Job summary
- Main area
- Catering
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Bank: 0 years (n/a)
- Hours
- Flexible working - 0 hours per week
- Job ref
- 825-6362312-OPS
- Employer
- Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ludlow Hospital
- Town
- Ludlow
- Salary
- £22,383 Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Bank Catering Assistant Ludlow Hospital
NHS AfC: Band 2
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity and above all values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicant who require a visa to work in the UK, providing the role you’ve been recruited to meets the requirements set by the Home Office.
From 4 April 2024 overseas workers requiring a general Skilled Worker Visa (such as data analysts, IT and finance professionals, etc) but sponsored by an NHS organisation will need to meet the new salary threshold of £38,700. In addition, applications to the Health and Care Visa route for those occupations paid by NHS bands that are on the immigration salary, a list of skilled jobs which have lower salary requirements, will need to meet the national pay scale for their role or the new minimum salary threshold of £23,200 (whichever is higher). We advise that you check that the role you wish to apply for meets the requirement for sponsorship before applying.
Further guidance on eligible roles can be found here- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list
https://www.gov.uk/health-care-worker-visa/different-salary-requirements
Job overview
We are looking to recruit a Catering Assistant to work as part of our team in the Catering Department at Ludlow Community Hospital.
We are looking for reliable, motivated and flexible individuals with good communication and interpersonal skills suited to the special needs of a hospital environment along with a commitment to provide a high quality catering service and work as part of a team.
Please note this vacancy may close ealry if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Main duties of the job
- Ensure a good standard of quality control during preparation and dispatch of food. This includes the documentation of the process in accordance with the safe food systeme.g. temperature charts.
- Ensure the good hygiene in regard to all aspects of the working of a Catering Department including the maintenance of a good standard of personal hygiene.
- Ensure the correct use and storage of equipment.
- Ensure the correct storage of all equipment and disposable items when issued.
Working for our organisation
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Ability to demonstrate good numeracy and literacy skills.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate previous commercial catering experience
Knowledge and Skils
Essential criteria
- General awareness of safety in the workplace
- Ability to prioritise work.
- Food Hygiene (level 2) certificate or the willingness to work towards within 12 months
- Good organisational skills.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Kerri Swinbourne
- Job title
- Hotel Services and Site Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01584 872201
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