Catering Housekeeper

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Colham Green; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

On-site nursery

Restaurant

Training opportunities

Job summary

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Colham Green is recruiting housekeepers to join our friendly team. You will monitor and maintain high standards of cleanliness and catering, assisting patients with meal selections and serving meals and drinks on ward areas.

We value communication and customer service skills; basic food hygiene knowledge is desirable. You should be able to work on your own initiative within a supportive ward team.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a catering or housekeeping role and excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Basic food hygiene and COSHH knowledge is desirable but not essential.
• Able to work on your own initiative.

Responsibilities

• Assist patients with appropriate meal selections and serve meals, beverages and snacks at scheduled intervals.
• Monitor and maintain ward kitchen cleanliness and keep areas tidy.
• Be responsible for meeting patients’ individual needs and work as part of the ward team.

Skills

Catering experience

Housekeeping experience

Communication skills

Customer service

Job description

Our Facilities department provide a range of support services across the Hospital including catering cleaning and housekeeping. These services help play a vital role in ensuring all areas of our hospital achieve excellent standards of cleanliness, catering and hygiene. We are now recruiting housekeepers to join our friendly and professional team., Our Housekeepers work on our hospital wards with responsibility for monitoring and maintaining our high standards of cleanliness and catering including:

• assisting patients with appropriate meal selections
• to serve patient meals, hot and cold beverages and snacks at scheduled intervals throughout the day and to respond to ad-hoc requirements.
• monitoring and maintaining ward kitchen cleanliness and ensuring its clean and tidy at all times
• To be responsible, where able, for ensuring that the patient's individual needs are met and to work as an integral part of the ward team.

For this role you will need some previous experience of working in either a catering or housekeeping role as well as excellent communication (verbal and written) and customer service skills. Basic food hygiene and COSHH knowledge is desirable but not essential. It is also important that you are able to work on your own initiative.

At Hillingdon Hospital, our vision is to be the best general hospital in the country and to put compassionate care, safety and quality at the heart of everything we do. We are clear that our Vision can only be achieved by our staff who are our most valuable asset.

• flexible hours
• a full range of benefits
• on-site nursery facilities (5% discount for staff)
• restaurant as well as a wide range of training and career development opportunities.

Please note that applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to work in the UK.