Job summary
Employer heading
Catering Assistant
Band 2
Job overview
We are a small friendly team who take pride in our work and department, we strive to do our best for all staff patients and visitors and are looking for full/part time likeminded individuals to join our team.
We pride ourselves on delivering a high quality service , ensuring that presentation standards are high.
Main duties of the job
- To deliver a meal service to patients and staff, wither by a plated delivery system.
- To carry out dishwashing duties, cleaning of equipment and cleaning of the kitchen and associated area.
Working for our organisation
Known locally known as ‘WHH’ – the Trust is a fast-paced, ambitious organisation that is caring, compassionate, innovative and focused on the best outcomes for its patients and the employment experience of its staff. It is both aspirational and inspirational – driven to be outstanding for its patients, its staff and its communities and committed to being the best place to receive healthcare, work and learn.
Straddling two neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton it is part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. It is geographically ideally positioned to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of both boroughs and beyond. A dedicated planned care centre located at Halton Hospital in Runcorn enables elective procedures to continue uninterrupted by the patient flow challenges of the ‘hot’ site at Warrington, where urgent, unplanned and critical care, maternity and women’s and children’s services are provided.
A CQC-rated ‘Good’ organisation with ‘Outstanding’ features, it is working towards university hospital status having achieved teaching status in 2019 and is working in partnership with the University of Chester and others in this regard.
A workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities and as an equal, diverse and inclusive employer the Trust is proud to have achieved both Disability Confident Leader and Navajo LGBTQ+ Charter Mark accreditations.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
FULL JOB DESCRIPTION ATTACHED
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working in a catering environment
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good general education, Level 2 Food Safety Certificate, Must have an NVQ in catering or working towards one.
Skills, Knowledge and Competencies
Essential criteria
- Excellent Customer Care Skills, be aware of HACCAP principles and COSHH
- Be able to use a cash register and card machine
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Joanne Marshall
- Job title
- Catering Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 013825 662123
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