Kitchen Porter

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust; Bath; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare institution in Bath is seeking a dedicated Kitchen Porter to support its Catering Department. This role is essential for ensuring that nutritious meals are delivered safely and on time to patients. The ideal candidate will have a keen eye for detail and a passion for maintaining high hygiene standards. Join a compassionate team that values inclusivity and staff wellbeing, while contributing to the recovery of patients through quality food services. This is a fantastic opportunity to grow within a supportive environment that prioritizes your career development.

Benefits

Staff wellbeing programs

Access to a swimming pool

Inclusive staff networks

Comprehensive staff benefits package

Qualifications

• Attention to detail and ability to follow hygiene standards.
• Experience in a customer-focused role is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Loading food trollies and assisting with food preparation.
• Maintaining cleanliness in kitchen areas and equipment.

Skills

Basic Literacy and Numeracy skills

Catering/Kitchen Porter experience

Customer service skills

Education

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate Level 2

Level 3 Food Hygiene Certificate

Job description

Job Overview

Are you looking for a new challenge in 2024 ? Do you have a passion for supporting healthcare in your local community? Come and join us at the Royal United Hospital, Bath, Catering Department and apply for a Kitchen Porter role where a fantastic journey and exciting opportunities await you.

The Catering Department is responsible for providing freshly cooked meals to all of our patients, using locally sourced ingredients. Food is a vital part of a patients recovery, and we aim to provide nutritious and tempting meals for the enjoyment of our patients. We also have three retail catering environments, providing meals and snacks to our staff teams and visitors. All members of the Catering Department play an important role in this important service provision and in ensuring the quality and safety of the food is of the highest standard.

Kitchen Porters play a vital role in our patient food service, ensuring meals reach patients timely and safely, assisting with light food handling duties and maintaining high standards of cleanliness and hygiene in catering areas at all times.

Main duties of the job

The Role Includes The Following Duties

• Loading food trollies ready for next meal
• Light food preparation duties, including portioning of menu items
• Transporting trolleys of food to and from wards and departments
• Cleaning all kitchen areas, following a cleaning schedule
• Cleaning of large kitchen equipment and machinery
• Washing up food preparation equipment by hand and using utensil washer
• Waste disposal, including segregation of recycling
• Working in temperature controlled areas
  
  

We are looking for someone with an eye for detail who enjoys being active in their role.

Working for our organisation

At the RUH we’re proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.

Person specification

Essential criteria

• Basic Literacy and Numeracy skills
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate Level 2 Level 3 Food Hygiene Certificate
  
  

Essential criteria

• Previous Catering/Kitchen Porter experience
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience in a customer focused role
  
  

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Job Description & Person Spec - Band 2 Kitchen Porter (PDF, 257.7KB)
• Join the RUH (PDF, 1.1MB)
  
  

Further details / informal visits contact

Name Jason Joyce Job title Catering Manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01225 824691