Patient Meals & Stores Assistant - Part Time (20h/wk)

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; Reading; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Part time

Job summary

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 2 Catering Assistant / Catering Facilities Assistant for a part-time 20-hour-per-week role (Monday to Friday). You will work as part of the catering team delivering patient meals and supporting the hospital restaurant service, ensuring safe food handling and efficient operations.

You will also perform stores, deliveries, stock control, and basic food preparation under the Trust's procedures, while maintaining cleanliness, safety and high

Qualifications

• Evidence of adequate level of education
• Demonstrate adequate level of literacy and numeracy skills
• Basic Hygiene Certificate

Responsibilities

• Deliver a high-quality catering service in line with Trust policies, procedures, SLAs, health and safety and food service standards.
• Prepare, portion, present and serve food for patients and other catering services, maintaining appropriate quality and presentation standards.
• Undertake basic food preparation and cooking, including salads, sandwiches, breakfasts, vegetables and other food items as required.
• Receive, check, order, store and distribute catering supplies, including deliveries to wards and departments, and report any discrepancies.
• Maintain stock levels and undertake stock taking, stock control and preparation of goods for future food production.
• Operate catering equipment, including dismantling, reassembling, cleaning and ensuring equipment is safe and fit for use.
• Maintain high standards of cleanliness, hygiene and environmental safety across catering areas, including completing required cleaning, temperature and wastage records.
• Provide effective customer service and communicate food service information to patients, staff, ward teams and members of the public.
• Organise and prioritise own workload, provide cover across the catering service as required, and support colleagues to maintain service continuity.
• Support, train and demonstrate duties and procedures to new and less experienced colleagues, while identifying and reporting safety, maintenance and equipment issues.

Skills

Customer service

Catering experience

Education

Basic Hygiene Certificate

Job description

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 2 Catering Assistant / Catering Facilities Assistant for a part-time 20-hour-per-week role (Monday to Friday). You will work as part of the catering team delivering patient meals and supporting the hospital restaurant service, ensuring safe food handling and efficient operations.

You will also perform stores, deliveries, stock control, and basic food preparation under the Trust's procedures, while maintaining cleanliness, safety and high