An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Catering Assistant to join our Catering Department at Southport Hospital.
The ideal candidate will have a "Can do attitude", be flexible, and a team player who has experience working in a busy kitchen environment. The ideal candidate should have good customer care skills and experience of working in a kitchen/coffee shop/restaurant. Food Safety level 2 certificate is an advantage.
Hours Available are: 35 hours, 5/7, Monday - Sunday, including Bank Holidays to meet service needs.
Key Responsibilities:
* Provide a customer-focused service.
* Organise, deliver, develop, and improve the catering service throughout the Trust.
* Ensure efficient management of all catering services.
* Ensure compliance with all legislation relating to risk management and security.
* Ensure compliance with all legislation relating to food safety management.
* Basic preparation of food items, service to patients, and other meals and functions.
* Assist with cooking and regeneration of food as appropriate.
* Cleaning of structures, equipment, and meal service components as specialised in work instructions.
* Store keeping, including checking deliveries, storage, and stock rotation.
* At times, operate without the direct guidance of a team leader.
* Ensure a secure working environment for patients, visitors, and staff.
* Promote and maintain point of sale, e.g., counter and vending machines.
* Undertake all aspects of the cash handling process.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites. We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our Services:
* Acute Care: Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport, and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
* Primary Care: Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
* Community Services: Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire.
* Specialist Regional Services: We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man, and North Wales.
Achievements:
* Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018.
* Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal).
* National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.
Additional Responsibilities:
* Maintain all operational procedures.
* Enforce compliance with Waste Management Policy to meet the changing requirements as segregation requirements increase.
* To comply with Hygiene and Food Safety Legislation.
* Ensure compliance with Facilities Management standards.
* Ensure compliance with HACCP.
* Ensure effective delivery of services to service users and customers.
* Maintain and improve all aspects of the service.
* Participate in staff involvement groups for all aspects of the Trust Quality Strategy 2012/15.
* Observe legal requirements.
* Responsible for the safe use of all equipment.
* Ensure compliance and operational observance of safe working practices as detailed in all aspects of risk management.
* Ensure all appropriate hygiene monitoring is carried out and recorded for every process.
* Ensure compliance with national standards of cleanliness.
Teaching & Training Responsibilities:
* To attend training courses as required and participate in annual refresher sessions in accordance with own Personal Development Review.
Line Management/Supervisory Responsibilities:
* Provide guidance and a knowledge base for new and existing staff.
Financial Responsibilities:
* To ensure economical use of all Trust resources.
* Maintain and monitor stock levels to meet the demands of the service.
* Distribute and maintain economic and effective use of chemicals and products.
* Monitor and record food wastage.
This advert closes on Monday 13 Oct 2025.
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