Senior Catering Assistant

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking catering staff to ensure food meets safety regulations and is served attractively. Responsibilities include preparing orders, maintaining stock, and delivery within the trust. Candidates should be ready to work within a flexible team environment. Join us for a supportive role that offers career development and excellent benefits including the NHS pension scheme and up to 33 days annual leave.

Benefits

Support for career development

Excellent NHS Pension scheme

Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave

Options for flexible working

Up to 27 days annual leave

Extensive Health and Wellbeing support

Free car parking at all trust sites

Free flu vaccinations

Responsibilities

• Prepare food orders ready to order from supplier.
• Maintain stock control ensuring regular stock checks and rotation.
• Unload and check incoming goods against official paperwork.
• Deliver and collect orders, food, and supplies to/from wards.
• Deal with enquiries and requests internally and externally.
• Pack and check food orders for the ward.
• Maintain records related to duties and stock.
• Ensure the delivery area is kept clean and tidy.

Job description

Following the latest Home Office guidelines and legislations it is not possible to offer visa sponsorship for Band 2 and Band 3 roles. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn.

The Catering staff ensure that all food provided complies with Food Safety Regulations and meals are appetising and attractively served.

The post holder will be expected to work as part of the wider team, providing an integrated and flexible service, and may sometimes be required to undertake duties within other areas of the Facilities Department should the needs of the service demand it. The post holder is expected to have a clear understanding and share the Mission, Values and Behaviours of the Trust which defines our culture. All staff are required to promote and adhere to these.

Responsibilities

• Prepare food orders ready to order from supplier
• Maintain stock control ensuring that regular stock checks and rotation is carried out
• Unload, check and sign for incoming goods against official paperwork, process and file standard order forms and advice notes
• Deliver, issue and collect orders, food and supplies to/from wards and departments
• Deal with enquiries/requests both internally and externally
• Pack and check food orders for ward
• Maintain and keep up to date records in relation to duties, stock
• Ensure the delivery area is kept clean and tidy at all times
• Concentration will be required when operating lifting machinery and when checking goods orders

Benefits

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by:

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.