Catering Night Porter

Job summary

Catering Night Porter/Decant ***Salary £11.95 per hour. Please note this opportunity is NOT Agenda For Change and terms & conditions vary from Agenda for Change***

Motivated and Enthusiastic Catering Night Porter required.

Experience is not necessary however it is valued. We will give you full training and skills you need.

In your new role as a Night kitchen porter you will carry out essential kitchen tasks including, regular cleaning duties and kitchen equipment along with checking and collecting deliveries as well as helping with restocking of products to ensure a smooth service for our customers in patient catering.

Operate a dishwasher, stacking crockery and cutlery

Delivery meal trolley to the wards.

Main duties of the job

To take patient food orders and processes the information as appropriate, to serve food in line with schedule and to ensure that all foods and are served when required as per ward requirements and accurately recorded.

To prepare the service areas with the necessary service equipment, crockery, serving utensils, condiments. To assist with the presentation, preparation, service and cleaning of the Decant kitchen areas and equipment.

To comply with instruction and portion control, presentation and recording all information relating to the service.

To complete promptly and accurately due diligence sheets and other food safety documentation.

To ensure all stores are correctly rotated and used in date order, and any out-of-date products are recorded then disposed of in the correct manner.

To ensure compliance with all Food safety requirements and to check all ward kitchen and departmental fridges for food safety compliance.

To comply with standards as set up in the Trust procedures and through training delivered.

In your new role as a Kitchen Porter you will carry out essential kitchen tasks including, regular cleaning duties and washing restaurant and kitchen equipment along with checking and collecting deliveries as well as helping with restocking of products to ensure a smooth service for our customers.

About us

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.

We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.

The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.