Picker and Packer - Catering Services

Job summary

Solent NHS Trust are looking for someone to join our catering team to work in the picking and packing area. The role will require you to receive deliveries, complete the necessary accompanying paperwork and store in the correct manner.

You will also be expected to provide wards with the food and other catering related items and deliver them to satellite units in our catering van so a full driving licence is essential for this role.

The position is for 15 hours a week, 2 x 7.5 hour shifts over a 4 week rota to include some weekend work.

Main duties of the job

• Support in the production of meals for patient staff and visitors
• Ensuring that correct hygiene working methods are observed at all times with particular attention to the separation of raw & cooked foods
• Ensuring food delivered and received meet with the Department's policy on standards and quality, by undertaking physical checks and temperature probing of all appropriate foodstuffs
• Ensuring that relevant paperwork is complete, for example HACCP fridge/freezer temperatures
• Ensuring work patterns & production schedules are observed & notifying your manager where deviations to accepted limits are experienced
• Maintain high standards of personal care at all times
• Working in a clean tidy manner "cleaning as you go"
• Assisting with the cleaning of premises and equipment, using the dishwasher where appropriate
• Adhering to the colour coding policies
• Ensuring equipment is kept clean and in good working order, inspecting it on a regular basis
• Reporting mechanical and other defects to management
• Wear the uniform provided & personal protective equipment as specified
• Delivery of meals to ward or storage areas

About us

Make a difference with us

If you are looking for somewhere you can make a real difference and are passionate about keeping people safe, well and out of hospital, a career with us may be just what you're looking for. At Solent NHS Trust, we strive to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of our communities.

We are proud to be an organisation which is focused on our people and we welcome people who share our values to come and work with us.

To deliver great care that is safe, simple and easy to access

To be a caring, flexible and supportive place to work

To deliver the best value for money

Our shared values support the development of a strong working culture. They breathe life into our organisation -- guiding and inspiring all of our actions and decisions. They enable us to be better at what we do and create a great place for our staff to work, whilst ensuring we provide the highest quality of care to our patients.

In creating our values, we spent time listening to our employees and members. Based on what people told us, we created our HEART values to reflect the deep belief that we are caring organisation at the centre of our community: Honesty, Everyone counts, Accountable, Respectful, Teamwork.

We are an accredited Real Living Wage employer.

We encourage and support our staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against Covid-19.