Kitchen Porter

We are looking for an enthusiastic person to:

• Provide the highest standards of hygiene within the Catering Department areas, by adhering to and practising the cleaning work schedules as prescribed.
• Ensure the safe delivery of food and meals to all wards on the Radbourne site in Derby.
• There maybe times that you will be required to work at the Kingsway Site, therefore a full Driving Licence is required.
• Drive electric vehicles to deliver all food trollies and refreshments to external buildings forms a daily part of the role so a valid driving licence is required for this post., cleaning of the kitchen and associated areas, refrigerators and food stores to the required standards.
• specialist cleaning of Catering equipment including industrial fryers, ovens, bain-marie.
• washing up of utensils, pots, pans and crockery used by staff and patients as and when required.
• delivery of meals and goods to any and all areas as required and the collection of pots, goods and other items as required, including driving the electric truck within the hospital grounds.
• unload and unpack of all types of goods used within the catering department, and placing in appropriate areas, e.g. refrigerators, deep freezers etc: observing strict stock rotation performance standards.
• ensure that Health and Safety Regulations and Food Hygiene Regulations are upheld by adhering to safe working practices prescribed.
• ensure all vehicles are checked daily prior to use completing the forms provided, any defects are reported immediately to the catering supervisor, as and when required to connect the electric vehicles to the chargers.
• liaise with delivery drivers and performing banksman duties to ensure the provision and maintenance of a safe area for delivery vehicles to the store yard.
  
  Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.
CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."


• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities