Catering Assistant - Tower Coffee Shop - Aintree Site

The Methodist Church in Britain; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a catering assistant in the Tower Coffee Shop at Aintree University Hospital. The role covers preparing food and hot drinks, serving customers, taking payments, cleaning and restocking, with possible moves between units as service needs change.

Candidates need Level 2 food hygiene and prior catering experience, plus numeracy and literacy skills, and a good understanding of food safety.

Qualifications

• Level 2 food hygiene certificate required.
• Previous catering experience preferred.
• Numeracy and literacy skills required.
• Understanding of good food hygiene importance.
• Effective communication and teamwork essential.
• Data inputting skills expected.

Responsibilities

• Prepare food for sale.
• Make hot drinks.
• Serve customers and provide customer care.
• Handle cash.
• Stock shelves and rotate stock.
• Clean the coffee shop and work areas.
• Work elsewhere in catering sites as required.

Skills

Numeracy

Literacy

Health & Safety

Food Hygiene

Communication

Teamwork

Data inputting

Education

Level 2 food hygiene certificate

Job description

This catering assistant post is in the Tower Coffee Shop at the main entrance of Aintree University Hospital, run by the catering department of Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Day to day, the work covers making food and hot drinks, serving customers, taking payments, cleaning and restocking. It is a busy retail outlet, and the post-holder may be moved between units or sites as service needs change, including working bank holidays and Christmas Day. A Level 2 food hygiene certificate and previous catering experience are needed.

What the job involves

• Prepare food for sale


• Make hot drinks


• Serve customers and provide customer care


• Handle cash


• Stock shelves and rotate stock


• Clean the coffee shop and work areas


• Encourage sales


• Work elsewhere in the catering department, including the Royal and Broadgreen sites or the patients' kitchen, as the service requires

What's required

Qualifications

• Level 2 food hygiene certificate

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


• Team working skills


• Data inputting

Other

• IT skills for online mandatory training and yearly appraisals


• Self-motivated and able to work unsupervised


• Flexible and open to change

Nice to have

• Food hygiene certificate


• Previous industrial catering experience


• Previous use of cleaning machinery, dishwashing or pan washing machinery


• Barista training


• Knowledge of cash till systems