Catering Assistant

Job overview

Job overview

The post-holder will work as part of the catering team to provide ancillary services directly to patients, service users, and customers by preparing, cooking and portioning a range of nutritionally sound, palatable and safe meals, using traditional and cook freeze methods of catering.

A range of duties are covered from the start of the food preparation service through to the delivery to point of use, serving, cleaning and managing stock levels in line with legislative and local policy and procedures The post holder will distribute patient meals to service users across the Trust using Trust vehicles.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

• Assist in the preparation of raw and cooked foods to produce meals as per standard recipes and portion control methods.
• Assistant in the cooking of menu items ensuring adherence to standard recipes and the correct economical use of ingredients
• Serving customers from the catering retail outlets
• Responsible for operating a cash register and cash handling in accordance with the Trust policy on cash handling.
• Picking and packing food orders for delivery to in patient areas across all sites
• Drive a Trust vehicle to deliver patient meals and provisions to in patient areas across all sites
• Carry out food hygiene monitoring and complete documents in accordance with Trust Food Hygiene Policy and the HACCP system
• Adhere to Trust Policies and Procedures

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications