Job summary
- Main area
- Catering
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent: 37.5 hours
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (11:00-19:00 inclusive of weekends)
- Job ref
- 350-TWS6425946
- Employer
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Maghull Health Park
- Town
- Maghull
- Salary
- £22,383 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Catering FMA
Band 2
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Estates and Facilities Department for a Catering Facilities Management Assistant (FMA) at Maghull Health Park.
Planned Shortlisting: 12-August-2024
Planned Interviews: 16-August-2024
Main duties of the job
The post is suited to an enthusiastic team member who will work within our catering team. The post holder will be a positive member of the team who together with the cooks will ensure that we provide fresh high quality food whilst adhering to our very high food hygiene and cleanliness standards. They will be an important part of the Estates and Facilities Management Team.
Working for our organisation
Mersey 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.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Principal Responsibilities:
- To work as members of a team, carrying out facilities tasks as allocated and prioritised.
Facilities tasks may include all or a combination of the following:- Cleaning in the kitchen
- Delivering of patient meals to the ward kitchen serveries
- Taken stock of deliveries
- Basic food preparation;
- Preparing and delivering of buffets
- Fridge and food temperature monitoring;
- Till operation;
- Collating service user menu orders;
- Filling vending machines.
- To assist colleagues and their line manager, carry out the tasks assigned to the team or individual and to support the minimisation of overtime and sickness costs to the Trust and also minimise the waste of resources, through operating the required reporting, management or information systems.
- To undertake all mandatory training as required by Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust and ensure that all required training is kept up to date.
- To take part in performance management and Personal Achievement and Contribution Evaluations (PACE).
- To comply with all relevant policies and procedures (including, but not limited to, health & safety, security, manual handling and food safety). As work may be carried out in a wide variety of locations, adherence to site-specific security procedures is of paramount importance.
- To take responsibility for the completion of all duties in a safe and efficient manner, and to maintain regular contact with their line manager.
- To stand in for other FMA’s as required.
- To liaise with all relevant parties in a friendly and helpful way as is required to ensure the achievement of all duties and responsibilities.
- Internal Contacts
Contact with staff of all disciplines and at all levels in the course of day-to-day domestic and catering duties. - External Contacts
Contact with visitors to the Trust, and with a variety of maintenance and other contractors working on site. - Service Users
Contact with patients. This may be daily within inpatient areas for extended periods of time, or infrequently in outpatient areas. This contact may include communication with service users with severe and enduring mental health problems, who may display behavioural difficulties and import sensitive information.
- Internal Contacts
- To work unsupervised and use own initiative in line with service requirements.
- To ensure timely and accurate completion of documentation, and to enter and use data on information systems.
- To undertake cleaning duties in accordance with cleaning schedules and instructions.
Any other duties that may be reasonably expected and that are commensurate with the grade.
Person specification
Values
Essential criteria
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discrete
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NHS experience and training in safety, health and catering or cleaning tasks.
- CIEH Foundation Certificate in Food Hygiene, or equivalent.
Knowledge / Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a similar role (cleaning or catering).
- Experience of working in the NHS.
- Experience of dealing with people.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the National Standards of Cleanliness and NHS Colour Coding.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to function as a member of a team and support the management objectives of the department and Trust
- Flexible
- Able to carry out manual tasks.
Desirable criteria
- Able to maintain accurate records.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The 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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dragana Jovanoska
- Job title
- Catering Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 473 2822
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