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Ward Catering Assistant

NHS Professionals • Part-time • Southport, England, United Kingdom • £16 - £20 / hour • 2d ago

Job Title: Ward Catering Assistant

Trust: Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Location: Southport & Formby District General Hospital, Town Lane, Kew, Southport, PR8 6PN.

Pay Rates: £16.14 - £20.95 per hour.

Shift Patterns: Saturdays & Sundays, 7.30am – 6.30pm.

About the Trust

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (MWL) serves a population of over 600,000 with a combined workforce of around 9,000 dedicated and skilled staff.

Our staff deliver care from a range of locations including hospitals, community locations and in patient’s own homes.We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

You will be responsible for maintaining high standards of cleanliness and catering services throughout the hospital and designated wards or departments in line with the National Specifications for Cleanliness in the NHS and provide a catering service in accordance with the Food Safety Regulations and Food Hygiene Regulations.

Duties will include

· Ensure a timely and accurate response to all cleaning requests.

· Working as part of a ward-based team responsible for the provision of food and beverage service to patients.

· To regenerate food, maintaining appropriate temperature records and serve meals following advice from clinical staff.

· Responsible for maintaining the cleanliness of kitchen and serving area, including crockery, cutlery, kitchen utensils and food trolley.

· Ensure adequate provisions are supplied to ward kitchen area and maintain appropriate records relating to stock control.

The role will involve, but not be limited to you performing the above.

You’ll have the following skills/experience:

· Excellent customer service.

· Excellent communication skills

· Experience in a similar role

· Food Safety L2

The benefits we can offer you in return:

· Putting People in Places to Care – be part of the NHSP community, by joining the bank and caring for patients with a team of people from all walks of life.

· Weekly pay to give you access to your wages more quickly.

· First choice of shifts/placements at the Trust of your choice over agencies.

· Our team is always happy to help - access our support line any time.

· Working options to suit your lifestyle – being on the bank gives you the flexibility to work the shifts you want or choose fixed term placements.

· Training and development opportunities via the Trust and NHSP’s own academy.

· Explore different wards, keep your skills up to date whilst gaining vital experience.

· Being part of the NHSP Community means you’ll get access to member activities such as member of the month, member appreciation week, key date giveaways, webinar series and much more.

Who are NHS Professionals?

NHS Professionals is a flexible staff bank, owned by the Department of Health, our purpose is to provide you with the autonomy to decide when, how, and where you want to work. Supporting your lifestyle and making you feel part of the team and community. Offering you flexible work or alternatively fixed term placements.

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By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts or fixed term placements across any of our client Trusts in England.

Disclaimer

Please note, you will be contacted by email throughout the recruitment process, so please check your emails, including your junk/spam regularly. We regret we cannot contact everyone who is not selected for an interview, therefore if you do not hear from us within 21 days after submitting your application, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: £16.14-£20.95 per hour

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