Apprentice Catering Assistant

Job overview

Catering Assistant (Apprenticeship)

Division: Estates and Facilities

Band: NHS AfC Band 2

Salary: £25,272 per annum/pro rata

Contract Type: Apprenticeship

We are recruiting for a Catering Assistant who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be required to carry out a wide range of general catering duties in an efficient and effective manner to ensure that a high quality catering service is provided at all times.

To assist with general duties in packing areas and cold rooms in the patient services department, dish-washing area, staff restaurant, hospitality services and associated areas.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This is an apprenticeship role to work withing the Catering Team - Retail Catering and Patient Catering Cold Room Picking & Packing Team.

This role will include full training of all aspects of Retail and Patient Catering services, it is a new opportunity to join a successful team and build a career in NHS Catering Services.

To support retail catering service learning the different roles withing the Dining Room, Coffee House and Deli; Barista training will be an option. There will be stock movement, shelf filling, cleaning and food service duties as you grow within the team, learning each aspect of the different duties.

To work at all times in a clean and tidy manner ensuring strict adherence to the food hygiene and safety regulations.

To pick & pack chilled, frozen and ambient items for patient mealtimes, loading insulated food trolleys.

Duties include stock movement and handling, the work is an active mobile on foot role, requiring team work and communication with colleagues, numeracy and literacy are essential skills for the role. Some food preparation duties are required and a Level 2 Food Safety Qualification is required to commence the role. Cleaning duties are a part of the role along with maintaining high standards of hygiene within stock rooms at all times. It is a highly active role, not suitable for anyone looking for "lighter duties".

To report any mechanical or safety defects and need for repairs to the administration management for immediate action.

To clear tables and relay dirty crockery, cutlery etc. to the central wash up area.

To operate dishwashing machines.

To stack and wash crockery and cutlery from the staff meal service

To clean prescribed areas as laid down in the departmental cleaning schedule.

To follow all cleaning methods as instructed with regard to premises and equipment

To transport goods to and from the catering department as required

To assist with the safe and effective cleaning of meal service areas.

The long term aspiration for any applicant should be f or a career in catering, growing and developing a journey where the next step would be a supervisory role.

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.