Casual Food Service Assistant

Sodexo France; Manchester; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider in Manchester seeks a Catering Assistant to provide high-quality meal services to patients. Your role includes preparation, cooking, and serving meals, ensuring special dietary needs are met. Adhering to hygiene and safety standards is crucial. The ideal candidate should possess good communication skills and be able to work as part of a team. This position requires a commitment to maintaining cleanliness and assisting in other areas as needed.

Qualifications

• Effective communication with patients and colleagues is essential.
• Understanding and adhering to food safety standards is critical.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and serve meals and beverages to patients.
• Maintain hygiene standards and assist new team members.

Skills

Good communication skills

Ability to follow safety and hygiene standards

Job description

Role Summary

You will act as a key member of the ward catering team in providing a high quality, safe, helpful and courteous beverage and meal service to meet the needs of patients. You will provide a high standard of service in accordance with the contract specification as directed the line manager and ensure that all foods are produced and served in a safe and hygienic manner at all times.

Main Assignments of Role

• • Preparation, cooking and service of meals and beverages to patients. Direct service of food to patients, ensuring any special dietary requirements are met.
• • Ensure food is prepared to agreed standards.
• • Temperature probing and record keeping of food temperatures in accordance with HACCP for each meal service, prior to service to patients.

Sodexo Healthcare, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9WL

Additional General Responsibilities

• • Arrive in time for duty, adhering to Sodexo uniform requirements and clocking in prior to commencing your shift. Post holders are required to wear their identity badge with a current photograph on at all times.
• • While on duty staff are to wear only Sodexo uniform and maintain your uniform in a clean and tidy state at all times, you must always have a clean, spare tabard/ apron at work with you in case of spillages.
• • Maintain a high standard of personal hygiene in accordance with company policy and the Food Safety Act at all times.
• • Provide guidance and advice to new team members or relief staff where necessary.
• • Completion of paperwork relevant to post, such as staff surveys and holiday request forms.
• • Workload will be determined by daily requirements, and post-holder may be required to use initiative in order to prioritise tasks and responsibilities.
• • You must always be aware of relevant deadlines within the unit and ensure all possible steps are taken to meet these deadlines.
• • At times you may be required to go and work in other catering areas to assist with the cover of annual leave and sickness.
• • At times post holders may be required to carry out reasonable additional duties connected to their employment, as directed by their supervisor or line manager.
• • This is not an exhaustive list of your duties as a Catering Assistant but is a broad overlay of your expected duties and responsibilities.
• • Whilst you may be assigned to a specific ward for a period of time, you may be required to move to another area of the hospital where required.

Key Skills, Knowledge, Training & Experience

• • Good communication skills to enable communication with colleagues, patients and clients regarding on job duties and provision of catering services.
• • Ability