About this role
Job summary
You will be part of a team that provides meals to our patients. Guided by your supervisory team, the post holder will be required to carry out a wide range of general catering duties including serving meals and delivering patient meal service and wash-up. Ensuring high standards of food quality, food safety, and cleanliness are met and maintained as per food safety regulations. The post holder will be expected to carry out duties that involve the lifting, pulling, and pushing of heavy trolleys, cleaning duties and dealing with waste.
Previous experience of working in a catering role is desirable.
The ability to communicate effectively is essential and applicants will need basic Level 1 in English literacy.
The role involves constant interaction with all other users of the hospital, and requires the post holder to be caring, courteous, respectful, confidential, and customer focused on your delivery of duties.
Main duties of the job
To carry out a wide range of general catering duties including serving meals and delivering patient meal service and wash-up. Ensuring high standards of food quality, food safety, and cleanliness are met and maintained as per food safety regulations.
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University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.
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UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.
Job description Job responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading.
The full person specification can be accessed under the Shortlisting Criteria section of the document.
Person Specification
Educations, Training and Qualifications Essential
Educated to level 2 in Food Safety or equivalent level of education, training or experience (training will be Educated to level 2 in Food Safety or equivalent level of education, training or experience (training will be provided)
Knowledge and Experience Essential
Previous experience of working in a catering environment
Desirable
Knowledge of HACCP regulations (training will be provided) Knowledge of health and safety in the work place Knowledge of COSHH (training will be provided)
Skills Essential
Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues and service users Educated to basic level in English literacy and numeracy Able to prioritise own workload within policy and guidelines Able to lift and handle medium loads Able to operate mechanical equipment (training will be provided) Able to work in a pressurised environment Able to tolerate exposure to hot and chilled conditions Strong motivation to improve performance and outcomes
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 Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address Kettering General Hospital
Rothwell Road
Kettering
NN16 8UZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.kgh.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)