Catering Assistant (Nursery)

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

A vacancy has a risen within the nursery for a Catering Assistant Post to join our team.

Free Spirits is a busy 88 place Nursery catering for children 6 months to Pre School.

We are looking for a self motivated enthusiastic person who has catering experience and a relevant food hygiene certificate would be desirable.

Interview date: 24 April 2024
17.5 hours/week.

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Main duties of the job

To assist in the provision of catering for the children's daily food and beverages, ensuring a nutritious diet and catering for any individual dietary requirements.
Serving/assisting in the distribution of meal boxes and meals
Preparation of simple foods
Assist staff in the serving of meals and clearing away after meal times
Maintaining a high standard of hygiene within the Nursery kitchen is a major function of the role.
Carry out laundry tasks on a daily basis, ensuring the laundry space is well maintained and compliant with Health and Safety/COSHH regulations
Collate meal numbers
Prepare trolleys for meal times
Assist Nursery staff in the serving of food to the children
Liaise with Nursery staff to ensure all dietary requirements are accurate and up to date.

About us

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 2 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Date posted

27 March 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

317-2024-09-27-DR-A

Job locations

Freeman Hospital

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE7 7DN

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential

Up to date Level 2 Food Hygiene Qualification

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

Awareness of good food hygiene practices
Have previous Catering experience

Desirable

Allergen Awareness Qualification

Skills & Abilities

Desirable

Able to work well within a large department, but also use own initiative.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential

Up to date Level 2 Food Hygiene Qualification

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

Awareness of good food hygiene practices
Have previous Catering experience

Desirable

Allergen Awareness Qualification

Skills & Abilities

Desirable

Able to work well within a large department, but also use own initiative.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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