Kitchen Porter

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust; Bath; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Bath is seeking a Kitchen Porter to ensure the timely delivery of meals to patients. This role involves light food preparation, kitchen cleanliness, and a keen eye for detail. Suitable candidates should possess basic literacy, numeracy skills, and previous kitchen experience, as well as a food hygiene certificate being desirable. Join our passionate team to contribute to patient care.

Benefits

Holistic staff wellbeing program

Supportive work environment

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Basic Literacy and Numeracy skills required.
• Previous experience in a catering/kitchen environment is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Load food trollies ready for next meal.
• Assist with light food preparation duties.
• Transport trolleys of food to wards and departments.
• Clean all kitchen areas following a cleaning schedule.
• Clean large kitchen equipment and machinery.
• Wash food preparation equipment by hand and utensil washer.
• Dispose of waste, including segregation of recycling.
• Work in temperature-controlled areas.

Skills

Basic Literacy and Numeracy skills

Previous Catering/Kitchen Porter experience

Education

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate Level 2 / Level 3

Job description

Job Overview

Are you looking for a new challenge? 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 patient’s 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 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.

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
• Previous Catering/Kitchen Porter experience

Desirable criteria

• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate Level 2 / Level 3
• Previous experience in a customer focused role

Please note - Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered unless an alternative right to work solution can be provided. Candidates requiring sponsorship (or will need sponsorship at the end of a current visa e.g. those with graduate visa's) should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying: Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview - GOV.UK

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