Catering Assistant

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust • Part-time • Birmingham, ENG, GB • £23.62k / year • 1m ago

The catering department is looking to recruit a part time experienced Catering Assistant to work at our new Midland Metropolitan University Hospital in Smethwick within Patient Services

Applicants must have previous catering experience with high standards of work, be an outgoing, hard-working and enthusiastic individual that is able to work on their own initiative.

Hours 24 hours per week

Shift pattern

Week 1 - Tuesday 6 hours relief, Wednesday & Thursday 16.00pm - 20.00pm, Saturday & Sunday 14.00pm - 20.00pm

Week 2 - Monday 14.00pm - 20.00pm, Tuesday 16.00pm - 20.00pm, Wednesday 6 hours relief & Thursday 6 hours relief

Applicants are required to be flexible in their approach to hours and duties and able to work additional shifts as and when required.

To carry out a wide range of general catering duties in an efficient and effective manner to ensure that a high quality service is provided at all times. This post has a significant amount of personal contact with Staff, Patients and Members of the Public.

Duties include washing up patient crockery and cutlery, reheating patient food, dealing with any requests from wards, associated general/deep cleaning duties and completion of control paperwork.

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.

Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.

We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
Our People – to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff

Our Patients – to be good or outstanding in everything we do

Our Population – to work seamlessly with our partners to improve life

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details on what this role entails