someone to work as part of the Catering Team, assisting in all aspects of preparation, service, wash-up and cleaning duties related to the provision of a high quality catering service to patients, staff, visitors and hospitality functions
To meet standards in line with agreed policy’s, procedures, including key performance Indicators (KPIs) profitability and productivity
Maintain good customer and colleague relations at all times.
Main duties of the job
This list covers all the main duties that would be expected of catering assistants, these will vary between Kitchen/Dining Room.
• Completion of hygiene records and documents as per HACCP.(Hazards Analysis critical control)
• Maintaining high standards of personal and general food hygiene.
• Maintain high standards of cleanliness and tidiness in all catering areas.
• Assist in preparation and service of food and beverages for staff, patient’s visitors and hospitality functions.
• Probing of all food temperatures and recording; during storage, preparation, regeneration and service, adhering to food hygiene legislation at all times.
• Assisting with the management of stock; receipt, rotation storage, stocking up and stock taking.
• Till duties, following cash handling procedures.
• Menu co-ordination, picking & packing of ward food according to menu choice and recording information.
• Delivery of meals and provisions to patients and to other units.
• Cleaning and wash-up of all equipment, machinery, crockery and cutlery associated with the above service.
• Cleaning and stocking the vending machines.
• Topping up all cleaning materials in work area as appropriate.
• Appropriate disposal of refuse.
• Reporting of maintenance and pest control issues.
• Maintaining safe systems of work.
Other duties as required according to the needs of the service
Working for our organisation
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services, including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics, and maternity services. The Trust’s services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit, and outpatient clinics.
The safety and well-being of our patients and staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this – particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress by working in partnership with local GPs, charities, community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals, and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are focused on ensuring that our hospitals provide high quality, safe, and compassionate care, while we drive forward with the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.
We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification
Person specification
Person Spec
Essential criteria
- Education and Qualifications
- Experience and Knowledge
- Skills and Ability
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in a catering environment
- Manual Handling training
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Anne Byrne
- Job title
- Catering Operations Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01895279407
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