Catering Assistant – PMS – Picker and Packer (Grade A)

Job summary

Please note: applicants must be OVER 18 years of age to apply for this position

Are you looking for a role that is rewarding, a role that gives you the satisfaction of knowing you've made a difference to someone's day? Then we may have the role for you.

Our Patient Meal Service team based within the Catering Team of AGH Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is going through a period of change, and we are now looking for a colleague to join us as a Catering Assistant - Picker and Packer, this role is fundamental to our service, and one where you will be responsible for the picking and packing of our regeneration trollies with our patients meals.

When you aren't packing the meals, other tasks include stock rotation, prepping of food items for the following services, putting deliveries away, as well as cleaning down your area along with the freezer, further information on the role can be found in the JD.

Full Training along with PPE will be provided, but please be aware, that this is a time critical post, and one where you will be working within a freezer at times of the day.

PLEASE NOTE:

To be considered for this role you will need to be over the age of 18, this role will also require you to be working at times within a freezer.

The successful candidate will be required to undertake training which will be initially 2 weeks Mon-Fri.

Main duties of the job

To ensure the Company's statutory regulations regarding hygiene, food safety, health & Safety and cleanliness in the kitchen and ancillary areas are complied with.

To provide high personal standards of performance, hygiene and appearance.

Operating and cleaning the dishwasher machines, and other large and small equipment and ensuring the standards of hygiene and cleanliness of all washed items meet the requirements of the departmental policies and procedures.

Carrying out all the cleaning duties as agreed cleaning procedures and practices.

Ensuring a high standard of personal hygiene.

To report accidents and near misses within 24 hours.

Prepare salads, vegetables and sandwiches in a manner which meets the required departmental standards.

Serving meals to patients, ensuring that foodstuffs are effectively replenished and the standards for presentation and quality are maintained and portion sizes are kept within agreed tolerances.

About us

AGH Solutions was born out of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, a hospital and community services trust based outside Keighley, West Yorkshire.We are privileged to operate in a beautiful part of the country. The clinical services we support reach far up into the Yorkshire Dales, across the Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven patch. We are also lucky to have excellent transport links to Leeds, Bradford, Manchester and beyond. Leeds city centre is 25 minutes by train from Keighley.We provide a wide range of services, from traditional facilities management and estate maintenance, to sterile services, wheelchair engineering and procurement.Our vision is to bring you a flexible, responsive, high quality, value for money service.Our NHS heritage means we work to the values and ethics of the NHS, and to those of Airedale NHS FT specifically

Employer details

Employer name

AGH Solutions Ltd

Address

Airedale General Hospital

Skipton Road

Steeton

BD20 6TD

Employer's website

https://aghsolutions.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

AGH Solutions Ltd

Address

Airedale General Hospital

Skipton Road

Steeton

BD20 6TD

Employer's website

https://aghsolutions.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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