Catering Assistants

Marie Curie Hospice, Glasgow; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 9,000 - 15,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 27 days + 8 holidays (pro

Job summary

Marie Curie Newcastle Hospice is recruiting 2 part-time Catering Assistants to join the kitchen team at the Newcastle site. Reporting to the Head Chef, you will assist in providing catering services and maintaining a high level of food hygiene while preparing simple meals under supervision.

You will support a busy service, work to keep the kitchen clean and safe, and contribute to the smooth operation for patients, visitors, staff and volunteers.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of regulations of food hygiene (as required in Food Safety Manual).
• Ability to work well within a team.
• Awareness of health and safety issues in the workplace.
• Experience/knowledge of working in a catering department/kitchen.
• Knowledge of maintaining a clean, tidy, safe and hygienic environment.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the daily provision of catering services at the hospice.
• Maintain high standard of hygiene and food safety to support rating.
• Undertake general kitchen duties and prepare simple meals under direction.

Skills

Food hygiene regs

Team player

Health and safety awareness

Catering/kitchen experience

Clean and tidy environment

Job description

We are recruiting for 2 part time Catering Assistants to join the team at our hospice in Newcastle., Reporting to the Head Chef, you will assist in the daily provision of all catering services at the Hospice, working to ensure that we maintain our level 5 food hygiene rating, and our commitment to providing a consistently high-quality food service. You will be a vital member of the catering team, contributing to the smooth operation of the kitchen and you must be able to undertake general kitchen duties and food preparation and cook simple meals under direction of the Head Chef. You will need to be flexible, well presented and highly organized.

The Marie Curie Newcastle Hospice provides high quality care in a comfortable environment for patients with a life limiting illness and their loved ones. Our Garden Café is open from 8.30 am to 6 pm every day and sells a variety of refreshments, light snacks and meals for our patients, visitors, staff and volunteers.

• To have knowledge of and practice all regulations of food hygiene (as required in the Food Safety Manual)
• Ability to work well within a team
• Awareness of health and safety issues in the workplace
• Experience/knowledge of working in a catering department/kitchen
• Knowledge of maintaining a clean, tidy, safe and hygienic environment

Marie Curie is the UK's leading end-of-life charity. We are the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the UK, the only provider across all 4 nations, delivering community nursing and hospice care across the country, while providing information and support on all aspects of dying, death, and bereavement. Our leading research pushes the boundaries of what we know about good end-of-life, and our campaigns fight for a world where everyone gets to have the best possible quality of life while living with an illness they're likely to die from.

The care and support we provide is highly valued by the people we care for and their loved ones, but at present we are only reaching around 10% of dying people at the end of life. Right now, one in four people in the UK with a terminal illness, do not get the care or support they deserve at the end of their lives.

• Annual leave allowance 27 days plus 8 public holidays (pro rata)
• Competitive Policy for parental/sick Leave
• Continuous Professional development
• Industry leading training programmes
• Season ticket loan for travelling to and from work
• Defined contribution schemes for Pension
• Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme
• Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
• Introduce a friend scheme
• Help with eyecare cost
• Entitled to Marie Curie Blue Light Card
• Entitled to Benefit-Hub Discount Scheme
• 15% staff discount in all Marie Curie Shops
• Life assurance - for all employees