Job overview
1 x 22.5 hours per week (between 6am and 8pm) 5 days over 7
We are seeking a Storekeeper and Relief Kitchen Porter to join our Catering Department at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.
In this role, you'll be responsible for delivering goods to our catering areas in Preston and Chorley using our tail lift vehicle. You'll also play a key part in receiving, checking, and storing catering deliveries.
Additionally, this position involves providing relief support in the catering store or main kitchen, assisting the kitchen portering team when needed.
Main duties of the job
The role is varied and does involve physical work including moving and handling working in chilled/cold storage area and walk in freezer rooms but protective uniform will be provided. Administrative work such as receiving goods temperature recording stock taking. additionally this person will support the kitchen Portering team when required duties include pan washing, general cleaning of various rooms throughout the kitchen, maintaining good hygiene practice throughout the department.
The ideal person will be a team player a good communicator and one who is able to work on their own initiative and under supervision. Previous experience as a storekeeper driver/kitchen porter is desirable but not essential as training will be given. You must have a valid driving license and ability to follow food hygiene and health and safety regulations.
Working for our organisation
We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Communicate effectively with colleagues to ensure an accurate exchange of information about catering tasks and service needs.
2. Communicate with a range of customers in person and over the telephone to understand individual needs and provide information relating to the catering service
3. Undertake duties relating to food ordering, distribution and storage, including:-
4. Delivering and collection of meal trolleys to wards and departments, using trust vehicles as required.
5. Delivering and collection of meal trolleys to wards and departments, by foot as and when required to support the team.
6. Review ‘daily’ ordering of perishable and non-perishable goods as requested, providing the information in a timely manner to the catering office for processing.
7. Receiving all Catering deliveries of food and other goods.
8. Store food items appropriately and rotate stock accordingly.
9. Participate in stock take processes as requested by supervisor or manager.
10. Delivery to any designated place as per daily schedule of all Award Catering requisitions.
11. Delivering between and Chorley and Preston sites on a daily basis.
12. Undertake cleaning either manually or using mechanical equipment in catering areas.
13. Report any defective equipment or health and safety hazards to immediate supervisor.
14. Delivering goods using trust transport
15. To undertake collections and deliveries of catering goods and patient/staff meals between Trust sites, delivery of food trolleys to ward areas on any site.
16. Manage vehicle in line with Trusts’ Transport Handbook.
17. Proactively support the continued development of the catering service.
18. Demonstrate diligence with regard to security of Trust property.
19. Maintain and develop own competence.
Person specification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
20. Previous experience in the catering industry
21. Previous experience in stores environment
22. Previous experience in dealing with the public
23. Awareness of the standards of hygiene and cleanliness in a catering environment
24. Experience in stock control and ordering
Desirable criteria
25. Previous experience in large scale catering stores environment
26. Awareness of confidentiality in an NHS environment
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
27. Current valid UK manual driving license
28. Good general education to GCSE standard or equivalent experience
29. Willingness to work towards level 2 certificate in Food Hygiene
Desirable criteria
30. Level 2 certificate in Food Hygiene
31. Level 2 allergen awareness