Senior Catering Assistant

The Catering Department at The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford are pleased to offer 1 part-time 30 hours per week permanent contract opportunity for a Senior Catering Assistant to join our friendly, busy & dynamic catering team.
The post holder will be required to work as part of the food service team in the Catering Department and at ward level at The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford to provide and maintain an efficient catering service for both patient services and commercial services.
If this sounds of interest to you we would welcome your application., You will predominantly be required to work competently and with pace due to time restraints, in the main pot wash and dishwasher area, and also the loading & cleaning of the food burlodge trolleys, also assisting with accepting and offloading deliveries.
At times you may also be required to work at ward level serving the meals, or within other areas of the department to meet service demands, this will provide and maintain an efficient catering service for both patient services and commercial services.

Working for our organisation
Our catering department at The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford caters for not only patients but two thriving retail units, one being the Apley Restaurant which can be used by staff, patients and the general public and also our exclusive Caffe Bistro which is situated in the Women's & Children's main atrium. Both retail outlets serve a variety of hot and cold beverages and also hot and cold meals, there are also numerous vending machines around the hospital that offer both hot & cold drinks and also snacks.
Our patient catering service is a cook/chill system, and we have a variety of menu options on each menu service, we use an external supplier for our cook chill food.

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