Patient Services Assistant Catering

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Patient Services Department within the facilities division.

Catering duties will be to provide a high standard of food and drink service to ward areas within Chesterfield Royal Hospital. Other duties include ensuring all kitchen areas are cleaned efficiently and timely to the required specified standards in line with Trust policy and ensuring patient's meals are served efficiently to assure food quality and to meet the required specification, in line with Trust policy.

The hours of work: 15:00hrs to 19:00hrs working 4 days per week (16 hours per week).

The rota will be based on a 16 hour a week contract working on a 10-week rota basis which will include some weekends and bank holidays or working Monday to Friday which will include bank holidays.

Main duties of the job

Catering duties will be to provide a high standard of food and drink service to ward areas within Chesterfield Royal Hospital. Caterers must ensure patient's meals are served efficiently to assure food quality and to meet the required specification, in line with Trust policy.

Other duties include ensuring all kitchen areas and offices are cleaned efficiently and in a timely manner to the required specified standards in line with Trust policy.

Person specification Qualifications

• To be able to read and understand to the required standard.
• Basic education to include Maths and English
• Level 2 Food Safety and Hygiene Certificate

Experience

• Understanding the importance of confidentiality
• Experience of working in a hospital environment
• Previous experience in a similar environment

Skills

• Good communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability to work alone and as part of a team
• Basic Knowledge of Health and Safety and COSHH regulations
• Basic IT skills

Personal Attributes

• Flexible and reliable attitude to working arrangements
• Ability to work alone and as part of a team
• Able to undertake the physical aspects of the post

Additional Information

Flexible Working

If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Visa and Immigration

DSFS currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, and any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered. If DSFS Ltd is able to offer sponsorship in the future, applicants will be required to provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here: Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK ()

DSFS is committed to ensuring the safety of all staff and patients and therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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. A submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous convictions is required.