Catering Assistant - Broadgreen Hospital

NHS Jobs; Liverpool; On-site; AUD 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Catering Assistant for Broadgreen Hospital. The role involves preparing patient meals, plating food, and serving meals to patients with attention to temperatures and hygiene.

You will work as part of the catering team, undertake training as required, and contribute to a high standard of patient care and service across the hospital.

Qualifications

• Willing to undertake training as required.
• Able to work co-operatively with colleagues as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Prepare patient meal trays and plate hot and cold food items.
• Deliver meals to patients and communicate dietary requirements to the catering department.
• Record patient and equipment temperatures as part of quality checks.
• Provide beverage service to patients and assist with water jugs and beakers.
• Clean and sanitize kitchen areas, work surfaces and crockery.
• Order and receive goods from the main catering unit to maintain stock levels.

Skills

Food handling

Customer service

Job description

Catering Assistant - Broadgreen Hospital

To provide a localised catering service observing health, safety and hygiene procedures and maintaining high standards in all aspects. To deliver good principles of customer care ensuring helpfulness, awareness and compassion to patients, visitors, staff and colleagues. Regeneration of chilled/frozen food and preparation of sauces. Preparation of patient meal trays. Plating and service of cold and hot food items with meal delivery to patients, including service of condiments. Probing and recording food temperatures. Recording of equipment temperatures. Beverage service to patients. Washing and refilling of patients water jugs and beakers. To take the patient orders and communicate the requirements to the catering department. Clearing of meal trays, crockery and cutlery for all food areas. Collection, segregation and disposal of catering waste materials. Cleaning duties within the kitchen and other associated areas in accordance with departmental cleaning schedules to include equipment, work surfaces crockery and cutlery. Ordering and receipt of goods from the main catering production unit in accordance with the agreed stock requirements ensuring adequate stock levels are maintained. Completion of catering department procedural paperwork such as temperature checks and monitoring. To undertake training as required to fulfil this role and any further training which will enhance both personal effectiveness and also the delivery of high standards of service. To work co-operatively with colleagues as part of the team and perform additional duties as and when directed by the catering supervisor.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust