Part Time - Food Servery Assistants - Birmingham

St Andrew's Healthcare; Northampton; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a thriving charity dedicated to transforming lives through compassionate care. As a Food Servery Assistant, you'll play a vital role in delivering meals and ensuring the highest standards of hygiene and customer service in a mental healthcare environment. This position offers flexible part-time hours, allowing you to contribute meaningfully while balancing your personal commitments. With a supportive team and a strong commitment to values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence, you'll be part of a mission to provide hope and care to those in need. If you are enthusiastic, organised, and ready to make a difference, we invite you to apply and help us create a positive impact in our patients' lives.

Benefits

Pension

27 days annual leave

Life cover

Healthcare cash plan

Free parking

Paid DBS application

Access to vocational qualifications

Electric Car lease scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Health Service Discounts

Qualifications

• Excellent organisational and communication skills required.
• Ability to work well under pressure while delivering customer care.

Responsibilities

• Serve and deliver food and beverages to patients on the ward.
• Maintain hygiene standards in the ward kitchen and monitor food safety.

Skills

Organisational Skills

Communication Skills

Customer Care

Job description

Career Opportunities: Part Time - Food Servery Assistants - Birmingham (36406)

We have flexible part time opportunities for enthusiastic and organised people to join our food service team.

Location: Birmingham
Salary: From £23,605 Per Annum, Pro Rata
Hours: Flexible Part Time to work across mornings / afternoons and early evenings - every other weekend working.

20 Hours per week, 4 hour shifts per day - working 5 days out of 7.

The Charity

We are St Andrew’s, a thriving charity with a vision of a society where everyone living with mental health needs is heard, valued, and has hope for their future. We help people overcome barriers and work tirelessly to help those in our care find hope.

Are you full of curiosity and ideas? Are you inspired to do the right thing every day, living by our CARE values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence?
Then come join us. Let’s transform lives together.

St Andrew’s Birmingham is a 124-bedded adult mental healthcare facility comprising eight units that cover medium and low security for both Men and Women. Located in Stirchley, a vibrant area in South Birmingham, easily accessible by road networks and public transport.

You will be required to work on the wards and within the Patient Meal Service kitchen following appropriate guidelines. You will serve and deliver all food and beverage requirements to patients on the ward, load & deliver trolleys, and perform associated cleaning duties. We expect you to have excellent organisational and communication skills and to work well under pressure while delivering excellent customer care to our patients.

1. Ensure that at the end of every meal and beverage service, all cutlery, crockery, and condiments are removed from the patient area and correctly stored, disposed of, or stacked ready for washing.
2. Wash equipment/utensils used in the preparation, regeneration, and serving of food and beverages (some items to be returned to the main catering department).
3. Maintain the ward kitchen hygiene standards, ensuring it is clean and tidy at all times. Ensure good practice in relation to stock rotation and the discarding of out-of-date food.
4. Monitor and record fridge temperatures daily in accordance with food safety regulations and report problems as appropriate.
5. Ensure refrigerated food is labelled and stored correctly as per procedure.
6. Ensure all patients' meals are accurate and served in a timely manner.

Please note: all staff being recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our wards when service demands require it.

Rewards

We offer an excellent benefits package including: Pension; Sickness policy on par with the NHS; Access to the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts schemes; 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), increasing after 10 years' service; Life cover; Electric Car lease scheme; Cycle to work scheme; Healthcare cash plan; Free parking; Paid DBS application; Access to free vocational qualifications including an Executive MBA Programme and Coaching and Mentoring Qualifications.

Our patients and your colleagues will expect you to live the St Andrew’s CARE values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence every single day.