Job summary
Are You Looking To Get Into Healthcare
You Could Become Part Of The Team Responsible For The Provision of a high-quality beverage and meal service within a Hospital/Healthcare environment.
Provision of a high-quality catering service in the hospital restaurant either in the servery (front of house) or kitchen area.
Provision of catering related duties including loading,operating and emptying dishwashers, dishwashing, distribution of all mealtimes services and patient beverages as required.
To work closely and support other facilities services such as domestic, linen and portering to ensure the seamless delivery of facilities services.
Main duties of the job
Manchester Foundation Trust is a leading integrated health, teaching, research and innovation campus in the thriving city region of Manchester. We offer a unique range of services to the North and South, treating and managing the simplest to the most complex conditions and diseases. We treat more than a million patients every year and we are home to hundreds of world-class staff, each committed to being the very best at what we do. As one of the largest NHS Trusts, recruiting the best talent to fulfill the wide range of our varied and specialist roles is really important to us.
At North Manchester General Hospital the Facilities staff employed provide an integral service to the smooth running of the site. We are now looking for staff to work at North Manchester General Hospital to help us to continue to deliver excellent support services to the hospitals in the Trust.
You should have some experience of dealing with the general public preferably in a catering role with a focus on good customer service. In return, you will receive comprehensive training for all aspects of the role. You will receive training in all aspects of food hygiene and use of the catering equipment within the department and at ward level.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Completed secondary education
- Ability and willingness to achieve Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of basic Health & Safety requirements
- Understanding of patient confidentiality
- Understanding of a small number of routine work procedures which could be gained through a short induction period or on the job training
Desirable
- Experience in a cleaning role
- Experience in a catering role
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to maintain high standards of cleanliness
- Ability to prepare and serve food safely
- Good communication skills
- Ability to use equipment safely
- Ability to work effectively without direct supervision
- Ability to cope with routine repetitive duties
- Ability to complete Quality Control documentation accurately and promptly
- Cash handling and processing skills
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Friendly, cheerful personality
- Customer service orientated
- An aptitude for judging quality
- Empathy with client group
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Completed secondary education
- Ability and willingness to achieve Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of basic Health & Safety requirements
- Understanding of patient confidentiality
- Understanding of a small number of routine work procedures which could be gained through a short induction period or on the job training
Desirable
- Experience in a cleaning role
- Experience in a catering role
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to maintain high standards of cleanliness
- Ability to prepare and serve food safely
- Good communication skills
- Ability to use equipment safely
- Ability to work effectively without direct supervision
- Ability to cope with routine repetitive duties
- Ability to complete Quality Control documentation accurately and promptly
- Cash handling and processing skills
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Friendly, cheerful personality
- Customer service orientated
- An aptitude for judging quality
- Empathy with client group
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.
