Catering Assistant

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust; Salfords; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust operates East Surrey Hospital in Redhill and provides acute services to a diverse local population. The Catering Department serves meals to patients and supports the Three Arches Restaurant, with a focus on high-quality customer service.

We are seeking a motivated team member with a flexible approach to work and a commitment to delivering excellent customer service in a busy catering operation.

Qualifications

• Experience in food service is desirable.
• Knowledge of hygiene standards is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Preparing food and serving customers in patient and retail areas.
• Maintaining high standards of hygiene and cleanliness.
• Ensuring effective stock rotation and assisting with stock replenishment.
• Providing a consistently high standard of customer care to patients, staff, and visitors.
• Complying with all food safety policies, procedures, and relevant legislation.
• Supporting manual handling tasks, including deliveries and function setups.

Skills

Customer service

Team player

Flexible approach

Job description

An opportunity has arisen to join the Catering Department at East Surrey Hospital. We are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated team player with a flexible approach to work and a commitment to delivering excellent customer service.

This role is based within our busy catering operation, where we prepare and serve meals to more than 750 patients three times a day, as well as support service in the Three Arches Restaurant.

Main duties of the job

• Preparing food and serving customers in both patient and retail areas.
• Maintaining high standards of hygiene and cleanliness.
• Ensuring effective stock rotation and assisting with stock replenishment.
• Providing a consistently high standard of customer care to patients, staff, and visitors.
• Complying with all food safety policies, procedures, and relevant legislation.
• Supporting manual handling tasks, including deliveries and function setups.

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the region's busiest providers of healthcare. It was formed on 1 April 1998 following a merger between East Surrey Healthcare NHS and Crawley Horsham NHS Trusts. We are often referred to as 'SASH'.

We run East Surrey Hospital in Redhill, where we have more than 700 beds and provide acute and complex services. In addition, we provide a range of outpatient, diagnostic and less complex planned services at The Earlswood Centre, Caterham Dene Hospital, Crawley Hospital and Horsham Hospital.

Every year, over 120,000 people attend our Emergency Department, we deliver nearly 4,000 babies and almost half a million people have outpatient appointments with us. We are a major local employer, with a diverse workforce of around 5,500 staff providing healthcare services to a growing population of some 744,000 people.

We are proud to be an inclusive employer, and we work hard to create an environment where everyone feels valued and supported. At our Trust, we strive to be the best place to work and receive care. We are dedicated to supporting you in your current role while helping you grow and develop your career. As part of our team, you will have access to excellent training opportunities, flexible working, dedicated support networks, and a strong emphasis on health and wellbeing to ensure a thriving and positive work environment.