Patient Catering Assistant

VerseOne Group; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

VerseOne Group in the United Kingdom seeks a dedicated catering assistant to provide effective and efficient food service across wards, departments and hospital restaurant, ensuring high food safety standards at all times for patients, staff and visitors.

The role covers food preparation and service as detailed by menus, adherence to portion control and presentation, and maintaining hygienic cleaning of catering areas and equipment, with a friendly professional approach to patients and customers.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective and efficient food service across wards, departments and hospital restaurant for patients, staff and visitors.
• Carry out preparation and service of foods as detailed by menus.
• Comply with instruction on portion control, presentation and recording information as required.
• Carry out hygienic cleaning of catering and associated areas including vending equipment and utensils as per schedule.
• Maintain a friendly, professional attitude and demonstrate product knowledge when enquiries are made.

Job description

Provide an effective and efficient food service within the wards, departments and restaurant, ensuring the highest food safety standards at all times to patients, staff and visitors of the Trust.

To carry out the preparation and service of all manner of foods as detailed by way of menu's in the ward areas.

To comply with instruction on portion control, presentation and recording all information pertaining to the service as may be required.

To carry out the hygienic cleaning of catering and associated areas to include vending equipment, light equipment and utensils as detailed in the cleaning schedule or as required ensuring safe and hygienic environment for all users of the service.

To project a friendly and professional attitude to all patients and customers using the services and to demonstrate product knowledge when enquiries are made.

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.