Meal Delivery Porter/Catering Assistant

Job summary

Our community focused team at Fairfield General Hospital uses a variety of new and interesting service models to deliver on The Alliance promise by providing award winning, patient-centred care and we welcome like-minded healthcare professionals to join our ever growing team.

Fairfield General Hospital provides a unique and much needed service not only to its local community but also across Greater Manchester.

This post is 30 hours per week Monday - Sunday

The post holder will work as part of a team, ensuring that patient food is delivered to wards and that all service equipment is clean and maintained to ensure food safety standards are achieved

They will work alongside catering assistants in the service and distribution of patients meals.

The successful candidate must have a "can do" approach ensuring every effort has been made to meet excellent front line customer care service.

Main duties of the job

Ensure the timely delivery of patient food to wards and the collection of catering trolleys.

Loading the prepared food into the correct food trolleys.

To assist in the general cleaning of the Patients Kitchen and the catering equipment within.

Some basic food preparation may be required.

Ensuring all relevant temperatures are recorded correctly.

Support the kitchen team in general cleaning duties.

Assist with putting away deliveries as required

Distributing catering goods to wards as required.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.