Job summary
Employer heading
Catering Assistant - Retail Aintree Site Bistro
Band 2
Job overview
The catering department at Liverpool University Hospitals is an exciting place to work.
We feed all of the patients but also have modern retail units. We try to bring the high street into the hospital by offering modern concepts to staff and visitors.
All the outlets are very busy and we want you to encourage sales. These posts are very rewarding jobs.
We are looking for staff who are self motivated and can work in a team or on their own unsupervised. We require staff who are flexible and open to change to join our catering team. These positions will be based in a busy hospital, you may be moved as the needs of the service requires, also you may be required to work Bank holidays including Christmas Day.
Main duties of the job
The Bistro
The Bistro is a busy unit at the entrance of the hospital . Will involve making coffee, food preparation , serving customers, making sandwiches, kitchen cleaning, cash handling, customer care
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Although the jobs are primarily based in the unit advertised, you may be required to work anywhere within the catering department depending on the needs of the service. This could include the Royal site & Broadgreen. This could also include working in the patients kitchen.
IT skills are required for all positions as the Trust does mandatory training and yearly appraisals online.
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Communication skills
- Data inputting
- Team working skills
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the importance of good food hygiene
- Knowledge of Health & Safety
- Numeracy and literacy skills
Desirable criteria
- Barista training
- Knowledge of cash till systems
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous catering experience
Desirable criteria
- Previous Industrial Catering experience
- Previous use of cleaning machinery, Dishwashing or pan washing machinery
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- level 2 food hygiene certificate Food Hygiene Certificate
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
- Stuart McQueen
- Job title
- Catering manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 529 6092
- Additional information
If you want further details on the position call Stuart McQueen to discuss
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