Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Facilities Management Catering Assistant

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Job summary

We are looking to recruit a hardworking, enthusiastic individual to join our Caf Team at Walton Life Rooms for three days a week (Wednesday-Friday)

The Life Rooms is one of Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust's innovative services. Our Social Model of Health is designed to support the prevention and population health agendas by activation through a three-pillar model, learning, social prescribing and community. The three-pillar model enables people to become more activated in their own health; it operates within a social approach that focuses on prevention and the enabling of community and community assets to encourage system change

You will be required to work as part of a team and have the ability to use a degree of initiative to prioritise and organise daily duties, whilst maintaining a professional approach at all times regardless of the situation.

Previous experience within this type of role is desirable although full training will be given.

Staff uniform will be provided.

The successful post holder will be required to carry out a range of catering and general duties within a community environment to set procedures and standards.

Main duties of the job

  • To be responsible for ensuring that the relevant documentation: monitoring forms delivery checks, and all other HACCP monitoring systems are completed and filed accordingly and take corrective action where necessary
  • Food preparation
  • To work flexibly and in accordance with duty rotas
  • To liaise and communicate effectively with other team members
  • Assist in other areas within the catering department as and when required to meet service needs. This may involve travelling to another Mersey Care site
  • General cleaning of all areas associated with the caf and completing cleaning schedule documentation.
  • Responsible for practicing good hygiene and health & safety within the department in accordance with current Food Safety and Health & Safety Legislation

About us

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Details

Date posted

13 February 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

350-TWS6050005

Job locations

Walton life Rooms

Evered Ave

Liverpool

L9 2AF


Job description

Job responsibilities

The caf provision at Walton is an integral part of our service delivery, the successful candidate will be carrying outcatering tasks and ensuring that high standards are achieved and maintained.

  • Will be required to communicate effectively with a wide range of people, including service users, colleagues, visitors and members of the public.
  • Complete Food Safety and Cleaning documentation to meet the requirements of the Trusts Food Safety Policy
  • Communicate with the Environmental Health Officer and other external auditors during official inspections.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The caf provision at Walton is an integral part of our service delivery, the successful candidate will be carrying outcatering tasks and ensuring that high standards are achieved and maintained.

  • Will be required to communicate effectively with a wide range of people, including service users, colleagues, visitors and members of the public.
  • Complete Food Safety and Cleaning documentation to meet the requirements of the Trusts Food Safety Policy
  • Communicate with the Environmental Health Officer and other external auditors during official inspections.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • CIEH Foundation Certificate in Food Hygiene, or equivalent
  • NHS experience and training in safety, health and catering or cleaning tasks.

Skills

Essential

  • Able to function as a member of a team and support the management objectives of the department and Trust.
  • Able to deal with requests from service users, managers and staff in a friendly and helpful way.
  • Flexible.
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Able to work both independently and as part of a team.
  • Able to carry out manual tasks.

Desirable

  • Able to maintain accurate records.

Knowledge / Expereince

Essential

  • Experience of working in a similar catering role
  • Experience of working in the NHS.
  • Experience of dealing with people

Desirable

  • Experience of working in a multi-skilled environment
  • Previous experience within this type of role is desirable although full training will be given.

Values

Essential

  • Continuous Improvement
  • Accountability
  • Respectfulness
  • Enthusiasm
  • Support
  • High professional standards
  • Responsive to service users
  • Engaging leadership style
  • Strong customer service belief
  • Transparency and honesty
  • Discreet
  • Change oriented
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • CIEH Foundation Certificate in Food Hygiene, or equivalent
  • NHS experience and training in safety, health and catering or cleaning tasks.

Skills

Essential

  • Able to function as a member of a team and support the management objectives of the department and Trust.
  • Able to deal with requests from service users, managers and staff in a friendly and helpful way.
  • Flexible.
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Able to work both independently and as part of a team.
  • Able to carry out manual tasks.

Desirable

  • Able to maintain accurate records.

Knowledge / Expereince

Essential

  • Experience of working in a similar catering role
  • Experience of working in the NHS.
  • Experience of dealing with people

Desirable

  • Experience of working in a multi-skilled environment
  • Previous experience within this type of role is desirable although full training will be given.

Values

Essential

  • Continuous Improvement
  • Accountability
  • Respectfulness
  • Enthusiasm
  • Support
  • High professional standards
  • Responsive to service users
  • Engaging leadership style
  • Strong customer service belief
  • Transparency and honesty
  • Discreet
  • Change oriented

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Walton life Rooms

Evered Ave

Liverpool

L9 2AF


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Walton life Rooms

Evered Ave

Liverpool

L9 2AF


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

amanda.geggie@merseycare.nhs.uk

Amanda Geggie

amanda.geggie@merseycare.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

13 February 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

350-TWS6050005

Job locations

Walton life Rooms

Evered Ave

Liverpool

L9 2AF


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