Food Technician

Job overview

Delivery of chilled meals and catering provisions to wards as required

Regeneration of designated patient meals at ward level and within the Delivered Meal Service preparation kitchen

Facilitating patient meal call-backs and delivery to appropriate wards

Reporting equipment failure or concerns relating to defective equipment to the Catering Service Manager and Estates maintenance helpdesk

Working as a team member facilitating service provision cross cover as appropriate

To comply with relevant Food Safety Acts, Regulations, and departmental policies

To assist the department in achieving the delivery of a quality service to all service users

To assist patients to select their chosen meals on daily basis and input using available ordering system

Main duties of the job

Compliance with current Food Safety Act’s and Regulations

Compliance with set quality, quantity and food waste control measures

To comply with the departments Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point [HACCP]

The apportionment and delivery of chilled/frozen meals to wards

To carry out daily cleaning duties in accordance with the departments cleaning schedule

To achieve as a minimum the Food Safety Level 2 certificate

To ensure all service users are treated with the highest regard to customer care

To work in a safe and hygienic manner, ensuring the highest standard of food safety

To maintain the highest standard of personal and professional presentation

To undertake on/off the job training as required

To comply with trust policies and procedures

To take part in the trust appraisal process

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To undertake equipment and fabric cleaning duties, in compliance with the departments cleaning schedules as directed by the Catering Service Manager

To undertake duties concerning the receipt and appropriate storage of goods delivered to the department

To undertake the distribution of goods to ward and clinical areas as directed

To assist / load patients meal items into insulated boxes

To deliver food items to the ward areas

To load chilled food products into ward regeneration trolleys in accordance with the

departments Hazard Analysis Critical Control Policy, HACCP

To undertake the regeneration of meals as instructed in compliance with current procedures

To undertake temperature checks of food and where appropriate equipment in accordance with the departments HACCP procedures

To record required information in connection with the regeneration of meals, using the department’s data-logging system

To facilitate patient meal call-backs as requested by ward staff, and/or staff involved

in patient care

To remove waste from the department in compliance with trust policy

To assist in moving goods within the department and to other parts of the site as required

To assist in the defrosting of cold storage units as required

To notify a senior member of the catering management team of issues brought to your attention

To undertake related catering portering duties as required

To work in a safe manner ensuring safety requirements are complied with, having an overall awareness of departmental Security and Fire prevention procedures

To ensure compliance with the departments HACCP requirements at all times

To work as part of the team in the provision of services to service users

To comply with hygienic systems set within the department, ensuring the highest standard of food safety at all times

To maintain the highest standard of personal and professional presentation at all times

Any other duties that are necessary and commensurate with the post. This may require technicians to carry out extra duties to those detailed above

This job description is a working document and subject to review and change, in the provision of a comprehensive hospital catering service