Catering Assistant

Job Description:

Catering Assistant (Ward Host)

George Eliot Hospital, College Street, Nuneaton, CV10 7DJ

Shift Pattern: 8 positions7-00 – 14;30 & 8 positions 16;00 to 19;00

Pay: £12.21 per hour Monday - Friday, Saturday and nights 17.22 per hour and Sunday £22.34 per hour

Trust Location: George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

We are looking for Ward Hosts to join our friendly team. Our Ward Hosts team provide and maintain the highest standard of service to patients, visitors and staff, ensuring the highest degree of cleanliness, safety and care at all times.

You will be responsible for maintaining high standards of cleanliness and catering services throughout the hospital and designated wards or departments in line with the National Specifications for Cleanliness in the NHS and provide a catering service in accordance with the Food Safety Regulations and Food Hygiene Regulations.

THIS IS A TEMPORARY ROLE.

Duties will include

• Ensure a timely and accurate response to all cleaning requests.
• Working as part of a ward-based team responsible for the provision of food and beverage service to patients.
• To regenerate food, maintaining appropriate temperature records and serve meals following advice from clinical staff.
• Responsible for maintaining the cleanliness of kitchen and serving area, including crockery, cutlery, kitchen utensils and food trolley.
• Ensure adequate provisions are supplied to ward kitchen area and maintain appropriate records relating to stock control.

You’ll have the following skills/experience

• Must have Level 2 Food Safety Certificate.
• Knowledge of cleaning/hygiene COSSH procedures.
• Experience cleaning in a domestic environment including knowledge of cleaning procedures and processes.
• Experience of Working/communicating with the general public.
• Experience of working in a healthcare environment advantageous.

As a member of NHS Professionals, you have fantastic benefits:

• Competitive pay rates- work this week, get paid next week
• Essential support when you need it- 24/7 365 days- call us anytime
• Multi locational- work across neighbouring Trusts
• Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go- access your “My Bank” shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone
• Varied working options to suit your lifestyle- access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or longer-term placements
• Training and development opportunities- Keep up with the essentials and more
• Build holiday allowance for every shift you work- your work life balance is important to us
• Stakeholder pension scheme available- a flexible future for you and yours

Who are NHS Professionals?

We specialise in putting people in place to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated candidates and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, access to more shifts and a healthier work-life balance, giving more choice and control to our members.

As an equal opportunities’ organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective Bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants form a range of backgrounds to apply.

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By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.

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