Catering Assistant

NHS Professionals • Full-time • Bolton, England, United Kingdom • £12 - £22 / hour • 1d ago

Catering Assistant
Royal Bolton Hospital, Bolton BL4 0JR
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
37.5 hours per week – working 5 days from 7 including rotating weekends.
Band 2 - £12.08/hr (Weekdays), £17.03/hr (Saturdays) & £22.10/hr (Sundays & Bank Holidays)

Temporary placement up to 6 weeks in length to provide sickness cover.

Do you have experience as a catering assistant, and you are interested in helping your local NHS services to continue to provide essential support to their facilities operations?

If so, then Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation trust wants to hear from you!

GMMH are looking for a Catering Assistant at the Royal Bolton Hospital. This role requires all applicants to have a food hygiene level 2 certificate and understand essential allergen information.

Main duties and responsibilities:

· Food service to patients on the wards.

· Some cleaning of food areas.

· Responsible for the safe use of kitchen equipment.

· To complete any other tasks as directed by the line manager.

· Safe preparation of meals and drinks

· Washing the returning food trolleys, crockery, and cutlery

· Any general cleaning that is needed.

The skills required are

· Minimum of food hygiene certificate (level 2).

· Working knowledge of COSHH, allergen awareness and safe health & safety practises in the workplace.

· Good communication skills as sometimes patient facing while serving.

· NHS experience (desirable but not essential).

· This role may require you to show evidence of vocational level 3 qualification or at least 2 years relevant experience.

The Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is made up of a wide range of services across Manchester and the Greater Manchester area. As one of the largest specialist mental health providers in the country, GMMH supports more than 65,000 service users across our local, specialist, substance misuse and prison populations. We employ over 6,400 staff and provide services from 109 locations across the Northwest of England, as well as working with people in their homes and local communities.

GMMH provides:

Local mental health services to the people of Bolton, Manchester, Salford, Trafford, and Wigan
Substance misuse services to people in Bolton, Salford, Trafford and Bury
Services to over 8,000 people in prisons and secure accommodation in the Northwest of England
Highly specialised mental health services for the region and wider NHS in England

Could you be part of that team?

If you answered yes, then Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation trust would love to hear from you.

Who are NHS Professionals?

NHS Professionals (NHSP), owned by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), works in partnership with hospital trusts to provide a bank of highly skilled temporary workers who want to work flexibly within the NHS.

Working through the NHSP bank means Trusts don’t have to rely on expensive agencies. Right now, we have over 130,000 members registered on our bank from various roles, grades, and specialities, saving the NHS over £70 million each year. This money is then reinvested back into the NHS.

In return for your hard work commitment NHS Professionals (NHSP) can offer you some fantastic benefits: –

· Competitive Pay Rates - work this week, get paid next week!

· First choice of placements at over 50 NHS Trusts in England

· Dedicated consultants

· Flexible working options

· Free DBS and free training

· Build holiday allowance

· Support when you need it – 24/7 365 days

· Stakeholder pension scheme

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: Full-time

Pay: £12.08-£22.10 per hour

Expected hours: 37.5 per week

Benefits: