Catering Clerical & Menu Clerk

The catering clerk is responsible for processing all patient menu cards, for producing various reports for the kitchen supervisors, for recording and documenting information relating to patient catering and for keeping all information held on the catering IT system accurate and up-to-date.
The catering clerk is required to work closely with the kitchen supervisors and to liaise on a daily basis with wards. The catering clerk is also required to assist and cover in respect to raising purchase orders and receipting orders., ADMINISTRATIVE PATIENT MENU PROCESSING: To process all patient menu cards on a daily basis as follows:
· Issue required amounts of menu cards to all wards on a daily basis.
· Receive completed menu cards and to contact any wards that have not returned menu cards.
· Check that sufficient menu cards have been received from each ward and if not contact the ward concerned and rectify.
· Sort menu cards for processing and extract special diet cards to process separately.
· Make out bulk cards as required.
· Enter menu cards onto system one meal at a time
· Print summary sheets at end of processing and issue to kitchen with cards.
· Retain copy of summary and complete meal served sheet
· Check dietary supplement sheets against order?
· Maintain adequate stocks of all menus
· To liaise directly with wards on a day to day basis.
To provide the following reports:
· Recipes for patients and staff
· Allergen Information
· Costing Information
· Production plans
· Meal served data
· Red tray data
· Other reports as deemed necessary by catering management, Further details regarding the post can be obtained by contacting a Recruiting Manager as per contact details below.
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Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
+ Safety
+ Care
+ Respect
+ Communication
+ Learning
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more., The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.
The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
New colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome here at Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.
For our agenda for change staff, we offer a competitive benefits package with regular pay awards, annual leave of 27 days increasing to 33 days after 10 years and access to a competitive Pension Scheme to which both you and the Trust contribute. These terms and conditions are not applicable for Non-Executive positions.
Alongside this there are extensive training development opportunities with paid mandatory training, a protected training budget for staff and support for flexible working. We have an on-site Occupational Health Service to support you at work and have fast track access to physio, counselling and complimentary therapies.