Job summary
Job Title: Ward Hostess
Hours per week: Part time - 21 hours per week (16.00-19.00 Between 6-21 hours per week)
Salary: £22,383 per annum /pro rata
Closing Date: 13th December 2024
Interview Date: TBC
**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.
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Main duties of the job
- To provide a food and beverage service to patients
- Be responsible for the provision of a high quality food and beverage service at ward level, using an electronic menu ordering system.
- To regenerate food, maintaining appropriate temperature records.
- To comply with the requirements of Food Hygiene and Health and Safety legislation and local guidelines.
- Be responsible for ensuring the cleanliness of the patient ward kitchen, equipment and serving area.
- Be responsible for ordering adequate provisions for the ward kitchen and maintain appropriate records relating to stock control.
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Be responsible for the provision of a high quality food and beverage service at ward level, using an electronic menu ordering system.
- To regenerate food, maintaining appropriate temperature records.
- To comply with the requirements of Food Hygiene and Health and Safety legislation and local guidelines.
- Be responsible for ensuring the cleanliness of the patient ward kitchen, equipment and serving area.
- Be responsible for ordering adequate provisions for the ward kitchen and maintain appropriate records relating to stock control.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Be responsible for the provision of a high quality food and beverage service at ward level, using an electronic menu ordering system.
- To regenerate food, maintaining appropriate temperature records.
- To comply with the requirements of Food Hygiene and Health and Safety legislation and local guidelines.
- Be responsible for ensuring the cleanliness of the patient ward kitchen, equipment and serving area.
- Be responsible for ordering adequate provisions for the ward kitchen and maintain appropriate records relating to stock control.
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Dealing with people
- Customer Service and Customer Focused awareness
- To have an awareness of confidentiality
- Awareness of Food Hygiene
- Previous experience of working in a hospital / care environment
Qualification and Professional Training
Essential
- Good standard of general education
Desirable
- GCSE English & Maths A-D grades
- Basic Food Hygiene level 1
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Flexible attitude and ability to work as part of a team and on their own
- Motivated and enthusiastic
- Adaptable
- Punctual and reliable
Desirable
- Understanding the importance/ relevance of good basic hygiene
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Must be able to fulfil the physical requirements of the role to include
- Manual handling, kneeling, bending, crouching, lifting, repetitive movements
- Good written and verbal communication
- Ability to understand the importance of confidentiality
Desirable
- Accuracy and attention to detail
Other
Essential
- Flexibility to work the hours required of the post
- Able to pass Occupational Health clearance
- Adheres to dress code
Trust Values
Essential
- Effective open Communication
- Excellence and safety in all that we do
- Challenge but support
- expect respect and dignity
- Local Healthcare that inspires confidence
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Dealing with people
- Customer Service and Customer Focused awareness
- To have an awareness of confidentiality
- Awareness of Food Hygiene
- Previous experience of working in a hospital / care environment
Qualification and Professional Training
Essential
- Good standard of general education
Desirable
- GCSE English & Maths A-D grades
- Basic Food Hygiene level 1
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Flexible attitude and ability to work as part of a team and on their own
- Motivated and enthusiastic
- Adaptable
- Punctual and reliable
Desirable
- Understanding the importance/ relevance of good basic hygiene
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Must be able to fulfil the physical requirements of the role to include
- Manual handling, kneeling, bending, crouching, lifting, repetitive movements
- Good written and verbal communication
- Ability to understand the importance of confidentiality
Desirable
- Accuracy and attention to detail
Other
Essential
- Flexibility to work the hours required of the post
- Able to pass Occupational Health clearance
- Adheres to dress code
Trust Values
Essential
- Effective open Communication
- Excellence and safety in all that we do
- Challenge but support
- expect respect and dignity
- Local Healthcare that inspires confidence
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
