Apprentice Catering Assistant
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
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Job summary
Medway NHS Foundation Trust is inviting applications for a Catering Apprentice in Gillingham. You will join the Estates and Facilities division and work across Retail and Patient Catering areas, gaining full training in NHS catering services.
This apprenticeship role emphasises hygiene, safety, teamwork and learning all aspects of the department to support a future supervisory career path.
Qualifications
- Level 2 Food Safety Qualification required.
- Good literacy and numeracy essential.
- Time management and organisational skills required.
- Interpersonal and communication skills are important for team work.
Responsibilities
- Carry out general catering duties to provide a high quality service.
- Assist with packing in patient services, dish-washing, staff restaurant and hospitality areas.
- Follow food hygiene and safety regulations at all times.
- Support with stock movement, shelf filling and cleaning duties.
- Develop within a catering team with a view to progression into a supervisory role.
Skills
Education
Job description
Division: Estates and Facilities
Band: Band 2
Salary: £25,272 - £25,272 per annum pro rata
Contract Type: Apprenticeship
We are recruiting for aCatering Assistant who shares our ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
The post holder will be required to carry out a wide range of general catering duties in an efficient and effective manner to ensure that a high quality catering service is provided at all times.
To assist with general duties in packing areas and cold rooms in the patient services department, dish-washing area, staff restaurant, hospitality services and associated areas.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of theBest of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:
B - Bold
E - Every person counts
S - Sharing and open
T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.
This is an apprenticeship role to work withing the Catering Team - Retail Catering and Patient Catering Cold Room Picking & Packing Team.
This role will include full training of all aspects of Retail and Patient Catering services, it is a new opportunity to join a successful team and build a career in NHS Catering Services.
To support retail catering service learning the different roles withing the Dining Room, Coffee House and Deli; Barista training will be an option. There will be stock movement, shelf filling, cleaning and food service duties as you grow within the team, learning each aspect of the different duties.
To work at all times in a clean and tidy manner ensuring strict adherence to the food hygiene and safety regulations.
To pick & pack chilled, frozen and ambient items for patient mealtimes, loading insulated food trolleys.
Duties include stock movement and handling, the work is an active mobile on foot role, requiring team work and communication with colleagues, numeracy and literacy are essential skills for the role. Some food preparation duties are required and a Level 2 Food Safety Qualification is required to commence the role. Cleaning duties are a part of the role along with maintaining high standards of hygiene within stock rooms at all times. It is a highly active role, not suitable for anyone looking for "lighter duties".
To report any mechanical or safety defects and need for repairs to the administration management for immediate action.
To clear tables and relay dirty crockery, cutlery etc. to the central wash up area.
To operate dishwashing machines.
To stack and wash crockery and cutlery from the staff meal service
To clean prescribed areas as laid down in the departmental cleaning schedule.
To follow all cleaning methods as instructed with regard to premises and equipment
To transport goods to and from the catering department as required
To assist with the safe and effective cleaning of meal service areas.
The long term aspiration for any applicant should be f or a career in catering, growing and developing a journey where the next step would be a supervisory role.
This is an apprenticeship role to work withing the Catering Team - Retail Catering and Patient Catering Cold Room Picking & Packing Team.
This role will include full training of all aspects of Retail and Patient Catering services, it is a new opportunity to join a successful team and build a career in NHS Catering Services.
To support retail catering service learning the different roles withing the Dining Room, Coffee House and Deli; Barista training will be an option. There will be stock movement, shelf filling, cleaning and food service duties as you grow within the team, learning each aspect of the different duties.
To work at all times in a clean and tidy manner ensuring strict adherence to the food hygiene and safety regulations.
To pick & pack chilled, frozen and ambient items for patient mealtimes, loading insulated food trolleys.
Duties include stock movement and handling, the work is an active mobile on foot role, requiring team work and communication with colleagues, numeracy and literacy are essential skills for the role. Some food preparation duties are required and a Level 2 Food Safety Qualification is required to commence the role. Cleaning duties are a part of the role along with maintaining high standards of hygiene within stock rooms at all times. It is a highly active role, not suitable for anyone looking for "lighter duties".
To report any mechanical or safety defects and need for repairs to the administration management for immediate action.
To clear tables and relay dirty crockery, cutlery etc. to the central wash up area.
To operate dishwashing machines.
To stack and wash crockery and cutlery from the staff meal service
To clean prescribed areas as laid down in the departmental cleaning schedule.
To follow all cleaning methods as instructed with regard to premises and equipment
To transport goods to and from the catering department as required
To assist with the safe and effective cleaning of meal service areas.
The long term aspiration for any applicant should be f or a career in catering, growing and developing a journey where the next step would be a supervisory role.
- Basic food hygiene Certificate
- Good standard of general education including literacy and numeracy
- Understanding of good hygiene and health and safety practices.
- Basic computer skills
- Demonstrate previous experience in a catering environment.
- Time management and organisational skills
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Attention to detail and presentation
- Basic food hygiene Certificate
- Good standard of general education including literacy and numeracy
- Understanding of good hygiene and health and safety practices.
- Basic computer skills
- Demonstrate previous experience in a catering environment.
- Time management and organisational skills
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Attention to detail and presentation
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Medway Maritime Hospital
Windmill Road
Gillingham
ME75NY
United Kingdom
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