Catering Assistant

NHS; Lancaster (Lancaster County); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare organization as a Catering Assistant, providing excellent service in a vibrant catering department. Your role will involve food preparation, cleaning, and supporting patient dining experiences. We require a knowledge of food safety practices, and you will receive full training to excel in our dynamic team.

Qualifications

• Experience in a food environment or similar.
• Knowledge of HACCP and COSHH regulations.
• Ability to handle information confidentially.

Responsibilities

• Undertake duties including food preparation and cleaning.
• Support patient feeding at ward level.
• Complete food safety audit forms.

Skills

Customer Service

Food Safety Knowledge

Teamwork

Cleaning

Education

Food Foundation Hygiene Qualification

NVQ level 2 Hospitality/Customer Care

Tools

Industrial Catering Equipment

Job description

We are looking to recruit a Catering Assistant to join our fantastic Catering Department. You will be enthusiastic and will relish being a part of this dynamic team, delivering a high quality service which puts our patients and customers first.

You should have working knowledge of a busy food environment and ideally hold your Foundation food hygiene certificate, full training, and support will be given on induction,

There are 3 roles 1 role 29.5 hours Monday to Friday - 1 role 35 hours - 5 days over 7 and 1 role 20 hours - 5 days over 7 and these 2 roles will involve working weekends (alternate)

For further information please contact [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

You will be required to undertake a wide range of duties including food preparation, cleaning, and supporting patient feeding at ward level . You should be equipped with excellent customer service skills and preferably have experience within the catering industry . Completion of audit forms associated with food safety, & procedures.

About us

We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies,daycase and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

Job responsibilities

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.

Person Specification

interview

• Possess or willing to work towards Food Foundation Hygiene Qualification
• Posses or willing to work towards NVQ level 2 Hospitality/Customer Care
• Ability to work on own or as part of a team without direct supervision
• Experience of cleaning in a food environment or similar environment
• Knowledge of Hazard Analysis Critical Control points (HACCP)
• Knowledge of the potential Cross Contamination in a Health Care setting
• able to deal with information in a confidentiality and sensitive manner
• Be able to demonstrate an understanding of Manual Handling techniques
• Knowledge of COSHH Regulations
• Previous experience of working a in large Catering Establishment
• Knowledge of Health and Safety
• Experience of using industrial Catering Equipment

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.