Team member

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A large NHS trust is seeking a dedicated Catering Team member to join its Catering Department at Royal Oldham Hospital. This full-time role involves preparing nutritious meals for diverse clients while ensuring compliance with hygiene standards. The candidate will work 37.5 hours weekly, including weekends and bank holidays. The position offers a competitive benefits package and aims to enhance work-life balance, making it a fulfilling opportunity for those passionate about catering and community health.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Flexible working opportunities

Protected hours for health and wellbeing

Qualifications

• Previous experience in large scale catering is advantageous.
• Ability to work flexible hours including weekends and bank holidays.
• Commitment to maintaining high standards of food hygiene and quality.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and serve high-quality meals for patients and staff.
• Ensure compliance with food hygiene standards and regulations.
• Work collaboratively as part of the Catering Team to enhance local health.

Skills

Teamwork

Food hygiene compliance

Catering service experience

Job description

Role Responsibilities

• The successful candidate will work as part of a team producing high quality nutritious meals for staff, visitors and patients.
• Compliance with food hygiene standards and regulations including HACCP monitoring system will form a large part of this role.
• As part of the Catering Team you will play an important role in the production of a high quality professional service; as a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care.

Benefits

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Job Details

A great opportunity for an enthusiastic forward thinking Team member to join the Catering Department at Oldham Care Organisation (Royal Oldham Hospital). This post is full time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday – Sunday and will include Bank holiday working on a rota basis which attract additional enhanced pay. Being flexible to the needs of the service and previous experience of large scale catering would be an advantage.

About the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA)

The NCA provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives. To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the NCA within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Equality and Diversity

The NCA is proud to serve a diverse population and is committed to delivering inclusive, accessible care. We value individuality and aim to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Applications are welcomed from individuals of all backgrounds, identities, and beliefs. We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex-personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met). As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the application process, please contact [email protected]

Recruitment Information

Vacancies may close early if sufficient applications are received, or if an internal redeployee has been identified. For fixed-term roles, current NHS staff will be considered for secondments, while fixed-term contracts will be offered to external (non-NHS) applicants. The NCA does not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies. Read more about this here.