Patient Meals Catering Assistant
Job overview
This post will cover Ward catering Services at Castle Hill Hospital .
Shift pattern include days, weekends and bank holidays with unsocial hours enhancements (as per NHS employee terms and conditions)- 5hrs over a 2 week rolling roster period.
- Monday - 8.00
- 13.30pm & 15.00
- 18.30pm, Tuesday
- 8.00 -18.30pm & 15.00
- 18.30pm, Wednesday 8.00
- 13.30pm, Saturday
- 15.00 -18.30pm, Sunday 15.00
- 18.30pm
- Monday - 8.00
- 13.30pm & 15.00
- 18.30pm, Wednesday
- 8.00 -13.30pm, Thursday
- 8.00 -13.30pm & 15.00
- 18.30pm
Please note that this advertised vacancy does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa and therefore HUTH would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will assist in the provision of a comprehensive and cost-effective catering service that meets the needs of all patients whilst fulfilling the objectives of the Trust.
To provide a full range of high quality ward catering services including the regeneration and attractive presentation of a wide range of cook-freeze food items.
Working for our organisation
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
experience
Essential criteria- Previous catering/food manufactoring experience
- Previous healthcare work
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Basic food safety training or above
- GCSE maths and english
- Level 2 or above food safety
- NVQ level 2 or above
skills
Essential criteria- General Catering Skills – ie knife skills, food preparation skills
- Kitchen and personal hygiene.
- Ability to meet service
knowledge
Essential criteria- Knowledge of HACCP/Food Safety.