Facilities Assistant - Catering

Job overview

TWA, Trafford, Withington and Altrincham hospitals are a division of Manchester Foundation Trust and the Facilities staff employed provide an integral service to the smooth running of the Division. We are now looking for staff to work at our Withington Division on the Intermediate Care Unit, Buccleuch Lodge and occasionally at Withington Community Hospital, Willow Bank Lodge Intermediate Care Unit, and Dermot Murphy Centre to help us to continue to deliver excellent support services. You may also be expected to support our other facilities services such as domestics, linen, and portering.  As a Facilities Assistant - Catering, you will deliver a full and comprehensive catering service to the intermediate care unit. The role will also involve providing catering services at the hospital café, Dermot Murphy and Willow Bank Lodge when required.

As we are a healthcare facility the successful candidates may also be expected to work on bank holidays and weekends.

Main duties of the job

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• Provision of a high-quality catering service in the hospital restaurant/café either in the servery (front of house) or kitchen area.
• Provision of catering related duties including loading, operating, and emptying dishwashers, dishwashing, making toast, distribution of all meals, and patient beverages as required.
• To work closely and support other facilities services such as domestic, linen, and portering to ensure the seamless delivery of facilities services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading.  So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!