Kitchen Porter

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for a Kitchen Porter to join us to work within the Patients Kitchen or a busy Staff Restaurant providing the best possible service and experience for patients, Staff and visitors.

This will include simple preparation of food items food service, loading prepared food into the correct food trolleys, cleaning, quality control, waste and cash handling. Catering duties may also include working within Retail Catering services when required.

Main duties of the job

• Being dynamic serving customers in a fast paced Barista style coffee shop.
• Preparing the counter for service
• Accurately take food orders over the counter or on the telephone
• Cash Handling, taking card payments and keeping accurate accounts of money transactions.
• Simple Food preparation such as salads and sandwiches.
• Preparing orders for Paninis, pizza and other hot snacks.
• Keeping accurate records for the HACCP Food Safety System
• Cleaning and filling vending machines.
• Putting away deliveries
• Replenishing fridges and selves with stock, whilst making sure stock is rotated.
• Informing supervisor when stocks are low
• Delivering buffets and hospitality to areas away from the main Staff Restaurant.
• Clearing away dirty pots.
• General cleaning of service counter,equipment and restaurant areas.
• When required deliver food orders to the Wards.
• If required, cover absences with in the Catering Dept including Patients Kitchen

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.