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Catering Assistant
NHS
Manchester
On-site
GBP 18,000 - 23,000
Full time
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Job summary
Join a major NHS Trust as a Catering Assistant, where you will contribute to high-quality catering services for patients and staff. The role involves food preparation, maintaining hygiene standards, and ensuring efficient service delivery. Ideal for individuals with a commitment to customer care and teamwork.
Qualifications
- Experience in a catering role is desirable.
- Knowledge of health and safety requirements.
- Understanding of patient confidentiality.
Responsibilities
- Assist with food preparation and maintain kitchen cleanliness.
- Ensure stock control and proper food handling.
- Provide high standards of customer care.
Skills
Education
Job description
Go back Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
The closing date is 08 July 2025
You will act as a key member of the back of house catering team to assist the organisation in providing patients, staff and visitors with high quality person centred and safe catering service.
You will assist with the preparation of food and contributing to the operation and cleanliness of kitchens and associated equipment whilst supporting the production, portioning, distribution and services ofmeals and snacks.
You will provide a high standard of service in accordance with the contractspecification as directed the line manager and ensure that all foods are produced and served in a safe and hygienic manner at all times.
Decanting and preparation of food in accordance with portion control guidelines. The post holder may be required to use the kitchen equipment and machinery as required, including freezers, knives, floor scrubbing machines, food service trolley, and ovens.
Provide and maintain a high standard of customer care at all times whilst on duty.
Maintain a high standard of personal hygiene in accordance with company policy and the
Workload will be determined by daily requirements, and post-holder may be required to use initiative in order to prioritise tasks and responsibilities.
Arrive in time for duty, adhering to Sodexo uniform requirements and clocking in prior to commencing your shift.
Post holders are required to wear their identity badge with a currentphotograph on at all times.
Main Assignments of Role :
o Ensuring food deliveries are picked and packed correctly in accordance with agreed practices.
o Ensure stock control and rotation procedures are maintained. Checking expiry dates on food and disposing of any food exceeding use by date. Store goods correctly and use stockon a rotational basis.
o Working in temperature-controlled environments (i.e. fridges, freezers up to -18 degrees Celsius.
o Maintain kitchen and working area cleanliness and hygiene.
o Ensure a prompt removal of packaging and food waste to designated areas.
o Follow all cleaning schedules as required.
o Refer to COSHH data sheets where appropriate. Additional General Responsibilities
o While on duty staff are to wear only Sodexo uniform and tidy state at all times, you must always have a clean, spare tabard/ apron at work withyou in case of spillages.
o At times you may be required to go and work in other catering areas to assist with the cover of annual leave and sickness.
o At times post holders may be required to carry out reasonable additional duties connected to their employment, as directed by their supervisor or line manager.
o Ability to work as part of a team.
o Good level of customer care.
o Experience of working in a catering environment (desirable).
o Good understanding of health and safety and manual handling practices.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
- Completed secondary education
- Ability and willingness to achieve Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
- Knowledge of basic Health & Safety requirements
- Understanding of patient confidentiality
- Understanding of a small number of routine work procedures which could be gained through a short induction period or on the job training
- Experience in a cleaning role
- Experience in a catering role
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.
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