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Job overview

We are looking for a keen Catering assistant  to join our Sutton site and support the catering bridge; ensuring high standard of cookery; ensuring high standard of hygiene and cleanliness throughout the Kitchen and other areas of the work place. Please refer to the Job description for further details of the job requirements. It would be beneficial, through not essential, if you have worked in a Hospital catering environment previously. You will need good organisational skills and experience of working as part of a team. Shifts will be varied and will include weekend and some evenings. Contracted days of work will be five days from seven. This is Permanent. You will be a reliable, flexible member of staff showing initiative and commitment to providing a safe, hygienic environment. The trust is commitment to developing and developing and excellent customer focused service by treating patients, their families , friends, carers and staff with professionalism respect and dignity

Main duties of the job

The key roles preparation of raw and cooked food, picking and packing of cook chill food, sandwiches and salad items for patients and restaurant. To undertake cleaning duties which are appropriate with the post and to assist the kitchen team with the patient, and staff meal service.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Day-care Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.