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Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Catering Assistant (Longmoor House)

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Job summary

Catering Assistant

Band 2

The following Catering Assistant vacancies have become available at Liverpool University Hospital. Although the jobs are primarily based in the unit advertised, you may be required to work anywhere within the catering department depending on the needs of the service. This could include the Royal site & Broadgreen.

IT skills are required for all positions as the Trust does mandatory training and yearly appraisals online.

We are looking for staff who are self motivated and can work in a team or on their own unsupervised. We require staff who are flexible and open to change to join our catering team. These positions will be based in a busy hospital, you may be moved as the needs of the service requires, also you may be required to work Bank holidays including Christmas Day.

Main duties of the job

Longmoor house

Longmoor House (formerly called Stoddart House) is a self contained unit with 69 patients and the operating system we will be using to feed them will be cook/freeze. On each floor there is a regeneration kitchen and a dining room. Patients may be fed from the dining room or to their rooms

The catering service will include:-

Serving 5 beverages and snacks per day, washing the crockery from each meal service and beverage run.

Collecting, washing and refreshing water jugs twice a day, taking meal orders from patients twice a day.

Regenerating the cook/freeze meals, preparing snacks, salad & sandwiches, serving the meals.

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf

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Details

Date posted

10 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£23,615 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

287-CEF-509-24

Job locations

Aintree site - Longmoor house

lower lane

liverpool

L9 7AL


Job description

Job responsibilities

Involved in the preparation and service of meals to patients, Staff & Visitors.Required to undertake a wide range of cleaning and monitoring duties associated with maintaining food hygiene within the main kitchens, ward kitchens, dining room and coffee shops.Ensuring that at all time a high quality service provision is offered, maintainingtrust values.

All training, and appraisals are done electronically so basic IT skill are essential

Job description

Job responsibilities

Involved in the preparation and service of meals to patients, Staff & Visitors.Required to undertake a wide range of cleaning and monitoring duties associated with maintaining food hygiene within the main kitchens, ward kitchens, dining room and coffee shops.Ensuring that at all time a high quality service provision is offered, maintainingtrust values.

All training, and appraisals are done electronically so basic IT skill are essential

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate or equivalent

Desirable

  • Food Hygiene Certificate

Experience

Essential

  • Previous catering experience

Desirable

  • Previous Industrial Catering experience
  • Previous use of cleaning machinery, Dishwashing or pan washing machinery

Skills

Essential

  • Communication skills
  • Data inputting
  • Team working skills

Knowledge

Essential

  • Numeracy and literacy skills.
  • Knowledge of Health & Safety.
  • Understanding of the importance of good food hygiene.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate or equivalent

Desirable

  • Food Hygiene Certificate

Experience

Essential

  • Previous catering experience

Desirable

  • Previous Industrial Catering experience
  • Previous use of cleaning machinery, Dishwashing or pan washing machinery

Skills

Essential

  • Communication skills
  • Data inputting
  • Team working skills

Knowledge

Essential

  • Numeracy and literacy skills.
  • Knowledge of Health & Safety.
  • Understanding of the importance of good food hygiene.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Aintree site - Longmoor house

lower lane

liverpool

L9 7AL


Employer's website

https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Aintree site - Longmoor house

lower lane

liverpool

L9 7AL


Employer's website

https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Assistant Catering Manager

Alex Chapman

Alex.chapman@aintree.nhs.uk

01515296081

Details

Date posted

10 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£23,615 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

287-CEF-509-24

Job locations

Aintree site - Longmoor house

lower lane

liverpool

L9 7AL


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