Stores Assistant

Job summary

As the assistant catering stores person you will be assisting the catering stores person in the day to day running of the catering stores. You will be responsible for the daily cleaning, stacking, stock rotation and picking of products among other duties within the catering stores.

As a centre of excellence, you will have to demonstrate good people's skills with colleagues, other staff members, delivery drivers and visitors. You will demonstrate administrative experience especially the use of MS Office.

You should be able to organise and prioritise your workload against a high level of throughput.

Main duties of the job

You will make sure stock levels are maintained, stored and issued in strict accordance with the catering service Food Safety and Hygiene standards.

You will actively strive to development and improvement of the processes within the role that will benefit the services and the service user like quality checks on deliveries, stock rotation, following HACCP procedures in place etc.

You will have effective communication and relationship skills with all aspects of the catering department, within the hospital and with suppliers.

You will follow and ensure all paperwork is filled in appropriately and accurately, all tasks completed as specified on the work schedule.

About us

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.

The Trust is rated as 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.