This part-time Catering Assistant post at Salford Royal Hospital sits within the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust's catering department on a six-month fixed term. The work centres on preparing simple food, plating and serving meals, loading trolleys, keeping HACCP records and handling cash and stock. It is based in either the patients' kitchen or the busy retail and staff restaurant, with cover for other catering outlets and ward food deliveries when needed. Basic food hygiene certification is required.
What the job involves
- Plating and serving meals to staff and visitors
- Simple preparation of food items to department standards
- Loading prepared food into the correct food trolleys
- Checking prepared items for quality, quantity and appearance and reporting discrepancies
- Cleaning the premises and equipment to schedules and hygiene policies
- Cleaning and filling fridges and freezers
- Putting away deliveries and replenishing fridges and shelves, rotating stock
- Keeping accurate HACCP food safety records
- Handling cash under Trust policies and procedures
- Informing the supervisor when stocks are low
- Delivering food orders to wards when required
- Covering absences across the catering department, including the patients' kitchen and retail outlets
What’s required
Qualifications
- Basic Food Hygiene or equivalent standard
Experience
- Understanding of the catering assistant role in a healthcare setting
Skills & knowledge
- Knowledge of allergens
Nice to have
- Previous retail experience
- Excellent customer relations and service skills
- Experience in a large catering department
- Level 2 Hygiene Certificate
- Catering qualifications
What’s offered
- Competitive benefits package
- Generous annual leave allowance
- Flexible working opportunities
- Protected hours for health and wellbeing activities
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
