Ward Catering Assistant

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; West Kirby; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Part time

Job summary

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust provides hospital services across multiple sites, delivering emergency, maternity, surgical and community care. This Ward Catering Assistant role supports ward teams by delivering patient meals with a focus on nutrition, hydration and safety, in a busy hospital environment.

The ideal candidate will bring a flexible, can-do attitude, customer care experience, and be prepared to cover annual leave as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience in a busy kitchen environment.
• Good customer care skills.
• Food Safety Level 2 certificate would be an advantage.
• Candidates may be required to cover annual leave and absences as needed.
• Contract involves 30 hours over 3 days delivering Nutrition & Hydration to patients.

Responsibilities

• Assist ward teams with inpatient meal service ensuring nutrition and hydration.
• Provide professional, patient-focused meal service with attention to hygiene and safety.

Skills

Food Safety Level 2

Job description

As a Ward Catering Assistant, you will assist our ward teams improve patients experience whilst they are in hospital, supporting the front-line delivery of inpatient meal service to maintain standards for nutrition and hydration, reducing food waste and maximising efficiency. You will be expected to provide a professional patient focused meal service ensuring hygiene and patient safety standards are maintained. In addition, the Trust are committed to provide a excellent, essential patient care, supporting patients to receive optimal levels of nutritional and hydration during their episode of care by providing the right food for the right patient at the right time at each meal service.

The ideal candidate will have a "Can do attitude" flexible and will be a team player who has experience working in a busy kitchen environment. The ideal candidate should have good customer care skills and experience of working in a kitchen/coffee shop/restaurant. Food Safety level 2 certificate would be an advantage. Candidates will be required to cover annual leave and absences if required to maintain a high standard of service. 30 hours over 3 day supporting Patients Nutrition & Hydration delivering a 5

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites. We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites. Primary Care Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital. Community Services Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre. Specialist Regional Services We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements: o Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018 o Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal) o National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme