About this role
Job summary
Catering Assistant
37.5 hours per week
Monday - Sunday 5 over 7
Flexible hours mix of early and late shifts
Job Overview
Our Facilities department provide a range of support services across the Hospital including catering cleaning and housekeeping. These services help play a vital role in ensuring all areas of our hospital achieve excellent standards of cleanliness, catering and hygiene. We are now recruiting housekeepers to join our friendly and professional team.
For this role you will need some previous experience of working in either a catering or housekeeping role as well as excellent communication (verbal and written) and customer service skills. Basic food hygiene and COSHH knowledge is desirable but not essential. It is also important that you are able to work on your own initiative.
Please note that this vacancy may close early due to the amount of applications we receive.
Main duties of the job
Our Housekeepers work on our hospital wards with responsibility for monitoring and maintaining our high standards of cleanliness and catering including:
- assisting patients with appropriate meal selections
- to serve patient meals, hot and cold beverages and snacks at scheduled intervals throughout the day and to respond to ad-hoc requirements.
- monitoring and maintaining ward kitchen cleanliness and ensuring its clean and tidy at all times
To be responsible, where able, for ensuring that the patient's individual needs are met and to work as an integral part of the ward team.
About us
At Hillingdon Hospital, our vision is to be the best general hospital in the country and to put compassionate care, safety and quality at the heart of everything we do. We are clear that our Vision can only be achieved by our staff who are our most valuable asset.
You are advised to read the attached job description and person specification before you submit you're on line application.
We offer flexible hours, a full range of benefits, on-site nursery facilities (5% discount for staff) and restaurant as well as a wide range of training and career development opportunities.
Please note that applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to work in the UK.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.
Person Specification
Person Spec
Essential
- Education and Qualifications
- Experience and Knowledge
- Skills and Ability
Desirable
- Basic Food hygiene or equivalent
- Experience working in a housekeeping environment for 12 Months or more
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.
Employer details
Employer name
The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Hillingdon Hospital
Piled heath Road
Hillingdon
UB8 3NN
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.thh.nhs.uk/index.php (Opens in a new tab)