Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Catering store person

The closing date is 05 August 2025

Job summary

Working as part of a professional and dedicated team, the role will be required to manage the day-to-day operation of the Catering Stores. Ensuring that stock levels are maintained, goods are received, accounted for, stored and issued in strict accordance with the Catering Services Food Safety and Hygiene Manual. To also provide an accountable, cost-effective and efficient stores service that strictly adheres to the Trusts financial targets.

Main duties of the job

Acting as the main stores contact for the Catering Department. Monitoring all catering stores requests and alerting the appropriate staff to any queries or stores requests.

To carry out the hygienic cleaning of Catering Stores and associated areas to include catering equipment, lift light equipment and utensils as detailed in the cleaning schedule or as required ensuring safe and hygienic environment for all users of the service.

To ensure accurate completion of orders using electronic system (Indicater).

To ensure precise and accurate information is produced via Indicater for auditing purposes.

Ensuring stock is rotated as per departments Food Safety Manual.Responsible for managing stocks on a daily and weekly basis and ordering replacements where necessary.

To project a friendly and professional attitude to all patients and customers using the services and to demonstrate product knowledge when enquiries are made. Communicate to all service users in a professional an approachable manor.

To maintain the highest standards of personal hygiene, hygiene cleanliness and maintenance within the facility as detailed within the policies and procedures document and liaise with the supervisors to ensure that specific standards are maintained.To undertake and ensure all procedures detailed within the 'codes of practice' in the areas of health and safety, fire, security and COSHH are strictly adhered to. You are

About us

As one of Europe's biggest and busiest children's hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions.In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.

Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children's medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world's leaders in children's healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children's specialists. Alongside this is ourInnovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.

We know that a children's hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.

Details

Date posted

22 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

411-COR-25-7277915

Job locations

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

E Prescot Rd

Liverpool

L14 5AB


Job description

Job responsibilities

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Job description

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Education and Training

Essential

  • Food Hygiene level 2 certification
  • Good Numeracy and literacy, Pass grades
  • NVQ level 2 or equivalent experience.

Desirable

  • GCSE or equivalent Mathematics and English

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in a stores or similar environment
  • Have demonstrable experience to be able to organise and prioritise own workload against a high level of throughput
  • Working in a catering sector minimum 12 months
  • Good customer service skills

Desirable

  • Good customer service skills
  • Experience in an NHS setting or customer focused environment

Knowledge

Essential

  • Working to budgets
  • Understanding of COSHH, Health and Safety
  • Good understanding of stock processes

Desirable

  • Manual Handling and Customer care

Skills

Essential

  • I.T. literate
  • Good organisational skills

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • A Can do attitude
  • Good communication skills
  • Ability to work effectively alone and as part of a team
  • Present a professional image
  • Excellent standard of personal Hygiene
  • Flexible approach to working Schedules
Person Specification

Education and Training

Essential

  • Food Hygiene level 2 certification
  • Good Numeracy and literacy, Pass grades
  • NVQ level 2 or equivalent experience.

Desirable

  • GCSE or equivalent Mathematics and English

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in a stores or similar environment
  • Have demonstrable experience to be able to organise and prioritise own workload against a high level of throughput
  • Working in a catering sector minimum 12 months
  • Good customer service skills

Desirable

  • Good customer service skills
  • Experience in an NHS setting or customer focused environment

Knowledge

Essential

  • Working to budgets
  • Understanding of COSHH, Health and Safety
  • Good understanding of stock processes

Desirable

  • Manual Handling and Customer care

Skills

Essential

  • I.T. literate
  • Good organisational skills

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • A Can do attitude
  • Good communication skills
  • Ability to work effectively alone and as part of a team
  • Present a professional image
  • Excellent standard of personal Hygiene
  • Flexible approach to working Schedules

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

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

E Prescot Rd

Liverpool

L14 5AB


Employer's website

https://alderhey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

E Prescot Rd

Liverpool

L14 5AB


Employer's website

https://alderhey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Catering Manager

Stephen de Clouet

stephen.declouet@alderhey.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

22 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

411-COR-25-7277915

Job locations

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

E Prescot Rd

Liverpool

L14 5AB


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