Catering Assistant - Ormskirk Hospital Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Catering Assistant - Ormskirk Hospital Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Employer:

St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Disability Confident:

Yes

Closing Date:

13 May 2026

About this job

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Catering Assistant to join our Ormskirk Hospital Catering Department. The ideal candidate will have a "can do attitude", be flexible, and be a team player who has experience working in a busy kitchen environment.

The candidate should have good customer care skills and experience working in a kitchen/restaurant.

Food Safety Level 2 certificate.

Responsibilities

• Provide a customer focused service.
• Organise, deliver, develop and improve the catering service throughout the Trust.
• Ensure efficient management of all catering services.
• Ensure compliance with all legislation relating to risk management and security.
• Ensure compliance with all legislation relating to food safety management.
• Basic preparation of food items, service to patient and other meals and functions.
• Assist with cooking and regeneration of food as appropriate.
• Clean structures, equipment and meal service components as specialised in work instructions.
• Store keeping including checking deliveries, storage and stock rotation.
• Operate without the direct guidance of a team leader at times.
• Ensure a secure working environment for patients, visitors and staff.
• Promote and maintain point of sale, e.g. counter and vending machines.
• Undertake all aspects of the cash handling process.
• Maintain all operational procedures.
• Enforce compliance with Waste Management Policy.
• Comply with hygiene and food safety legislation.
• Ensure compliance with facilities management standards.
• Ensure compliance with HACCP.
• Ensure effective delivery of services to service users and customers.
• Maintain and improve all aspects of the service.
• Participate in staff involvement groups for the Trust quality strategy.
• Observe legal requirements.
• Responsible for the safe use of all equipment.
• Ensure compliance and operational observance of safe working practices as detailed in all aspects of risk management.
• Ensure all appropriate hygiene monitoring is carried out and recorded for every process.
• Ensure compliance with national standards of cleanliness.
• Attend training courses as required and participate in annual refresher sessions in accordance with personal development review.
• Provide guidance and a knowledge base for new and existing staff.
• Ensure economical use of all Trust resources.
• Maintain and monitor stock levels to meet the demands of the service.
• Distribute and maintain economic and effective use of chemicals and products.
• Monitor and record food wastage.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme.