Catering Assistant - Bank | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
We are looking for Bank Catering Assistants to become part of our team of valued bank staff.
You should be enthusiastic, friendly and be flexible to help cover additional shifts, when required, to support service delivery within our Catering Department on an as and when basis.
The Catering Department have a variety of shift patterns over a 7 day period between the hours of 0600-2000. Shift patterns can be between 0600-1000, 1000-1400 and 1600-2000.
Previous experience would be an advantage but not essential as full training will be provided.
You must have excellent customer skills, work well as a part of a team and have a flexible and adaptable approach to duties.
As a Catering Assistant you will be responsible for supporting and working as part of the wider catering team during and throughout patient meal assembly, service and delivery. To include:- Working in the Restaurant areas.
- Serving staff meals while following food hygiene regulations and monitoring food wastage.
- Required to work in retail outlets, as per needs of the service.
- Working on tills and cashing up.
- Stocking of food items and rotating stock.
- General cleaning duties within the department.
- At all times following food hygiene and trust policy regulations.
- All posts are subject to NHS pre-employment checks including occupational health clearance and DBS (where appropriate).
- All pay progression is conditional upon a positive outcome at annual appraisal.
- All successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay. You will be required to sign a DBS payment form which will be issued to you as part of your recruitment process.
- All new employees will be required to attend the Trust induction programme and complete appropriate mandatory training requirements.
- Where professional registration is required for a post it is the responsibility of the employee to maintain their registration.
- The Trust operates a no smoking policy.
To provide effective and efficient support to various departments throughout the Trust as required, ensuring that a high quality of customer care is delivered.
This advert closes on Sunday 22 Sep 2024