Catering Assistant/Kitchen Porter

Job summary

We are looking to employ a new catering assistant/kitchen porter to join our existing team. The role will involve assisting with the efficient operation and production of catering services to patients, staff and visitors across the site, including keeping the kitchen clean and compliant and assisting with meal preparation, service and delivery.

This role is only open to applicants that currently work within an NHS Trust within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care System (HIOW ICS).

Main duties of the job

To support the wider catering team in provision of all catering services including covering and supporting other catering roles as required by the needs of the service.

The service of food in the restaurant, sandwich bar and patients plated meal service, including setting up and clearing down of service station.

Preparation of sandwiches, salads, fruit and beverages for the restaurant and hospitality/function services.

To serve and replenish food provided in the restaurant. Cash handling, till operation and to cash up as and when required.

To be responsible for general cleaning and deep cleaning of servery, kitchen, restaurant and pot wash,including patient's crockery, cutlery, service utensils and all plated meal service areas.

Cleaning and deep cleaning duties required with the restaurant area including table cleaning, crockery, cutlery, and all areas of the restaurant.Supporting healthcare staff by providing information on the menus, including allergen and basic nutritional and dietary information, and escalating to teams as needed.

To ensure basic food hygiene standards are maintained and breeches are communicated appropriately and in a timely manner, in accordance with the departmental food safety documentation.

To record all provisions and meals supplied to patients and departments appropriately and to secure and rotate stock in accordance with department SOPs.

To deliver patient meal trolleys to wards across the hospital site.

About us

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.