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Job summary

Main area
Catering
Grade
Grade A
Contract
Adhoc/Bank
Hours
Flexible working - 0 hours per week
Job ref
423-AGHS6790862
Employer
AGH Solutions Ltd
Employer type
NHS
Site
Airedale General Hospital
Town
Steeton
Salary
£23,614 pro rata, per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
25/11/2024 23:59

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Catering Assistant – Patient Meal Services (Grade A)

Grade A

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

Are you looking for a role that is rewarding, a role that gives you the satisfaction of knowing you’ve made a difference to someone’s day? Then we may have the role for you.

Our Patient Meal Service team based within the Catering Team of AGH Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust are now looking for additional Catering Assistants – Patient Meal Service  to join the team, where no two days or two wards are the same.  As part of the Patient Dining Team, you will be responsible for the delivery of the patient meal service, and beverage service to our patients, along with some food preparation, cleaning duties, (including potwash) and temping of fridges and food, along with the picking of our patients food, and preparing this on our regeneration service trollies. 

Full Training will be provided, and this would be Mon-Fri initially for 2 weeks, which must be completed, please also note for this role you will need to be 18 or over to be considered due to safeguarding.

Adhoc/Bank basis on the needs of the service, shifts will be between 07:00-20:00, 7 days a week 365 days a year and are subject to operational and service needs.

Main duties of the job

The role of the Catering Assistant is to carry out all duties to the required standard for the provision of the catering services within the Hospital. To communicate with the Catering Supervisor and Management any problems and potential improvements in providing the service and to work to achieve departmental objectives.

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.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • GCSE Maths & English or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Food safety course level 1
  • Customer Service Training

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous experience working with the public/customers
  • Working to schedules, procedures and deadlines
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience of working in a hospital/healthcare/care home environment
  • Previous experience of complying with Health and Safety regulations

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of Confidentiality
  • Demonstrates an understanding of Dignity and Respect
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of cleaning procedures.

Skills/competencies

Essential criteria
  • Ability to follow instructions both verbal and written
  • Communicates effectively
  • Ability to work effectively as part of a team
  • Able to use own initiative
  • Ability to complete work records
  • Ability to work to schedules, procedures and deadlines

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Disability confident committedMenopause Friendly Employer

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Gareth Williams
Job title
Head of Patient Meal Services
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01535 294063
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