Facilities Assistant - Catering

NHS; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is seeking a dedicated Facilities Assistant to provide exceptional catering services. This role involves delivering meals and beverages in a hospital environment, ensuring food safety, and supporting various facilities services. Candidates should possess strong interpersonal skills and the ability to follow instructions. Join a dynamic team where your contributions will enhance the quality of care for patients and support the smooth operation of healthcare services. This position offers a unique opportunity to work in a collaborative environment committed to excellence and community service.

Qualifications

• Good written and spoken English skills.
• Ability to understand and carry out instructions.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality beverage and meal service.
• Support facilities services such as domestic and portering.

Skills

Food Safety Knowledge

Interpersonal Skills

Basic Maths Skills

Ability to Follow Instructions

Education

GCSE in Maths and English or equivalent experience

Tools

Dishwasher

Food Hygiene Certificate Level 2

Job description

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

TWA, Trafford, Withington and Altrincham hospitals are a division of Manchester Foundation Trust and the Facilities staff employed provide an integral service to the smooth running of the Division. We are now looking for staff to work at our Withington Division on the Intermediate Care Unit, Buccleuch Lodge and occasionally at Withington Community Hospital, Willow Bank Lodge Intermediate Care Unit, and Dermot Murphy Centre to help us to continue to deliver excellent support services. You may also be expected to support our other facilities services such as domestics, linen, and portering.As a Facilities Assistant - Catering, you will deliver a full and comprehensive catering service to the intermediate care unit. The role will also involve providing catering services at the hospital caf, Dermot Murphy and Willow Bank Lodge when required.

As we are a healthcare facility the successful candidates may also be expected to work on bank holidays and weekends.

Main duties of the job

JOB PURPOSEProvision of a high-quality beverage and meal service within a Hospital/Healthcare environment.

Job summary

TWA, Trafford, Withington and Altrincham hospitals are a division of Manchester Foundation Trust and the Facilities staff employed provide an integral service to the smooth running of the Division. We are now looking for staff to work at our Withington Division on the Intermediate Care Unit, Buccleuch Lodge and occasionally at Withington Community Hospital, Willow Bank Lodge Intermediate Care Unit, and Dermot Murphy Centre to help us to continue to deliver excellent support services. You may also be expected to support our other facilities services such as domestics, linen, and portering.As a Facilities Assistant - Catering, you will deliver a full and comprehensive catering service to the intermediate care unit. The role will also involve providing catering services at the hospital caf, Dermot Murphy and Willow Bank Lodge when required.

As we are a healthcare facility the successful candidates may also be expected to work on bank holidays and weekends.

Main duties of the job

JOB PURPOSEProvision of a high-quality beverage and meal service within a Hospital/Healthcare environment.

Provision of a high-quality catering service in the hospital restaurant/caf either in the servery (front of house) or kitchen area.

Provision of catering related duties including loading, operating, and emptying dishwashers, dishwashing, making toast, distribution of all meals, and patient beverages as required.

To work closely and support other facilities services such as domestic, linen, and portering to ensure the seamless delivery of facilities services.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

• Ability to understand and be able to carry out instructions to set specifications.
• Good knowledge of food safety.

Qualifications

Essential

• Good written and spoken English and ability to complete basic maths.

Desirable

• Cleaning training/certificate.
• GCSE to include Maths and English or equivalent experience.
• Customer Care Training.
• Basic Food Hygiene certificate level 2.

Training and experience

Essential

• Demonstrate basic knowledge of Health & Safety

Desirable

• Experience of working in a healthcare environment.
• Experience of working in a similar role.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Good interpersonal skills.
• Able to adapt to meet service needs.

Attributes

Essential

• Awareness of confidentiality.
• Ability to work within a team and independently without constant supervision, utilising own initiative.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Buccleuch Lodge Intermediate Care Unit

Elizabeth Slinger Road,

Didsbury, Manchester,

M20 2XA

Employer's website

https://mft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)