Catering Assistant - Broadgreen Hospital

The Methodist Church in Britain; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 15,000; Full time

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Catering Assistant for ward kitchens. The role involves regenerating chilled and frozen food, plating and delivering patient meals, and serving drinks while maintaining patient safety and hygiene standards.

You will observe health and safety procedures, record temperatures, and support the catering team in daily operations. The post requires basic numeracy, good communication, and teamwork, and is open only to employees of LAASP

Qualifications

• Previous catering experience.
• Numeracy and literacy skills.
• Knowledge of health and safety.
• Understanding of the importance of good food hygiene.
• Effective communication skills.
• Data inputting.
• Team working skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide a localised catering service that observes health, safety and hygiene procedures.
• Regenerate chilled and frozen food and prepare sauces.
• Prepare patient meal trays.
• Plate and serve hot and cold food, delivering meals to patients with condiments.
• Probe and record food and equipment temperatures, and complete procedural paperwork.
• Serve beverages to patients, washing and refilling water jugs and beakers.
• Take patient orders and pass requirements to the catering department.
• Give customer care to patients, visitors, staff and colleagues.
• Clear meal trays, crockery and cutlery from food areas.
• Collect, segregate and dispose of catering waste.
• Clean the kitchen and associated areas to departmental schedules, including equipment and work surfaces.
• Order and receive goods from the main catering production unit, keeping stock levels adequate.

Skills

Numeracy

Literacy

Health & Safety

Food Hygiene

Communication

Data Entry

Teamwork

Job description

Catering Assistant post in the ward kitchens at Broadgreen Hospital, part of Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The work centres on regenerating chilled and frozen food, plating and delivering patient meals and serving drinks, with food and equipment temperatures recorded throughout. The post is open only to current employees of five LAASP organisations, so outside applicants cannot apply.

What the job involves

• Provide a localised catering service that observes health, safety and hygiene procedures
• Regenerate chilled and frozen food and prepare sauces
• Prepare patient meal trays
• Plate and serve hot and cold food, delivering meals to patients with condiments
• Probe and record food and equipment temperatures, and complete procedural paperwork
• Serve beverages to patients, washing and refilling water jugs and beakers
• Take patient orders and pass requirements to the catering department
• Give customer care to patients, visitors, staff and colleagues
• Clear meal trays, crockery and cutlery from food areas
• Collect, segregate and dispose of catering waste
• Clean the kitchen and associated areas to departmental schedules, including equipment and work surfaces
• Order and receive goods from the main catering production unit, keeping stock levels adequate

Experience

• Previous catering experience

Skills & knowledge

• Numeracy and literacy skills
• Knowledge of health and safety
• Understanding of the importance of good food hygiene
• Communication skills
• Data inputting
• Team working skills

Checks & eligibility

• Current employee of one of the five LAASP organisations

Nice to have

• Previous industrial catering experience
• Previous use of cleaning, dishwashing or panwashing machinery
• Barista training
• Knowledge of cash till systems