Facilities Catering Support Assistant

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Catering Team at County Hospital Stafford. Working with an experienced team you will be delivering Fresh Food to our patients and visitors.
This position benefits from enhanced pay due to some working hours being during weekends. The rota is as follows
Week 1: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday & Sunday
16.30 - 19.30pm
Primary duties will include the presentation and service of meals to patients, supporting the restaurant meal services and general hygiene duties throughout the department
The individual will need to be adaptable, hardworking and be a self-motivated individual to meet the team and operational goals., We are seeking a dedicated and reliable Catering Service Assistant to join our team at Stafford County Hospital. This part-time position involves working in a busy hospital environment, ensuring that high standards of food service are maintained across various wards and departments., Preparing and serving meals to patients, staff, and visitors in accordance with dietary requirements and health & safety standards.
- Assisting with the preparation and organisation of food items, ensuring compliance with NHS guidelines.
- Ensuring cleanliness and hygiene in the kitchen and dining areas, including washing up and sanitising surfaces.
- Taking and recording meal orders from patients, considering any specific dietary needs.
- Delivering food to wards in a timely manner, ensuring it is served at the correct temperature.
- Managing and replenishing stock levels, ensuring that all food items are stored correctly.
- Liaising with healthcare staff to ensure that patients' dietary requirements are met.
For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager., 1. All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
2. References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
3. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
4. Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies
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University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded the Gold Award for proudly supporting those who serve. We actively encourage applications from the Armed Forces community.
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University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. Our 11,000 strong workforce provide emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford., At UHNM we are fortunate to receive a high volume of applications for many of our roles, on this occasion we would reserve the right to close any advert early, therefore please apply without delay!

We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales. We have put together a wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work and research.
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full time, part time hours and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working. You can select your preferences upon application.